CONOR MCGREGOR’S FORGED IRISH STOUT PRESENTS COMBATE GLOBAL: IRELAND VS. MEXICO SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, LIVE ON PARAMOUNT+

CONOR MCGREGOR’S FORGED IRISH STOUT PRESENTS
COMBATE GLOBAL: IRELAND VS. MEXICO
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, LIVE ON PARAMOUNT+
 
COMBATE GLOBAL’S FINAL LIVE EVENT OF 2023
MATCHES RIVALS FROM TWO OF THE MOST STORIED COUNTRIES
IN THE WORLD OF COMBAT SPORTS

MIAMI – October 18, 2023 – COMBATE GLOBAL, in partnership with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) legend Conor McGregor’s new beverage brand, Forged Irish Stout, today announced an MMA fight card matching a collection of dynamic combatants from Ireland with rival battlers from Mexico, for Sunday, December 17, streaming live on Paramount+.
 
The start time of the live Paramount+ stream of the COMBATE GLOBAL event will be announced at a later date.
 
The unprecedented MMA event pitting fighters from two of combat sports’ greatest fighting legacies will be headlined by a featherweight (145 pounds) face-off between Ireland’s Patrick “The Leech” Lehane (5-2) and Mexico’s Roberto “El Charro Negro” Romero (7-2-1).
 
“COMBATE GLOBAL better get ready because Forged Irish Stout is bringing a group of our country’s toughest and best new fighters to Miami to take on the best Mexico has to offer!,” said McGregor. 
 
“Forged Irish Stout is the perfect partner for this one-of-a-kind event between these two countries that have each produced some of the most memorable combat sports fighters of all time,” said COMBATE GLOBAL CEO Campbell McLaren.
 
As part of the partnership, the Forged Irish Stout logo will be placed on the canvas of COMBATE GLOBAL’s La Jaula.  The beverage brand will also conduct product sampling to fans at the show, and will receive mentions on the air during the COMBATE GLOBAL stream and broadcast.
 
The 24-year-old Lehane, who hails from the city of Cork, burst onto the professional MMA scene on August 1, 2021, winning the first-ever COMBATE GLOBAL one-night European tournament by defeating two far more experienced opponents – Sebastian Santana Guedes of Spain and Maxime Giacalone of France – in one night, in what was Lehane’s professional debut. 
 
Lehane, a member of the famed Team SBG, will enter La Jaula for the first time in 2023 after nursing an injury he sustained last year.
 
Romero is a 23-year-old native of Chihuahua, Chih. and a heavy-handed striker who has gone unbeaten in his last seven starts.

After earning COMBATE GLOBAL “Fight of the Year” honors for his epic, three-round, see-saw battle with Zed Montanez, a fight that was declared a draw on October 22, 2021, Romero delivered a similar performance in his next fight in which he prevailed over Ivan Tena by split decision on August 19, 2022.
 
Additional bouts for Forged Irish Stout Presents COMBATE GLOBAL: Ireland vs. Mexico will be announced at a later date.
 
Forged Irish Stout Presents COMBATE GLOBAL: Ireland vs. Mexico will mark the final COMBATE GLOBAL live event of the year.   
 
Forged Irish Stout has officially launched in the U.S., having first rolled out in New York in October, and slowly releases across the country between now and March.  Forged Irish Stout boasts the world’s creamiest stout on account of a built-in widget that produces the creamy texture like never experienced at home before.
 
Additional information about COMBATE GLOBAL and its athletes can be found on www.CombateGlobal.com as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

 
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About Combate Global
Combate Global is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise that is rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer for Spanish speaking fans worldwide, and that consistently garners television ratings that are superior to those of other major, longer established sports television properties. It is the only MMA property regularly airing on broadcast television in the U.S. (Univision) and the only MMA property owned, in part, by a major Hispanic media company, as a result of TelevisaUnivision purchasing a significant equity stake in Combate Global in 2021.  In 2021, the company also partnered with CBS Sports to distribute Combate Global’s live shows in English in the U.S. on Paramount+.  In 2022, the company partnered with Eurosport for live distribution in Spain, as well as with RMC Sport in France and, in 2023,  Combate Global entered into a multi-year partnership with global entertainment powerhouse, IMG, for media rights representation worldwide.  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.  
 
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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