Combate Global 53 Fight Card and Start Times: “La Loba” vs. Celimen

NEW YORK – September 19, 2022 – Combate Global announced a Women’s Flyweight (125 lbs) main event between two fierce rivals – Lucero “La Loba” Acosta (2-2) and Mariel Celimen (2-1) – for the Saturday, September 24, on Paramount+ from Miami, Fla. Paramount+ coverage will begin with a Combate Global pre-show at 10:30 pm ET/9:30 pm ET. 10:00 p.m. central time. “This fight between ‘La Loba’ and Mariel Celimen will be the most watched women’s MMA fight in history,” said Campbell McLaren, CEO of Combate Global. “And it will be a good indicator of which of these queens will eventually rule the women’s flyweight division in Global Combat.” The matchup between Acosta, 28, of Tijuana, BC, Mexico, via San Diego, California, and Celimen, 26, of Maracaibo, Venezuela, via Miami will take place about six months after the two met in training. . partners of the Miami-based Goat Shed Academy, which Celimen calls home. What was going to be a routine training session that day quickly turned into a full-on cage battle at Goat Shed after Acosta, who was visiting the gym, landed a right hand that prompted Celimen to take down and try. an armbar submission. in Acosta.

Acosta is an internet sensation whose wrestling videos and lifestyle content have garnered millions of views on YouTube, Instagram and Snap. Acosta will enter La Jaula, Combate Global’s competition cage, for the first time in 2022, after a broken ankle suffered in training last November set her back. Her last win came on April 16, 2021, when she scored a first-round (2:28) TKO (punches) over Xtreme Couture team member Allysen Breeden. Like Acosta, Celimen has posted a pair of wins under the Combate Global promotion, with her latest win coming in the form of a third-round (4:09) submission (rear-naked choke) of Tyler Schaefer on the 29th. of April. Celimen’s Lonely Loss came as a result of being disqualified in the third round (2:59) of action against Chile’s Jazmin Navarrete after illegally headbutting Navarrete multiple times while a noticeably frustrated Celimen was on the table. Navarrete guard. The fight between Acosta and Celimen marks the fifth time in 2022 that a women’s fight will headline a Global Combat event.

Combate Global produces 30 live events a year and has greatly expanded its roster of female fighters since 2021. The women’s division comprises a third of Combate Global’s total roster of more than 170 athletes. In Saturday’s co-main event, Javier “Blair” Reyes (14-3) of Bogota, Colombia will meet Jose “Froggy” Estrada (7-3) of Oxnard, California at featherweight (145 pounds). Reyes, 28, is Colombia’s top featherweight, and will look to extend his winning streak to five straight fights, while Estrada, making his first start this year, will try to bounce back from a first round (1:14) loss by submission (armbar) at the hands of Martin “El Toro” Bravo on December 3. In a featured bantamweight (135-pound) bout, undefeated Erik Mendez (2-0) of Spokane, Washington will take on Anas Azizoun (1-0 MMA; 28-1 kickboxing) of Saint Etienne, France. Former kickboxing star Jade Jorand (1-2) of Bordeaux, France, will return to Global Combat action in a 113-pound catchweight bout with Guilia Ghinello (3-6) of Brugine, Padova, Italy on the undercard. preliminary. At the beginning of the card there will be a flyweight matchup between Miami’s Edwin Sarria (5-4) and Miami’s Pablo Caballero (8-9).

Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Executive Writer and Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. He is passionate about combat sports and also hosts a podcast for Sitting Ringside. He is also a former MMA Fighter and Kickboxer.

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