MEXICAN STAR LEO “THE LION” RODRIGUEZ REPLACES

MARCOS “EL LOBO” LLOREDA IN WELTERWEIGHT SHOWDOWN WITH

AMERICAN STANDOUT MARCUS “BAD INTENTIONS” EDWARDS 

LLOREDA FORCED TO WITHDRAW DUE TO COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

NEW YORK – June 8, 2022 – Combate Global today announced a new welterweight (170 pounds) main event – Mexican star Leo “The Lion” Rodriguez (13-2) vs. American standout Marcus “Bad Intentions” Edwards (13-6) – for its five-fight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) card on Friday, June 10, on Univision (12 a.m. ET/PT) and TUDN USA (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT) from Miami,, Fla.

Rodriguez of Mexico City has stepped up to take the fight on just three days’ notice after Lloreda was forced to withdraw from the main event commitment due to Combate Global’s COVID-19 protocols.

Above: In his sole Combate Global bout, Rodriguez (left) scored a second round (3:37) TKO (punches) on Ramon Lopez (right)

A member of the famed Bonebreakers camp where he trains with Combate Global World Bantamweight Champion David “The Black Spartan” Martinez, Rodriguez will look for his fourth consecutive victory after winning each of his last three bouts by way of (T)KO or submission inside of two rounds.

In Rodriguez’s sole start for Combate Global on October 26, 2018, he stopped Ramon Lopez with an onslaught of punches in the second round (3:37) of battle.

Edwards of Littleton, Colo. is arguably the toughest test of Rodriguez’s 11-year professional career.

To date, the hard-hitting American has earned 11 of his 13 career wins via (T)KO or submission, and has faced off with a small batch of name competitors, including Justin Gaethje, Efrain Escudero and Pat “Bam Bam” Healy.

UPDATED COMBATE GLOBAL FIGHT CARD – JUNE 10, 2022

WELTERWEIGHT (170 lbs.) MAIN EVENT:

Leo Rodriguez (13-2) vs. Marcus Edwards (13-6)

FEATURED FEATHERWEIGHT (145 lbs.) BOUT:

Alfredo Lopez (5-2) vs. Martin Justiz (1-1)

FEATURED WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT (125 lbs.) BOUT:

Gillian Noll (1-2) vs. Jennifer Trioreau (0-3)

PRELIMINARY CARD BOUTS

BANTAMWEIGHT (135 lbs.) BOUT:

Alex “Coyote” Gonzalez (4-3) vs. Fabia “El Potro” Sintes (2-2)

WELTERWEIGHT (170 lbs.) BOUT:

Fernando “Bicho” Calvo (5-1) vs. Victor Valenzuela (6-3)