Combate Americas returned to Mexico with seven electrifying fights at Monterrey’s Domo Care.
In the main event, Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (17-2) dominated his opponent Marco “La Roca” Elpidio (9-4-1) for three rounds, winning via unanimous decision.
In a 120-pound duel, Dominican Criszaida Adames (2-0) achieved her second win in 48 days, after demonstrating broad dominance over her opponent Alma Cespedes (0-2).
In a clash that made everyone get up from their seats, Ricardo “El Loco” Arreola (9-7), after surviving a difficult first round, came from behind to win by submission against Emmanuel Rivero (9-5).
The results of ‘Combate Americas: Monterrey’ are below:
MAIN CARD
Alejandro Flores defeats Marco Elpidio via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ricardo Arreola defeats Emmanuel Rivero via Submission (Heel Hook) at 3:52 of R2
Criszaida Adames defeats Alma Céspedes via Unanimous Decision (30-25, 30-27, 30-25)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Iván Pérez defeats Ernesto Quiroga via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:05 of R1
Emilio Saavedra defeats Mao Tena via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ana Palacios defeats Lezly Compeán via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Rodrigo García defeats César Briones via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:18 of R1
Additional preliminary card bouts for the Combate Americas event in Monterrey will be announced soon.
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.
