MIAMI – Combate Global recently announced a complete fight card for Mexican Independence Day, Saturday, September 16, live on Paramount+ from Miami.
The live Paramount+ stream of Combate Global’s event will begin with a 30-minute pre-show, hosted by Jimmy Smith and Rodolfo Roman at 9 p.m. ET, and will continue with the first preliminary card bout at 9:30 p.m. ET.
The event will be headlined by a women’s atomweight matchup between undefeated, 23-year-old fast-rising star Estefania “Naja” Rodriguez (4-0) and fellow grappling ace Stephanie Hernandez (3-1).
Fighting out of Villahermosa, Mexico, Rodriguez has yet to be defeated as a professional since her 2021 debut, and went unbeaten (4-0) as an amateur.
Rodriguez holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is a member of the fight squad, Killer Bees Mexico.
The 30-year-old Hernandez of Boise, Idaho boasts a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is looking for her fourth consecutive victory.
In her last start that marked her promotional debut with Combate Global, Hernandez notched a unanimous decision over fellow American Natalie Schlesinger.
The fight card’s co-main event will be highlighted by the highly-anticipated professional debut of decorated, former Mexican national boxing and kickboxing champion, Ivan Nunez Miranda (0-0), who will take on unbeaten Loxbey Montalvan (1-0) in a bantamweight contest.
Fighting out of Navojoa, Mexico, the 24-year-old Miranda enters the world of professional MMA after completing a sensational amateur career that saw him compete in a total of 61 kickboxing fights and 35 boxing bouts, and compile a perfect, 5-0 record on the amateur MMA circuit.
During his tenure as an amateur, Miranda continuously displayed enormous potential with high volume striking and an in-your-face style of fighting that stifled his opposition.
Montalvan is a 25-year-old resident of Miami and member of the fast-growing fight team at Goat Shed Academy.
After a five-year amateur career, Montalvan made his professional debut on Combate Global’s “Exclusivo” reality show, scoring an explosive, second-round TKO on Daniel Gonzalez with a knee strike last November 18.
In undercard action, Yazmin “La Nina Arbol” Najera (1-1) will make her second start in la jaula against Katherinne Machuca (0-0) in a women’s 120-pound catchweight contest.
Leading off the undercard, Ramon “Wild Boy” Vizcarra (6-5) of Mexicali, Mexico will square off with Alex “Coyote” Gonzalez (5-4) of Mexico City via Phoenix, Arizona at bantamweight.
