MIAMI – Combate Global recently announced the completion of its fight card for Saturday, May 13, streaming live on Paramount+ (12 a.m. ET).
The Paramount+ live stream on May 13 will begin with a 30-minute Combate Global pre-show at 11:30 p.m. ET and will continue with the live fight action.
In one of two new bouts announced today, undefeated sensation Ramiro “El Cachanilla” Jimenez (6-0) will collide with fellow standout Nico Barna (7-2) in a featherweight clash on the show’s main card.
The fearsome, 24-year-old Jimenez, who hails from Mexicali, Mexico but has been training at Miami’s Goat Shed Academy for his upcoming bout, boasts five first-round stoppages on his resume.
Barna is a 27-year-old native of Montevideo, Uruguay, a black belt in kickboxing, and a seven-year professional MMA veteran who will make his debut on U.S. soil when he faces Jimenez.
Barna will look to bounce back from a third-round submission (rear-naked choke) defeat at the hands of Heber Federico Pereyra on May 21, 2022. Prior to that fight, Barna had been riding a four-fight win streak.
Also announced was a women’s atomweight preliminary card matchup between preliminary card matchup between Katie Perez (3-4) of Cullowhee, N.C. and Stephanie Irurzo (0-4-1) of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
The previously announced main event matchup will see the world’s No. 1 women’s atomweight (105 pounds) competitor Ana “La Guerrera” Palacios (7-1-1) of Mexico City square off with former collegiate wrestling champion turned unbeaten MMA competitor, Chihiro Sawada (4-0-1) of Tokyo, Japan.
In a previously announced main card welterweight bout, Victor “Psicosis” Valenzuela (9-3) of Santiago, Chile will battle veteran star Shinsho “Animal” Anzai (9-4) of Tokyo.
A previously announced third fight between a Combate Global roster fighter and an opponent from Japan will pit Combate’s Geralbert “Wolverine” Castillo (5-3) of Miami against unbeaten Yuji Yannick (3-0) of Tokyo at a catchweight of 160 pounds on the preliminary bout card.
