CRISTIAN PEREZ FACES SEBASTIAN SANTANA GUEDES

IN LIGHTWEIGHT MAIN EVENT

ON FRIDAY, APRIL 22, LIVE ON UNIVISION AND TUDN USA

ATOMWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT:

DIANA MENDOZA VS. DANIELA HERNANDEZ

NEW YORK April 19, 2022 – Combate Global today announced a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card headlined by a lightweight (155 pounds) main event bout between Mexican star and 2021 “Fighter of the Year” award winner Cristian “Puas” Perez (8-1) and Spanish standout Sebastian Santana Guedes (8-4-1) on Friday, April 22, live on Univision (12 a.m. ET/PT) and TUDN USA (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT) in the U.S. from Miami, Fla.

The 22-year-old Perez of Ensenada, B.C., Mexico was nearly unstoppable in 2021, winning five straight fights – four by way of (T)KO or submission – in a span of just seven months before losing a unanimous decision to Enrique “Baby Bull” Gonzalez in the championship stage of a one-night, eight-man tournament last November 12.

Above: Sebastian Santana Guedes (left) of Spain will make his second start in La Jaula, the Combate Global competition cage, against Cristian “Puas” Perez in lightweight main event action on Friday, April 22.

Santana Guedes is a 27-year-old native of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, a hotbed for MMA, and a veteran of Combate Global’s first-ever, one-night European tournament that took place last August 1.

Santana Guedes has earned five of his eight professional career victories by way of submission.

In the women’s atomweight (105 pounds) co-main event, Diana Mendoza (2-0) of Dana Point, Calif. will take on fellow unbeaten upstart Daniela “Tiny Mexa” Hernandez (2-0) of Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.

A featured main card flyweight (125 pounds) affair will pit Gerardo “Terrier” Graniel (7-3) of Mexico City, Mexico against Chris Ocon (5-2) of Memphis, Tenn.

The preliminary bout card will be highlighted by the Combate Global debut of Georgie Garcia (9-5) of Pacoima, Calif. Garcia will collide with Mexico City’s Ismael “Kraken” Zamora (2-1), who is coming off an impressive, second round (1:28) submission (armbar) of previously undefeated Rick Zelada on April 8.

Leading off the undercard will be a women’s strawweight (115 pounds) tilt between professional debut competitor, Valentina Moriel (0-0) of Santiago, Chile and Fernanda Larios (0-2) of Guadalajara, J.L., Mexico.

Additional information about Combate Global and its athletes can be found on www.CombateGlobal.com as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.