{"id":5900,"date":"2019-06-03T11:26:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/?p=5900"},"modified":"2019-06-04T07:20:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:20:18","slug":"juan-el-molo-gonzalez-looking-for-his-first-victory-in-combate-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/juan-el-molo-gonzalez-looking-for-his-first-victory-in-combate-americas","title":{"rendered":"Juan &#8220;El Molo&#8221; Gonz\u00e1lez: Looking for his First Victory in Combate Americas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Combate Americas<\/strong> will make it&#8217;s return to Tucson, Arizona, this Friday, June 7. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\">Combat Americas: Tucson Unbreakable, presented by Cricket Wireless<\/a><\/strong> has an electrifying card, headlined by bantamweight (135 pounds) former champion, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/jose-alday\">Jose &#8220;Pochito&#8221; Alday (7-4-1)<\/a> <\/strong>from Mexico and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/juan-pablo-gonzalez\">Juan Pablo &#8220;El Molo&#8221; Gonzalez (7-2-2)<\/a><\/strong> from Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the second trip to Tucson for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/juan-pablo-gonzalez\">Gonzalez<\/a><\/strong>, who lost his last fight against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/mario-bautista\">Mario Bautista<\/a><\/strong> via unanimous decision at the same venue, Casino del Sol, on October 10 last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Mario Bautista defeats Juan Gonzalez via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CombateTucson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CombateTucson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iqBNZwGJIa\">pic.twitter.com\/iqBNZwGJIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Combate Global (@combateglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/combateglobal\/status\/1051331453160644608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/juan-pablo-gonzalez\"><strong>Gonzalez<\/strong><\/a> joined Combate Americas with an undefeated record, he has yet to win a fight with the promotion.\u00a0 His first fight in Combate Americas was against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/kevin-garcia\">Kevin Garcia<\/a><\/strong> in &#8220;<strong>Combate Estrellas 2<\/strong>&#8220;, held in April 2018, in Monterrey, M\u00e9xico. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/juan-pablo-gonzalez\"><strong>Gonzalez<\/strong><\/a> took the fight on short notice when Garcia&#8217;s opponent was unable to fight due to injury.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMA | Combate Estrellas 2 | Kevin Garc\u00eda vs. Juan Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgxavojbWgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/juan-pablo-gonzalez\"><strong>&#8220;El Molo&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> started the fight strong, showing his world class kickboxing skills. Unfortunately, Garcia clicked into gear and won by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>This fight in Tucson against former champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\"><strong>Jose Alday<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0could represent a new beginning for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/juan-pablo-gonzalez\">Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a><\/strong>, who trains in <strong>Alliance MMA<\/strong> along with notable names in the sport, such as <strong>Dominick Cruz<\/strong>, <strong>Gast\u00f3n Reyno<\/strong> and <strong>Wilson Reis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByETHIrjxu3\/<\/p>\n<p>A victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\"><strong>Gonzalez<\/strong> <\/a>could place him at the top of <strong>Combat Americas<\/strong>&#8216;s bantamweight division rankings and, even more importantly, help him regain his confidence in &#8220;La Jaula&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\"><strong>Gonzalez&#8217;s<\/strong> <\/a>striking ability, his movement, footwork and angle changes are sure to create an epic battle against elite striker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\"><strong>Jose Alday<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\">\u00abCombate Americas: Tucson Unbreakable, presented by Cricket Wireless\u00bb<\/a><\/strong> will be broadcast in the United States in Spanish on <strong>Univision<\/strong> (12 am ET \/ PT) and <strong>UDN<\/strong> (12 am ET \/ 9 pm PT), and exclusively in English in the United States and Canada on <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.dazn.com\/en-US\/sports\/\"><strong>DAZN<\/strong> <\/a>(10 pm ET \/ 7 pm PT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combate Americas will make it&#8217;s return to Tucson, Arizona, this Friday, June 7. Combat Americas: Tucson Unbreakable, presented by Cricket Wireless has an electrifying card, headlined by bantamweight (135 pounds) former champion, Jose &#8220;Pochito&#8221; Alday (7-4-1) from Mexico and Juan Pablo &#8220;El Molo&#8221; Gonzalez (7-2-2) from Argentina. 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