{"id":14765,"date":"2021-11-08T19:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T03:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateglobal.com\/?p=14765"},"modified":"2021-11-08T19:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T03:12:45","slug":"undefeated-irishman-patrick-la-sanguijuela-lehane-to-represent-mexico-in-usa-vs-mexico-one-night-eight-man-tournament-on-friday-nov-12-live-on-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/undefeated-irishman-patrick-la-sanguijuela-lehane-to-represent-mexico-in-usa-vs-mexico-one-night-eight-man-tournament-on-friday-nov-12-live-on-paramount","title":{"rendered":"UNDEFEATED IRISHMAN PATRICK \u201cLA SANGUIJUELA\u201d LEHANE TO REPRESENT MEXICO IN \u2018USA VS. MEXICO\u2019 ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY, NOV. 12, LIVE ON PARAMOUNT+"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEHANE REPLACES INJURED MIGUEL VILLEGAS OF MEXICO <\/strong><\/p>\n

IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

PARAMOUNT+ LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS <\/strong><\/p>\n

WITH A COMBATE GLOBAL PRE-SHOW AT 9:30 PM ET; <\/strong><\/p>\n

FIRST BOUT BEGINS AT 10:00 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>NEW YORK <\/strong>\u2013 November 8, 2021 <\/strong>\u2013 Combate Global today announced a new twist to its \u2018USA vs. Mexico\u2019 one-night, eight-man, lightweight (155 pounds) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament, with undefeated Irishman Patrick \u201cLa Sanguijuela\u201d Lehane<\/strong> (3-0) stepping in to represent Mexico in the event on Friday, Nov. 12, live on Paramount+ from Miami, Fla.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Lehane of Cork, Ireland replaces original tournament entrant, Tijuana, B.C. resident Miguel \u201cThe Destroyer\u201d Villegas<\/strong>, who has withdrawn from the commitment due to an injury sustained in training camp.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of representing Mexico in the tournament, Lehane, who spent two weeks in Mexico City preparing for his Combate Global debut on August 1, and is applying for his Mexican citizenship, has adopted the Spanish translation of his nickname, \u201cThe Leech.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe famous Mexican singer Chavela Vargas once said \u2018A Mexican is born wherever the heck he wants to be born,\u2019\u201d stated Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren<\/strong>. \u201cAlthough he was born and raised in Ireland, Patrick Lehane has shown this year that he fights like a Mexican, embraced Mexican culture and even gone as far as applying for his citizenship in Mexico, so he\u2019s taking the baton from our injured Mexican fighter and will represent Mexico in this tournament that is destined to deliver M<\/strong>uch M<\/strong>ore A<\/strong>ction.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Lehane\u2019s entry into the tournament, the matchups in the Mexico bracket have been adjusted so that Lehane will face Hugo \u201cThe Hooligan\u201d Flores<\/strong> (9-3) of Guadalajara, J.L. via Chicago, Ill.<\/p>\n

Originally slated to face off with Villegas, undefeated Cristian \u201cPuas\u201d Perez<\/strong> (6-0) of Ensenada, B.C. will battle Daniel \u201cScrappy\u201d Soto<\/strong> (15-5) of Ciudad Jimenez, Chih. via Ephraim, Utah.<\/p>\n

A veteran of 14 amateur bouts, Lehane made his professional debut as well as his promotional debut on August 1, defeating two veteran opponents with a combined two dozen professional bouts, in one night to win the first-ever Combate Global one-night European tournament.<\/p>\n

Just six weeks after pulling off the shocking tournament victory, Lehane returned to Combate Global action, edging out a split decision win over Mexico\u2019s Isaac Ruelas in an all-out war on September 10.<\/p>\n

Announced last week, the U.S. tournament bracket which pits Jim \u201cThe Beast\u201d Alers<\/strong> (14-4) of Pembroke Pines, Fla. against Enrique \u201cBaby Bull\u201d Gonzalez<\/strong> (9-4) of Chicago and Samuel \u201cThe Alley Cat\u201d Alvarez<\/strong> (5-4) of Manteca, Calif. against Jimmy \u201cSandstorm\u201d Sandlin<\/strong> (4-3) of Carlisle, Ohio in the quarterfinal stage of competition, remains the same.<\/p>\n

The winners of the two quarterfinal stage bouts between U.S. fighters will meet in the semifinal stage, while the victors of the two quarterfinal stage fights between Mexican athletes will meet in the semifinal phase.<\/p>\n

The event will conclude with a U.S. vs. Mexico showdown in the championship stage of action.<\/p>\n

The tournament\u2019s quarterfinal stage bouts and semifinal stage bouts will each consist of one, five-minute round, and the championship stage bout will consist of three, five-minute rounds.<\/p>\n

In a non-tournament women\u2019s strawweight (115 pounds) matchup announced last week, Melissa Amaya <\/strong>(1-0) of Spokane, Wash. will collide with Andrea Amaro<\/strong> (1-1) of El Paso, Texas.<\/p>\n

Paramount+ live coverage on Friday will begin with a Combate Global pre-show at 9:30 p.m. ET\/8:30 p.m. CT, and will continue with the live fight action, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET\/9:00 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n

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LEHANE REPLACES INJURED MIGUEL VILLEGAS OF MEXICO IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT PARAMOUNT+ LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS WITH A COMBATE GLOBAL PRE-SHOW AT 9:30 PM ET; FIRST BOUT BEGINS AT 10:00 PM ET \u00a0NEW YORK \u2013 November 8, 2021 \u2013 Combate Global today announced a new twist to its \u2018USA vs. Mexico\u2019 one-night, eight-man, lightweight (155 pounds)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[9942],"class_list":["post-14765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-cg2021-november-12"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14767,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions\/14767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}