COMBATE AMERICAS 
MMA STARS TO WEIGH IN ONE DAY 
BEFORE SHOWDOWN IN MONTERREY, MEXICO

 Today, Friday, November 16  

Live Stream at Facebook.com/CombateAmericas 
at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT 
 

WHO:             
Combate Americas announcer Alberto El Patrón
Bantamweight headliner and MMA superstar Érik Pérez
Bantamweight headliner and Colombian sensation Andrés Ayala   
Featherweight co-main event competitor Levy Marroquín
Featherweight co-main event competitor José Estrada
Atomweight submission specialist Irene Cabello Rivera
Atomweight rising star Yajaira Romo
& all other Combate Americas fighters to weigh in
 
 
WHEN:           
Friday, November 16
 
WHAT:           
Fighters competing in the highly-anticipated, 10-bout Combate Americas Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) extravaganza at the Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Independiente in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on Saturday, Nov. 17, will weigh in one day before the event.
 
The weigh-in will stream live on Facebook.com/CombateAmericas, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30  p.m. PT.
 
The Combate Americas event will be headlined by the bantamweight (135 pounds) showdown between MMA Superstar Érik “El Goyito” Pérez (18-6) of Monterrey and Andres “Doble A” Ayala (12-6) of Bogota, Colombia.
 
In the co-main event, 2017 “COPA COMBATE” tournament champion Levy “El Negro” Marroquin (12-2) of Monterrey will return to the featherweight (145 pounds) division to face hard-hitting, rising star José “Froggy” Estrada (5-1) of Oxnard, Calif., USA.
 
In women’s atomweight (105 pounds) featured action, Irene “La Niña” Cabello Rivera (8-5) of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain will battle Yajaira “Shoko Late” Romo (4-3) of Monterrey.
 
The Combate Americas event airs live in the U.S. in English and in its entirety on DAZN, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/  7 p.m. PT.  The three-fight main card also airs live on television in the U.S. in Spanish on Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).
 

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ABOUT COMBATE AMERICAS
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer, for Spanish speaking fans worldwide.  The Combate Americas franchise includes live event and original shoulder programming on some of the biggest television, OTT and digital platforms in Spanish and English, including Univision and Univision Deportes Network (UDN), DAZN, ESPN, GOL and Facebook Watch worldwide.  The company also owns and operates a multi-platform media studio, La Jaula Studios. 
 
Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been described by New York Magazine as "the marketing genius behind the UFC,” while Yahoo Sports has said he "knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today." With an unprecedented and cutting edge product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.
 
 
About DAZN:
Globally, DAZN is a live and on-demand sports streaming service created by fans, for fans, that is leading the charge to provide access to sports anytime, anywhere. DAZN guarantees no long-term contract, no bundles, just one affordable price for access to all the service’s sports on connected devices including Smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, games consoles and PCs. DAZN is currently available in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Italy and now the U.S. at just $9.99 per month after a one-month free trial – where it is set to become a must-have service for fight fans, with 100+ fight nights already lined up from Matchroom Boxing, Bellator MMA, the World Boxing Super Series, Combate Americas and the newly announced Golden Boy Promotions.
 
 
About Univision Deportes
Univision Deportes is the multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) and includes UDN, the No. 1 Spanish-language sports network in the U.S. Univision Deportes’ portfolio of rights includes all 18 teams in Liga MX, the Mexican National Team, the U.S. Men’s & Women’s National Teams, Major League Soccer, Copa MX, Copa Centroamericana, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, international friendlies, select matches from Liga de Ascenso in Mexico, Portuguese First Division, Dutch First Division, FC Barcelona TV and Bayern Munich TV, Mexico’s Campeón de Campeones and SúperCopa, and Formula 1. Univision Deportes is also the exclusive home to shows such as Premios Univision Deportes, Solo Boxeo, Zona NBA, Republica Deportiva and Contacto Deportivo, the highest-rated Spanish-language sports studio show in the U.S., and delivers comprehensive coverage across platforms on all the latest from the NBA, NFL, MLB, and world of boxing.