WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT:

DAVID “THE BLACK SPARTAN” MARTINEZ (CHAMPION) VS. AXEL OSUNA (CHALLENGER) 

ALL-MEXICAN WORLD TITLE FIGHT

PITS TWO OF MMA’S TOP YOUNG SENSATIONS,

WITH A COMBINED 92-PLUS PERCENT FINISH RATE,

AGAINST EACH OTHER 

NEW YORK – September 29, 2022 – Combate Global has announced a world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event, headlined by a bantamweight (135 pounds) title fight between reigning world champion David “The Black Spartan” Martinez (8-1) and challenger Axel Osuna (5-1), live on television on Univision (12 a.m. ET/PT) and TUDN (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT) from Miami, Fla. on Friday, Oct. 7.

Together, Martinez and Osuna boast an astounding finish rate of over 92 percent, having earned all but 1 of their 13 combined victories by way of (T)KO or submission.

“Martinez vs. Osuna is a very even match of speed, power and skill,” said Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren. “I think the winner will be the one with the most heart.”

The 24-year-old Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico is a prolific striker with a tremendous kickboxing pedigree. He earned his coveted title by defeating three opponents – fellow Mexicans Alex “Coyote” Gonzalez and Alan “Beche” Cantu, and American star Francisco “Cisco” Rivera, Jr., respectively – in a one-night, eight-man tournament on May 29, 2021.

In his last effort, Martinez, a member of the Bonebreakers fight squad, scored a brutal first round (2:08) TKO (punches) on Chile’s Arturo Vergara in a non-title fight last May 29.

The challenger, 25-year-old Osuna of Guadalajara, J.L., Mexico, will look to earn his first professional world title, as well as his third consecutive victory in 2022.

Thus far, Osuna has turned in a pair of third round (T)KO conquests in 2022 – the first on Combate Global’s 2021 “Comeback of the Year” winner, Max “Steel” Gonzalez on May 13, and the second on David Solorzano on August 26.

Prior to entering the world of MMA, Osuna was a Golden Gloves boxing champion who amassed over 100 amateur boxing bouts.

In a featured welterweight (170 pounds) bout on the card, Marcos Lloreda (11-8) of Miami will face off with Ricardo Centeno (9-6) of Ecuador via Newark, N.J.

A women’s flyweight (125 pounds) contest will see Aitana Alvarez (2-3) of San Sebastian, Spain return to La Jaula, the Combate Global competition cage, for the third time this year, when she squares off with Gillian “Valkyrie” Noll (2-2) of Post Falls, Idaho.

At featherweight (145 pounds), undefeated Yadier Del Valle (3-0) of Houston, Texas will make his much-anticipated Combate Global debut against Miguel Lugo (2-1) of Yuma, Ariz.

In a women’s strawweight (115 pounds) matchup, kickboxer Damaris Olivares (0-0) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain will make her MMA rules debut against Diana Sanchez (0-0) of Bellingham, Wash.