MIAMI – Combate Global today announced a complete, five-bout card for Saturday, August 26, streaming live on Paramount+.
Saturday’s live Paramount+ stream of Combate Global will begin with a 30-minute pre-show, hosted by Jimmy Smith and Rodolfo Roman at 9:30 p.m. ET, and will continue with the first preliminary card bout at 10 p.m. ET.
In the featherweight main event, Mexican star Jair “El Lupe” Perez (8-3) will collide with Chilean standout Mauricio Eguiluz (10-6-1).
The 25-year-old Perez of Monterrey, Mexico is a former, two-time national wrestling champion looking for his second consecutive win as well as his sixth victory in his last seven appearances, following a third-round TKO conquest of Genier Penagos in Combate Global action on April 1.
Perez, at 20 years of age, made his professional debut with Combate Global in May 2018, and has since reeled off a record of 6-2 under the promotional banner.
Eguiluz, 30, hails from Santiago, Chile, and is seeking his third consecutive victory in what will already be his fourth fight of 2023.
Three years ago, Eguiluz, who holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, relocated from his native country to Tijuana, Mexico in order to pursue training with established fighters in the professional circuit.
In a featured women’s atomweight matchup, Nadine Abbott (1-1) will square off with Mariah Castro (1-1).
Abbott is a 22-year-old native of Dublin, Ireland and a former International Mixed Martial Arts Federation amateur world champion, looking for her second straight win as a professional.
On April 8, Abbott notched her first professional victory, submitting Mexico’s Jharely Reyes with an armbar in the first round of their fight.
Like Abbott, the 28-year-old Castro of Kearny, New Jersey will seek her second professional victory, after defeating Lupe Mateo via unanimous decision in a Combate Global matchup between two professional debut competitors on August 26, 2022.
Castro’s professional debut came after she posted a strong amateur record of 6-2.
Castro holds a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and is a member of Carnicella MMA, which also serves as a home to fellow Combate Global fighter, Natalie Schlesinger.
The Combate Global fight card’s second featured main card contest will pit Martin Justiz (3-1) against Isaac “El Muelas” Ruelas (5-4) at featherweight.
The 24-year-old Justiz is a native of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba and a Miami resident, who produced a potential “Fight of the Year” performance in his last Combate Global effort on March 11, when he went toe-to-toe with Miguel Lugo, scoring an incredible TKO on Lugo with just 1 second remaining in the fight’s third and final round.
Fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico, the 31-year-old Ruelas is a reigning World Boxing Council national muay Thai champion who will seek his second straight win following a unanimous decision over David Zelner in Combate Global on April 1.
In preliminary bout action, Samuel “The Alley Cat” Alvarez (7-5) of Manteca, California will take on Richie Palomino (6-4) of Santa Ana, California.
Ovidio Bojorquez (4-2) of Hermosillo, Mexico will battle “Big” Al Gonzales (3-5) of Fresno, California at welterweight.
