NEW BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT:

ISMAEL “KRAKEN” ZAMORA (MEXICO) VS. CRISTIAN “SCORPIO” BARRAZA (CHILE)

 ZAMORA’S ORIGINAL OPPONENT, CARLOS MASCORRO, FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE BOUT DUE TO COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

 

NEW YORK – July 20, 2022 – Combate Global today announced a five-fight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) lineup for Friday, July 22, live on television in the U.S. on Univision (12 a.m. ET/PT) and TUDN (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT) from Miami, Fla.

In the bantamweight (135 pounds) main event, 22-year-old wrecking machine Ismael “Kraken” Zamora (3-1) will face off with submission expert and “COPA COMBATE” tournament veteran Cristian “Scorpio” Barraza (8-5).

Zamora was originally slated to face fellow Mexican fighter Carlos Mascorro, but Mascorro was forced to withdraw from the bout due to COVID-19 protocols.

A member of the famed Bonebreakers team that is also home to reigning Combate Global World Bantamweight Champion David Martinez, Zamora of Mexico City is one of the sport’s most highly regarded, pound-for-pound prospects who has earned all of his victories to date by way of (T)KO or submission.

Zamora will make his third appearance of 2022 in La Jaula, the Combate Global competition cage, following back-to-back victories that he produced just two weeks apart on April 8 and April 22, respectively.

Barraza of Santiago, Chile is a 28-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt who has earned 7 of his 8 career victories by way of submission.

Barraza represented Chile in the 2021 “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man, $100,000 grand prize tournament where he took eventual tournament champion Frans Mlambo of Ireland the distance of their quarterfinal stage bout, before Mlambo was declared the winner by way of decision.

A women’s atomweight (105 pounds) co-main event will see 2021 “Heart of a Fighter” award winner, Gloria “Gloriosa” Bravo (6-5), collide with John Kavanagh protégé Katie “Queen of the North” Saull (4-5).

Bravo of Santiago is looking to notch her third consecutive win following back-to-back victories just two weeks apart last September 3 and September 17, when she scored a first round (4:36) submission (armbar) win over France’s Jade Jorand and a unanimous decision over Mexico’s Irlanda Galindo, respectively.

Fighting out of Dublin, Ireland, Saull, originally from Manitoba, Canada, is a member of Kavanagh’s Straight Blast Gym (SBG) fight squad. She is gunning for her second straight victory following a first round (4:30) submission (armbar) of Tamika Jones on January 12.

In a featured featherweight (145 pounds) contest, Jordan “Bull” Beltran (12-8) of Colima, Col., Mexico will face off with Jose “Chepe” Mariscal (11-6) of Denver, Colo.

Also announced today was a change to the preliminary card lineup. The previously announced strawweight (115 pounds) matchup between Spanish kickboxing star Damari Olivares (0-0) and Angel Blackwell (0-0) of Atlanta, Ga. has been canceled due to Olivares’s inability to enter the U.S.

In place of this women’s bout, Combate Global announced a bantamweight contest between unbeaten Erik Mendez (1-0) of Spokane, Wash. and Abanoub “Anger Management” Fares (0-0) of Cork, Ireland via Sacramento, Calif.

At lightweight (155 pounds), Alexander Sanchez (3-3) of San Luis Potosi, SLP., Mexico will meet Gabriel Morales (3-3) of Caracas, Venezuela via Miami.

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