NEW YORK – Combate Global today announced a five-fight lineup for Friday, July 8, on Paramount+ from Miami.

Paramount+ coverage will begin with a Combate Global pre-show at 10:30 p.m. ET and will continue with the fight action beginning at 11 p.m. ET. 

In the lightweight main event, American sensation Enrique “Baby Bull” Gonzalez (12-4) will square off with undefeated Cuban star Angel “Salsa King” Alvarez (5-0). 

Fighting out of Valle Flow Striking in Chicago, the 23-year-old Gonzalez, who originally hails from Laredo, Texas, will make his first Combate Global appearance of 2022, following a banner year in 2021 when he racked up four victories without a single loss, including three consecutive wins in one night to emerge the winner of a one-night, eight-man lightweight tournament last November 12.

Like Gonzalez, Alvarez, a 27-year-old resident of Miami and native of Cuban capital city Havana, went unbeaten in 2021 over the course of three fights, including his Combate Global promotional debut on October 22, 2021, when he defeated Gerrick Bontekoe by way of unanimous decision.

Alvarez is coming off a second-round TKO of Daniel Sanchez Vazquez at Combate Global’s first event of the year on March 24.

In a featured lightweight bout, Alfrego “Tarzan” Ruelas (3-2) of Mexico City, Mexico will take on Simone Serra (3-2) of Barcelona, Spain.

Making her first start of 2022, 23-year-old Alitzel Mariscal (2-2) of Zapopan, Mexico will face off with Shannon Goughary (5-7) of Nashville, Tenn. 

In a women’s atomweight preliminary bout, Chrisoula Koukouvetakis (3-1) of Salt Lake City, Utah will make her Combate Global debut against fellow promotional newcomer Katherine Perez (2-2) of Cullowhee, N.C.

The undercard will kick off with a flyweight (125 pounds) meeting between Roger Blanque (4-3) of Barcelona, Spain and Carlos Puente, Jr. (6-6) of El Centro, Calif.