Combate
Global has announced the lineup for its
Sept. 16 card in Miami, which will be broadcasted live on
Paramount Plus (9:30 p.m. ET.)
Surging Mexican atomweight prospect Estefania
Rodriguez will take on American grappling ace Stephanie
Hernandez in a “Mexico vs. USA” main event. Representing Killer
Bees Mexico, Rodriguez (23) boasts a perfect 4-0 record. Meanwhile,
Hernandez, 30, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and is on a
three-fight win streak of her own.
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While the Sept. 16 card will mark Rodriguez’s promotional debut,
Hernandez is coming off a decision win against Natalie
Schlesinger under the Combate Global banner.
Former Mexican national boxing and kickboxing champion, Ivan Nunez
will make his professional mixed martial arts debut at bantamweight
against Loxbey
Montalvan in the co-main event. While Nunez, 24, has amassed an
impressive 5-0 amateur record, his opponent is coming off a
second-round technical knockout over Daniel
Gonzalez in his professional debut back in November on the
reality television show “Exclusivo.”
Bantamweights Adam Ortiz
(5-1) and Alberto
Montes (5-1) will toe the line in another televised fight.
Also, Yazmin
Najera (1-1) will take on Katherinne
Machuca (0-0) in a women’s 120-pound catchweight bout and
bantamweights Ramon
Vizcarra (6-5) and Alejandro
Gonzalez (5-4) will throw leather.