Granados: Predicts tricks up sleeve vs. Mogwai

Paulina Granados fights Kyra ‘Mogwai’ Batara in the main event of Combate Americas 19 at Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas on Friday night; the promotion’s inaugural atomweight belt is at stake. Mogwai says she’s been working on two secret finishes, while Granados promises tricks up her sleeve despite coming off a year-long recovery from a broken orbital bone.

I don’t believe in ring rust, said Granados to Mick Hammond for MMAWeekly.com. I used to think it existed, but at Alliance I train with Dominick Cruz, and he’s told us that it’s nothing real. It’s just something in our heads. I believe it’s just a mental thing.

I feel like I’m fighting every single day in training. I don’t think she is going to give me any trouble and show me something that I haven’t already seen in training before.

I have the range on [Batara]. She’s a few inches shorter than me. I’ve been focusing on keeping my range and being aggressive with counters when she goes in for takedowns. She gets sloppy with her striking to get a takedown, so I have some tricks up my sleeve for countering that.

I just talk smack because I know she’s sensitive and it bothers her, and it’s just funny to me. When I fight I literally am emotionless. I just go with what my body does and go with the flow.

I know all the atomweights in Combate are going to be tough, but I’m focusing on what is ahead of me. I’m ready to fight whoever is next, but right now the focus is on Kyra.

Friday’s Combate Americas 19 main card will air live on Telemundo at 12:00 A.M. ET/11:00 P.M. CT with the prelims streaming online.

Kyra ‘Mogwai’ Batara vs. Paulina ‘Firefox’ Granados
Andres ‘The Bullet’ Quintana vs. Rey ‘The Warrior’ Trujillo
Daniel Rodriguez vs. Victor ‘Kelevra’ Reyna
Ray ‘The Judge’ Rodriguez vs. Michael ‘Mayhem’ Rodriguez
Vanessa Rico Fernandez vs. Brenda Enriquez
David ‘D.J.’ Fuentes vs. Joel ‘The Demon’ Scott
Heinrich ‘Ricky Scraps’ Wassmer vs. Juan Deantes
Javier Obregon vs. Jose ‘The Ghost’ Ceja
David Miramontes vs. Federico David Olivera
Fernando Rodriguez vs. Jesse Almaraz