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Previously announced bantamweight main event: John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda vs. Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado Osuna
Featured, Main Card Bouts Announced Today:
Professional wrestling sensation Melissa “Thunder Rosa” Cervantes to make her MMA debut against Nadine “Too Much” Mandiau at strawweight
U.S. Airforce Staff Sergeant and MMA upstart Chris “Dirty Texas” Cortez to face Spain’s Oscar “Jacare” Suarez in a 130-pound catchweight contest
Tickets on sale now
MIAMI – October 21, 2019 – TS-1 Promotions announced five new matchups today for the Combate Americas Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event that will air live on television in the U.S. on Univision (12 a.m. ET/11 p.m. CT) and TUDN (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT), and in Mexico on Televisa Canal 5 (11 p.m. CDT) and TUDN Mexico (11 p.m. CDT) from Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas on Friday, Nov. 8.
Priced from $20, tickets for the TS-1 Promotions-hosted Combate Americas live television event are on sale at CombateAmericas.com/SanAntonio.
In the previously announced bantamweight (135 pounds) main event, world-ranked, former “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man tournament runner-up John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (17-4) of Mankato, Minn. will face off with red-hot rising star Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado Osuna (8-5) of Tijuana, B.C., Mexico.
Among the new fights announced today for the event was the much-anticipated MMA debut of former Lucha Underground television series competitor and professional wrestling star Melissa “Thunder Rosa” Cervantes (0-0), who will face off with Nadine “Too Much” Mandiau (0-1) in a strawweight (115 pounds) contest.
Fighting out of San Antonio, Cervantes was born and raised in Tijuana. Under the name “Kobra Moon,” she starred in seasons two and three of Lucha Underground, in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Cervantes has been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 2016 with San Antonio’s Brazilian Top Team.
Mandiau of San Diego, Calif. compiled a solid, 4-1 record as an amateur, with 3 of her 4 wins coming by way of (T)KO or submission. She is looking to rebound from a first round (2:37) defeat via submission (armbar) at the hands of Vanessa Demopoulos on June 7.
In another featured bout announced today, Chris “Dirty Texas” Cortez (2-1) will battle Oscar “Jacare” Souza (4-3) in a 130-pound catchweight contest.
Cortez, a 25-year-old U.S. Army Staff Sergeant stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, will make his promotional debut for Combate Americas in what will also be his first start of 2019.
As an amateur competitor, Cortez posted a perfect, 5-0 record before making his professional debut with a first round (1:51) TKO (punches) on Mark Plata on March 31, 2018.
The explosive, 21-year-old Suarez of Tenerife, Spain is a former, two-time kickboxing champion with a powerful and versatile striking arsenal. He has earned all four of his professional victories, to date, by way of (T)KO or submission.
In other action announced today, Ray “The Judge” Rodriguez (15-6) of San Antonio will return to La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, and take on fellow Combate Americas veteran Andy “Golden Boy” Perez (7-10) of Tucson, Ariz. at a catchweight of 140 pounds.
In bantamweight action, Justin “The Therapist” Governale (7-6) of San Antonio will square off with Peter Caballero (6-4) of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Roy “The Red Rooster” Sarabia (1-1) of San Antonio will face Carlos Melara (2-3) of Sugarland, Texas at featherweight (145 pounds).
Additional bouts for the TS-1 Promotions hosted, Combate Americas live television event in San Antonio will be announced soon.
TS-1 PROMOTIONS HOSTS COMBATE AMERICAS LIVE TELEVISION FIGHT CARD:
BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT:
John Castaneda vs. Eduardo Alvarado Osuna
STRAWWEIGHT FEATURED BOUT:
Melissa Cervantes vs. Nadine Mandiau
CATCHWEIGHT (130 LBS.) FEATURED BOUT:
Chris Cortez vs. Oscar Suarez
PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD:
Catchweight (140 lbs.): Ray Rodriguez vs. Andy Perez
Bantamweight: Justin Governale vs. Peter Caballero
Featherweight: Roy Sarabia vs. Carlos Melara
ABOUT TS-1 PROMOTIONS
TS-1 Promotions is a promoter of live sports entertainment events, including Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and boxing. The Miami, Florida-based company is headed by Gregory Bloom, a sports and media rights attorney and promoter with over a decade of experience in combat sports. During his career, Bloom has promoted over 35 live fights, and represented a number of high-profile athletes.
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, Pluto TV 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 TUDN
TUDN is the multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc., the leading Hispanic media company in the U.S. Built around the flagship TUDN cable network, the nation’s No. 1 Spanish-language sports channel, TUDN reaches audiences across Univision’s television portfolio, as well as through the TUDN Radio Network, the TUDN mobile app and TUDN.com. TUDN possesses an industry-leading portfolio of live soccer rights through partnerships with 14 Liga MX clubs, the Mexican Football Federation, US Soccer, UEFA, Concacaf, Major League Soccer, Bundesliga and many more. Visit TUDN.TV for more information.
