{"id":30709,"date":"2023-08-15T19:51:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateglobal.com\/?p=30709"},"modified":"2023-08-15T19:51:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:51:11","slug":"combate-global-re-signs-mexican-lightweight-mma-star-cristian-puas-perez-to-new-exclusive-multi-fight-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/combate-global-re-signs-mexican-lightweight-mma-star-cristian-puas-perez-to-new-exclusive-multi-fight-deal","title":{"rendered":"COMBATE GLOBAL RE-SIGNS MEXICAN LIGHTWEIGHT MMA STAR  CRISTIAN \u201cPUAS\u201d P\u00c9REZ  TO NEW, EXCLUSIVE, MULTI-FIGHT DEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MIAMI <\/strong>\u2013 <strong>August 15, 2023 <\/strong>\u2013 COMBATE GLOBAL has re-signed lightweight (155 pounds) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sensation, <a href=\"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/fighters\/cristian-perez\"><strong>Cristian \u201cPuas\u201d P<\/strong><strong>\u00e9rez<\/strong><\/a> (12-1), to a new, exclusive, multi-fight promotional agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old P\u00e9rez, who boasts a 75 percent finish rate, is expected to return to action in La Jaula in October sometime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely proud of the way Cristian P\u00e9rez has developed as an MMA athlete since his professional debut and are excited to see him continue his career with COMBATE GLOBAL,\u201d said Mike Afromowitz, Sr. Vice President of Operations and Communications.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez is one of COMBATE GLOBAL\u2019s top homegrown stars, who has been competing exclusively for the company since he made his professional debut at 19 years of age on February 8, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>On April 23, 2021, P\u00e9rez produced his quickest victory to date, submitting Geraldo Almonte with a heel hook in just 29 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez\u2019s only loss, thus far, came on November 12, 2021 in the championship stage of a one-night, eight-man tournament, after he had already defeated two previous opponents \u2013 fellow Mexican Alfrego \u201cSlayer\u201d Ruelas via first round (2:49) TKO (punches) and Irish battler Patrick \u201cThe Leech\u201d Lehane via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>An understandably exhausted P\u00e9rez faced off with U.S. star Enrique \u201cBaby Bull\u201d Gonzalez for the finish place finish in the tournament. The two went the three-round distance of the fight before Gonzalez was awarded a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Since the tournament effort, P\u00e9rez has reeled off four consecutive wins, the last three of which he produced by way of (T)KO or submission.<\/p>\n<p>In his last start on June 18, P\u00e9rez toppled former COMBATE GLOBAL World Featherweight (145 pounds) Champion, Bruno \u201cAquiles\u201d Cannetti via first round (1:26) TKO (punches).<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about Combate Global and its athletes can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\">www.CombateGlobal.com<\/a> as well as on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CombateGlobal\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/combateglobal\/?utm_medium=copy_link\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/combateglobal\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClvfFzGFsKp5x4V8SaeG9Dw\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI \u2013 August 15, 2023 \u2013 COMBATE GLOBAL has re-signed lightweight (155 pounds) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sensation, Cristian \u201cPuas\u201d P\u00e9rez (12-1), to a new, exclusive, multi-fight promotional agreement. The 23-year-old P\u00e9rez, who boasts a 75 percent finish rate, is expected to return to action in La Jaula in October sometime. \u201cWe are extremely proud&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":30259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[10210],"class_list":["post-30709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-cristian-perez-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30709","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=30709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30710,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30709\/revisions\/30710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}