Combate Americas made its debut in Dallas, Texas, with nine fights at the Curtis Culwell Center.
In the main event, Gilbert Urbina (6-1), a member of the renowned JacksonWink MMA gym, won via unanimous decision after dominating Angelo Treviño (7-4) of Team Alpha Male for three rounds.
The Zacatecas native Abril Anguiano (3-0) had a great performance in the co-main event, where she defeated Paola Ramírez (1-3) by Split Decision. Anguiano scored her third consecutive win as a professional, two of them coming by way of first round knockout.
John Tao Pham (1-0) victory over Charles Spoolstra (1-1-1) by unanimous decision had everyone jumping out of their seats. Pham’s fantastic professional debut included an amazing striking display.
The results of “Combate Americas: Dia de los Muertos” are shown below:
MAIN CARD
Gilbert Urbina defeats Angelo Treviño via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Abril Anguiano defeats Paola Ramírez via Split Decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29)
Hector Fajardo defeats Aaron Vickers via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
PRELIMS
Angel Cruz defeats Ariel Juárez via Submission (Americana) at 0:49 of Round 1
Kyle Driscoll defeats Rey Trujillo via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)
Victor Reyna defeats Nick Gay via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
John Tao Pham defeats Charles Spoolstra via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Melvin López defeats Aldair Romero via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Ricky Romo defeats Paul Garza via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
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.
