COMBATE GLOBAL ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER, ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-WOMAN TOURNAMENT LIVE ON PARAMOUNT+ ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 13

COMBATE GLOBAL ANNOUNCES
FIRST-EVER, ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-WOMAN TOURNAMENT
LIVE ON PARAMOUNT+ ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 13
 
EIGHT COMPETITORS TO FACE OFF
FOR THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER SPOT IN THE STRAWWEIGHT DIVISION
 
PARAMOUNT+ LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS
WITH A COMBATE GLOBAL PRE-SHOW AT 10:30 PM ET;
FIRST BOUT BEGINS AT 11:00 PM ET

NEW YORK – August 9, 2021 – Combate Global today announced its first one-night, eight-woman Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament in history, live on Paramount+ on Friday, Aug. 13 from Miami, Fla.
 
Paramount+ live coverage will begin with a Combate Global pre-show at 10:30 p.m. ET/9:30 p.m. CT, and will continue with the live fight action, beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. CT.
 
In addition, this week’s Combate coverage is complemented on CBS Sports Network with the one-hour recap show on Thursday, Aug. 12 (9:00 p.m. ET) highlighting last week’s action.
 
The tournament will take place in the strawweight (115 pounds) division, with the eight competitors representing six different countries. 
 
A fighter must win three consecutive bouts in one night to become tournament champion and the number one Combate Global strawweight contender.
 
“Combate Global continues to demonstrate its women’s division is the most exciting on the planet,” said Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren.

In one bracket of the tournament, undefeated phenom Yasmine Jauregui (5-0) of Tijuana, B.C. Mexico will take on Stephanie “Macaquinha” Frausto (8-7) of Dublin, Calif., while unbeaten Criszaida Adames (4-0) of The Dominican Republic via Philadelphia, Pa. will collide with Yajaira “La Pantera Negra" Cunningham, who fights out of Homestead, Fla. and represents Nicaragua.
 
In the opposite tournament bracket, Paulina Vargas (4-1) of Guadalajara, J.L., Mexico will face off with Claudia Diaz (1-2 MMA; 17-7-1 Muay Thai) of Barcelona, Spain, and Karen Cedillo (4-2) of Monterrey, N.L., Mexico will battle Claire Lopez of Nice, France.
 
The winners of the respective first (quarterfinal) stage bouts in each bracket will square off with each other in the semifinal stage of the tournament, and the victors of the semifinal stage bouts will meet in the championship stage of the tournament.
 
In addition, two tournament “reserve” bouts will take place, the first one pitting Delaney “Lil’ Scrappy” Bailey (3-2) of Clearwater, Fla. against Caroline “Taz” Gallardo (4-4) of Santiago, Chile via Chicago, Ill., and the other matching Camila Rivarola (4-3) of Montevideo, Uruguay via Stockholm, Sweden against Andrea “Fortaleza” Soraluz (2-4) of Lima, Peru via Miami, Fla.

Should any of the quarterfinal stage tournament bout winners sustain injury en route to victory and be unable to continue competing in the semifinal stage, a tournament reserve bout winner will take the injured quarterfinal winner’s place in the tournament field.
 
In between stages of the tournament, a men’s flyweight (125 pounds) contest between Marias Vasquez Jimenez (13-6) of Santiago, Chile and Elias Garcia (6-2) of Irvine, Calif. will take place.
 

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About Combate Global
Combate Global, previously “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. It is the only MMA property regularly airing on broadcast television in both the U.S. (Univision) and Mexico (Televisa).  In 2021, Combate Global partnered with CBS Sports to distribute its live shows in English in the U.S. on Paramount+.  The company’s programming is available in over 70 countries in Europe, Africa and elsewhere globally.
 
Nielsen research indicates that an astounding 91 percent of Combate Global viewers in the U.S. are not regular viewers of other MMA content, demonstrating that Combate Global has garnered a new MMA audience with its World Cup-style, country vs. country-style competition.  Each year of Combate Global action culminates with “COPA COMBATE,” the toughest event in sports, and the most coveted destination for representing one’s country.
 
Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder and 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."  Under his direction, the growth of Combate Americas’ television footprint and worldwide audience triggered a re-branding in 2021 to Combate Global.
 
 
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