On Wednesday, Combate Americas made a special announcement regarding the addition of a new Spanish cable television deal.
Azteca television (TV 7 in Mexico, Azteca America in the United States) will now be the official Spanish-language broadcast partner of Combate Americas in both the United States and Mexico.
The new TV deal includes the airing of live monthly events and kicks off with an event headlined by a rematch of the first-ever Combate Americas main event in New York, as John “Sexy Mexy” Castadena and Gustavo Lopez will once again meet inside the cage and if both can make weight this time around (Castadena failed to do so the first time around0, the first-ever Combate Americas Bantamweight Title will be awarded to the winner.
In their first meeting at the “Empire Rising” event earlier this month, Castadena defeated Lopez via TKO in their five-round battle from the event that was held on October 14th in Verona, New York.
The rematch between the Bantamweight contenders will go down at the first event as part of the aforementioned new cable television deal, as Castadena-Lopez 2 will headline the event scheduled for January 19th at Teatro Moliere in Mexico City, Mexico
The new TV also includes a weekly show called “Combate Americas Azteca,” which will feature video highlights of previous fight cards, interviews and other content. The premiere edition of the program will air on November 3rd at 10pm EST.
For more information, visit the official website and/or Twitter page of Combate Americas.
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