Combate Americas returned to the Auditorio del Estado of Mexicali, B.C., with an action-packed card and crowning its first ever lightweight champion, Mexican Rafa “Gifted” Garcia.
In the main event, Californian fighter Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez (10-4) faced Mexican Rafa “Gifted” Garcia (11-0) to see who would be crowned the first ever Combate Americas’ World Lightweight Champion.
After a great battle that saw Garcia as the protagonist, who achieved multiple takedowns, the Mexican took the victory by unanimous decision.
The co-headliner saw the promising youngster Yazmin Jauregui (4-0) as the winner by unanimous decision, after dominating Yajaira “Shoko” Romo (5-4).
The results of ‘Combate Americas: Mexicali’ are shown below:
MAIN CARD
Rafa Garcia defeats Erick Gonzalez via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Yazmin Jauregui defeats Yajaira Romo via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Alberto Trujillo defeats Edgar Chairez via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
PRELIMS
Eliezer Ortega defeats LJ Torres via Submission (Kimura) at 4:05 of R1
Cristian Perez defeats Jair Perez via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Laura Huizar defeats Karla Almaguer via TKO (Punches) at 4:40 of R2
Gilberto Santos defeats Carlos Ochoa via Submission (Armbar) at 4:29 of R1
Gabriel Valdez defeats Santiago Monreal via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Danny Silva defeats Alejandro Corrales via TKO (Punches) at 2:08 of R3
Oscar Cota defeats Christofer Plascencia via TKO at 5:00 of R1
