Combate Americas "Road To The Championship Hollywood" will air live tonight, Dec. 16 at 11:00p ET / 8:00p PT on NBC Universo
In the bantamweight (135 pounds) main event of the live, four-fight telecast on
NBC UNIVERSO, 23-year-old sensation John "Sexy Mexy" Castaneda (8-2) of Mankato, Minn., fresh off his victory at the inaugural "Combate Americas: Road To The Championship" event in Las Vegas, Nev. on September 17, will square off with fellow striking sensation Federico "Kiko" Lopez (10-5) of Murrieta, Calif.
In the bantamweight co-main event, Combate Americas reality television series star and power puncher Ricky "El Gallero" Palacios (5-1), of Mission, Texas will square off with dangerous scrapper Anthony Paredes (3-2) of Murrieta, Calif.
In a featured women's atomweight (105 pounds) attraction on the live telecast, 21-year-old Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (3-3) will collide with fellow Las Vegas resident "Lightning Liz McCarthy (2-3).
The live
NBC UNIVERSO telecast will kick off with a featherweight (145 pounds) matchup between Urijah Faber protégé and prolific finisher Erick Sanchez (5-2) of Sacramento, Calif. and fellow rising star "Ruthless" Rudy Morales (3-3) of Las Vegas.
To find
NBC UNIVERSO on your satellite, telco or cable TV channel lineup, go to Channel 410 on DIRECTV; Channel 838 on DISH Network; Channel 3009 or 3010 on AT&T U-verse; and visit www.nbcuniverso.com/encuentra for the
NBC UNIVERSO channel number on your local cable TV listings.
About COMBATE AMERICAS: Combate Americas, LLC. is the first U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise in history, designed to build Latino fighting champions and serve Hispanic fans, one of the world's most avid groups of prize fighting enthusiasts. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company's CEO, Campbell McLaren, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as "the marketing genius behind the UFC" and Yahoo! Sports proclaimed that he "knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today." With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.
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