El jefe of Combate Global Campbell McLaren announced date for first 2022 fight card
February 18, 2022
El jefe of Combate Global Campbell McLaren announced that the first show of 2022 takes place next month and fans can anticipate Mucho Mas Accion (MMA).
McLaren answered questions from fans on the official Combate Global Instagram account. He also announced the date for the kickoff of the 2022 Combate Global season.
“March 24 we go back on the air, for the most part we will do all the shows in Miami,” he said.
He also talked about some of fan favorites who will be returning to la jaula.
“Cristian “Puas” Perez, Lucero “La Loba” Acosta, always a favorite for us, David Martinez,from Mexico city, fighters from Ireland. As you know, Ireland won Copa Combate so that is amazing stuff. I think we saw last year the quality of our fighters,” he said.
Moreover, he said expect fighters to push the pace.
“World class young fighters that are clearly the future of the sport. That sets us up for a number of rematches people want to see. We want to see if David Martinez can live up to his reputation that he might be the most exciting in our division. We want to see our Combate’s women division, it seems to really be taking off in terms of our two weight class. We have the best women fighters,” he added.
McLaren created Combate Global in 2011. Beginning as a realit show on Mun2, Combate Global airs in the United States, Latin America, Brazil, Spain, Europe, Africa and more.
Bringing the excitement of soccer to MMA, McLaren created Copa Combate, a yearly eight-man tournament pitting country against country.
McLaren is one of the most influential individuals in the history of mixed martial arts as he is the co-creator of the UFC.
“There’s always a surprise in Combate someone that we haven’t thought about or someone we didn’t think to be ready to demonstrate their talent the way they can everyone in Combate matched is a great match,” he said.
He finished off by saying, “Last year was promise this year is payoff,” he said.