The complete six-bout fight card for Friday night’s Combate Global event live on Paramount+ is now official.
Levy Marroquin vs. Carlos Calvo Calvo will headline the card in a special 150-pound catchweight contest.
The 25-year-old Marroquin is the first fighter in history to win Combate Global’s annual, year-end “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man tournament, the most coveted combat sports event for representing one’s country in competition.
Over the span of his eight-year professional career, the hard-hitting and versatile Marroquin has never been knocked out or submitted.
Calvo Calvo is a 23-year-old native of Costa Rica and budding new star who was undefeated as an amateur before reeling off seven consecutive victories in his first seven starts as a professional.
In a featured lightweight (155 pounds) contest, Alfredo Ruelas (2-0) of Mexico City, Mexico and Landry Ward (3-0) of Miami, Fla. will risk their unblemished records against one another.
A featured women’s atomweight (105 pounds) matchup will pit Daniela “Tiny Mexa” Hernandez (1-0) of Monterrey, N.L., Mexico against Eli Avila (0-1) of Mexico City.
The three-bout undercard will be highlighted by a lightweight matchup between Jair “El Lupe” Perez (4-2) of Monterrey via San Diego, Calif. and Gabe Barletta (4-2) of Jensen Beach, Fla.
Carlos “El Rey” Puente, Jr. (6-5) of Anaheim, Calif. will take on Pierre “The French Hawaiian” Daguzan (5-5) of Versailles, France by way of Hawaii at bantamweight (135 pounds).
Making their respective professional debuts against each other in a flyweight (125 pounds) bout will be Ricardo Ramirez (0-0) of Ciudad Juarez, Chih., Mexico and Oscar Herrera (0-0) of Denver, Colo.
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