{"id":10690,"date":"2020-02-24T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/?p=10690"},"modified":"2020-03-04T11:28:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:28:25","slug":"combate-americas-returns-to-san-antonio-with-interim-world-championship-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/combate-americas-returns-to-san-antonio-with-interim-world-championship-event","title":{"rendered":"Combate Americas Returns To San Antonio With Interim World Championship Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

TS-1 Promotions today announced its return to San Antonio with a Combate Americas world championship Mixed Martial\u00a0 Arts (MMA) event at Freeman Coliseum on Friday, March 27, live on television in the U.S. in Spanish on both Univision (12 a.m. ET\/PT) and TUDN USA (12 a.m. ET\/9 p.m. PT), and in English on AXS TV (10 p.m. ET\/7\u00a0 p.m. PT), and in Mexico on Televisa Canal 5 (11 p.m. local time).<\/p>\n

Priced from $18, tickets for the TS-1 Promotions-hosted Combate Americas world championship event are on sale at Ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n

In the main event announced today, Andre Barquero<\/strong> (7-2) \u00a0will square off with Victor \u201cPeriquito\u201d Madrigal<\/strong> (8-3) for the Combate Americas interim world bantamweight (135 pounds) championship.<\/p>\n

Barquero of San Pedro, Costa Rica is a prolific, 24-year-old submission ace who has won seven of his last eight starts, with six of the victories coming by way of (T)KO or submission.<\/p>\n

The matchup will mark Barquero\u2019s second appearance in San Antonio, where he notched his last win, a third round (4:38) submission (rear-naked choke) of contender Eduardo \u201cEl Pube\u201d Alvarado<\/strong> in Combate Americas live televised action last November 8.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Madrigal of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico has produced several thrilling highlights in La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, beginning with his third round (2:14) submission (rear-naked choke)<\/a> of Christian \u201cEl Taylon\u201d Qui<\/strong>\u00f1<\/strong>onez<\/strong> that Madrigal pulled off after an epic, see-saw battle in Guadalajara on October 26, 2018.<\/p>\n

On the heels of this career-best victory, Madrigal returned to Combate Americas action last March 8 and scored a thunderous, second round (3:50) TKO (punches) on Spain\u2019s Zebenzui Ruiz<\/strong>, earning a victory for Mexico on the \u2018Mexico vs. Spain\u2019 card.<\/p>\n

In a featured lightweight (155 pounds) matchup announced today, Angel \u201cTito\u201d Cruz<\/strong> (6-4) will face off with Raymond Guzman<\/strong> (0-0).<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Cruz is coming off a stunning, first round (:49) submission (keylock) of Ariel Juarez<\/strong> at Combate Americas last November 1.<\/p>\n

Fighting out of Austin, Texas, Guzman is a 30-year-old professional boxer with a 3-3 record in the squared circle.\u00a0 He will make his professional MMA debut after 18 months of crossover training.<\/p>\n

The Combate Americas live television event will also feature the promotional debut of women\u2019s upstart and San Antonio-based prospect, Rainn \u201cThe Bully\u201d Guerrero<\/strong> (1-0), who will face an opponent to be determined, at a catchweight of 130 pounds.<\/p>\n

In a second women\u2019s bout, amateur MMA and boxing star Marisa \u201cEl D<\/strong>\u00ed<\/strong>ne\u201d Chavez<\/strong> (0-0) of Albuquerque, N.M. will make her much-anticipated professional debut against Krista Camarillo<\/strong> (0-0) of Altus, Okla.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the card, a welterweight (170 pounds) contest will see Raymond \u201cThe Executioner\u201d Banda<\/strong> (7-3) of Harlingen, Texas take on David Herrera<\/strong> (4-4-1) of San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Eduardo \u201cEl Pube\u201d Alvarado<\/strong> (8-6) of Tijuana, B.C., Mexico will battle Justin \u201cThe Therapist\u201d Governale <\/strong>(7-7) of San Antonio at bantamweight.<\/p>\n

San Antonio rivals Michael Martinez<\/strong> (1-1) and Roy Sarabia<\/strong> (1-2) will face off at featherweight (145 pounds).<\/p>\n

Jose Holguin<\/strong> (0-0) of San Antonio will\u00a0 make his professional debut against Ricardo Maynez<\/strong> (0-1) of El Paso, Texas at bantamweight.<\/p>\n

A flyweight (125 pounds) affair will pit David Miramontes<\/strong> (4-5) of San Antonio against Omar Perales<\/strong> (1-2) of New Braunfels, Texas.<\/p>\n

Additional matchups for TS-1 Promotions\u2019 Combate Americas live television event will be announced soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TS-1 Promotions today announced its return to San Antonio with a Combate Americas world championship Mixed Martial\u00a0 Arts (MMA) event at Freeman Coliseum on Friday, March 27, live on television in the U.S. in Spanish on both Univision (12 a.m. ET\/PT) and TUDN USA (12 a.m. ET\/9 p.m. PT), and in English on AXS TV…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-combate-san-antonio-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}