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LOS ANGELES <\/b>\u2013 <\/span>May 11, 2026 <\/b>\u2013Following another action-packed night of <\/span>M<\/b>ucha <\/span>M<\/b>\u00e1s <\/span>A<\/b>cci\u00f3n last Saturday, COMBATE GLOBAL has announced it will take a hiatus in the midst of its 2026 live event season until after the conclusion of the World Cup soccer tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) action in La Jaula, the COMBATE GLOBAL competition cage, will return to live television from EstrellaTV\u2019s studio in Burbank, Calif. on Saturday, July 25.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCOMBATE\u2019s format of country versus country competition makes for the most exciting MMA.\u00a0 We are taking a \u2018World Cup Hiatus\u2019 to allow our fans and fighters to focus on \u2018the beautiful game\u2019 that comes around once every four years,\u201d said COMBATE GLOBAL CEO <\/span>Campbell McLaren<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since it began airing its series of MMA events on network television in 2017, COMBATE GLOBAL, according to Nielsen, has amassed a U.S. audience that is new to MMA and that over indexes in consumption of live soccer on television.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2025, COMBATE GLOBAL expanded its digital footprint to include distribution of live events on both Samsung TV Plus, which houses both a Spanish language channel and English language channel for COMBATE GLOBAL, and the franchise\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 2026 COMBATE GLOBAL live event season debuted on EstrellaTV, Samsung TV Plus and YouTube on February 26 and the promotion has since produced six events featuring a collection of MMA\u2019s newest stars, including three-time world boxing champion and undefeated strawweight (115 pounds) <\/span>Kenia \u201cThe Mexican Queen\u201d Enriquez<\/b>; undefeated welterweight (170 pounds) phenom <\/span>Jaden Ortega<\/b>; unbeaten atomweight (105 pounds), <\/span>Janet Garcia<\/b> and Mexican television star, <\/span>Jawy \u201cThe Mexican Jake Paul\u201d Mendez<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Enriquez is aiming to become the first world champion in history to simultaneously hold MMA and boxing world titles, while Garcia has emerged as the best 105-pound MMA fighter in the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The inaugural \u2018Foos Fighting Championship\u2019 event garnered a massive television and digital audience of over 600,000 viewers, solidifying the success of COMBATE GLOBAL\u2019s move from Miami to Los Angeles County this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ###<\/span><\/p>\n About Combate Global<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Combate Global is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise that is rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer for Spanish speaking fans worldwide, and that consistently garners television ratings that are superior to those of other major, longer established sports television properties.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nielsen research indicates that an astounding 91 percent of Combate Global viewers in the U.S. are not regular viewers of other MMA content, demonstrating that Combate Global has garnered a new MMA audience with its World Cup-style, country vs. country-style competition.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder and creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been described by New York Magazine as “the marketing genius behind the UFC,\u201d while Yahoo Sports has said he “knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today.”\u00a0 Under his direction, the growth of Combate Americas\u2019 television footprint and worldwide audience triggered a re-branding in 2021 to Combate Global.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/span>On April 25, COMBATE GLOBAL, in partnership with the wildly popular urban Latino comedy series, Foos Gone Wild, debuted its all-new \u2018Foos Fighting Championship\u2019 live television event series designed to give amateur \u2018foos\u2019 a pathway to the professional ranks in the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n