AFTER PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MAIN EVENT FIGHTER ANAS AZIZOUN WITHDRAWS FROM THE SHOW DUE TO ILLNESS

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

WOMEN’S ATOMWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT

ANDREA MENESES VS. JANET GARCIA

MIAMI – June 20, 2024 – Following the withdrawal of previously announced main event fighter Anas Azizoun due to illness, COMBATE GLOBAL today announced a new featherweight (145 pounds) main event contest between Kevin “El Prendido” Garcia (10-4) and Alberto “The Promise” Montes (6-1) for Saturday, June 22, live on Univision (11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT) from Miami.

Montes is a 30-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela and a two-time veteran of COMBATE GLOBAL action. Now residing in Miami, he trains under Coach Asim Zaidi, the head of the fast-growing Goat Shed Academy fight squad. Montes holds black belts in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Tae Kwon Do, was last seen in COMBATE GLOBAL action on September 16, 2023, when he submitted American Adam “Kid Solo” Ortiz via d’arce choke in the first round (2:09) of their matchup.

In the previously announced women’s atomweight (105 pounds) co-main event, two-time national Karate champion Andrea Meneses (5-2) will face off with unbeaten striker Janet Garcia (2-0).

Meneses, 27, from Gava, Spain, holds a black belt in Kyokushinkai Karate and is a member of Team Uppercut, the Barcelona-based fight camp featured in the 2022 COMBATE GLOBAL ‘Exclusivos’ competition reality series.

Garcia, 33, from San Francisco, Calif., is a member of Team AKA, led by trainer and former world kickboxing champion Javier Mendez, who has produced and mentored a slew of MMA champions. Garcia remains unbeaten in La Jaula, with unanimous decision victories over Mariah Castro and Katie Perez in 2023.

In a previously announced, featured matchup undefeated Michel “La Furia” Martinez (3-0) of Valencia, Spain will take on Rudisel Mora (0-1) of Miami at lightweight (155 pounds).