{"id":32184,"date":"2024-05-29T16:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/combate-global-anuncia-cartelera-de-mma-femenino-repleto-de-estrellas-el-sabado-8-de-junio-en-vivo-por-univision-desde-miami"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:47:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:47:02","slug":"combate-global-anuncia-cartelera-de-mma-femenino-repleto-de-estrellas-el-sabado-8-de-junio-en-vivo-por-univision-desde-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/combate-global-anuncia-cartelera-de-mma-femenino-repleto-de-estrellas-el-sabado-8-de-junio-en-vivo-por-univision-desde-miami","title":{"rendered":"COMBATE GLOBAL ANNOUNCES STAR-STUDDED, ALL-WOMEN\u2019S MMA EVENT ON SATURDAY, JUNE 8, LIVE ON UNIVISION FROM MIAMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>STRAWWEIGHT MAIN EVENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MELISSA \u201cMAMBA\u201d AMAYA VS. SAMANTHA \u201cSPICY\u201d JEAN-FRANCOIS<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ATOMWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ANA \u201cLA GUERRERA\u201d PALACIOS VS. <\/strong><strong>MELISSA GOMEZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MIAMI \u2013 May 29, 2024<\/strong> \u2013 COMBATE GLOBAL and TelevisaUnivision today announced an all-women\u2019s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event, headlined by a strawweight (115 pounds) showdown between undefeated star <a href=\"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/fighters\/melissa-amaya#google_vignette\"><strong>Melissa \u201cMamba\u201d Amaya<\/strong><\/a> (6-0) and battle-tested submission expert, <strong>Samantha \u201cSpicy\u201d Jean-Francois<\/strong> (8-7), live on <strong>Univision (11 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. PT)<\/strong> from Miami on <strong>Saturday, June 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming live show will mark the fourth all-women&#8217;s event in COMBATE GLOBAL history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur women\u2019s division is the most exciting in the world, so we are going to showcase some of our best female talent, all on the same card, once again\u201d said COMBATE GLOBAL CEO Campbell McLaren.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting out of Spokane, Wash. and training camp Sik Jitsu, the home of MMA superstar and former world champion Julianna Pe\u00f1a, the 29-year-old Amaya, who originally hails from El Paso, Texas, has been tearing through the competition in COMBATE GLOBAL since making her professional debut on a 2021 promotion, despite not having any amateur competition experience.<\/p>\n<p>Amaya last saw action in La Jaula on April 1, 2023, defeating Gillian Noll by way of majority decision in a bout contested at flyweight (125 pounds).<\/p>\n<p>The fight against Jean-Francois marks the second time in her professional career that Amaya will compete at strawweight after a stint at flyweight.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Francois, a 37-year-old resident of Marseille, France, is the reigning strawweight champion of the French MMA promotion Hexagone. She claimed the title on March 11, 2023, by submitting Andressa Rocha with a rear-naked choke just 26 seconds before the end of the fifth and final round of their scheduled title fight.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Francois successfully defended her crown on July 28, 2023 by submitting Laura Balin with a rear-naked choke at the 4:00 mark of the second round in their championship matchup. The victory over Balin marked Jean-Francois&#8217;s fourth consecutive win, all achieved via rear-naked choke submission.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her 10-year professional career, Jean-Francois has competed globally, securing 6 of her 8 professional victories by submission.<\/p>\n<p>The atomweight (105 pounds) co-main event on June 8 features world-ranked Mexican star <strong>Ana \u201cLa Guerrera\u201d Palacios<\/strong> colliding with undefeated <strong>Melissa Gomez<\/strong> (4-0).<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old fighter from Mexico City trains at her country\u2019s top MMA camp, Bonebreakers. Palacios is looking to rebound from two straight losses suffered in 2023, following a streak of five consecutive victories.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting out of Santiago, Chile, the 32-year-old Gomez returns to COMBATE GLOBAL for the fifth straight time, having competed here since her professional debut in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In her last effort, Gomez defeated American Katie Perez via unanimous decision on August 19, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The featured flyweight contest on the June 8 card pits undefeated, 19-year-old prospect <strong>Regina \u201cKill Bill\u201d Tarin<\/strong> (2-0) of Mexico City against <strong>Fernanda \u201cLa Pit\u201d Marrufo<\/strong> (1-1) of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STRAWWEIGHT MAIN EVENT: MELISSA \u201cMAMBA\u201d AMAYA VS. SAMANTHA \u201cSPICY\u201d JEAN-FRANCOIS\u00a0 ATOMWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT: ANA \u201cLA GUERRERA\u201d PALACIOS VS. 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