Combate Americas 19 on 12/1 in San Anton on Telemundo
Headlined by a women’s showdown between fierce atomweight rivals Kyra Batara and Paulina Granados, Combate Americas 19 will broadcast live on 21/1.
On the heels of the historic, first partnership together at Copa Combate, Combate Americas and Telemundo Deportes announced today, the live broadcast on Telemundo, (12 a.m. ET) of the worldwide premier Hispanic MMA sports franchise’s much-anticipated next event. Headlined by a women’s showdown between fierce atomweight rivals Kyra ‘Mogwai’ Batara and Paulina ‘Firefox’ Granados, Combate Americas 19 will broadcast live from the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, TX on Friday, Dec. 1.
The victor of the matchup between the 23-year-old Batara of Las Vegas, NV and the 29-year-old Granados of Corpus Christi, TX – both unbeaten to date in La Jaula – will represent the U.S. against ferocious finisher Lisbeth ‘Coneja’ Lopez Silva in the first-ever Combate Americas Pan-Regional championship bout in February 2018.
We are thrilled to continue this tremendous partnership with Telemundo Deportes as Combate Americas closes out a banner year filled with incredible milestones, and presents a fight card on December 1 that is highlighted by one of the most competitive rivalries in our sport today, the culmination of which will see it’s winner represent the U.S. in a high-stakes championship fight, said Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren.
Calling the action live on Telemundo will be famed, multiple-time WWE Heavyweight Champion and retired MMA star Alberto Del Rio, Telemundo Deportes’ Edgar Lopez, Combate Americas superstar Erik Goyito Perez, play-by-play man Andres Bermudez, and Andrea Calle.
In a previously announced, featherweight co-main event, hard-hitting, fast-rising star Andres ‘The Bullet’ Quintana of Albuquerque, NM will face his most formidable opponent to date, battle-tested Rey The Warrior Trujillo (21-19) of Houston, TX.
Opening the live Telemundo Deportes broadcast will be a welterweight contest between two heavy-handed knockout artists, undefeated Daniel Rodriguez and Victor ‘Kelevra’ Reyna (9-3).
Priced from $30, tickets for TS-1 Promotions Presents: Combate 19: Batara vs. Granados, are on sale at Ticketmaster.com.
The event takes place just three weeks after Combate Americas made its live debut on Telemundo Deportes on Saturday, Nov. 11 with COPA COMBATE, an epic affair headlined by a one-night, eight-man bantamweight (135 pounds) tournament that awarded its winner – Levy Saul Marroquin (11-2) of Monterrey, Mexico – a grand prize of $100,000.
COPA COMBATE, which took place in Cancun, Mexico, marked the first live Telemundo broadcast in history of MMA programming, and saw Marroquin defeat three top-ranked, world-class opponents in one night to emerge the tournament victor.