A special one-night tournament featuring eight women fighters will take place this Friday at Combate Global.
The event airs live on Paramount+ beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET with a pre-show. The action begins at 11 p.m. ET from Miami, Florida.
In addition, this week’s Combate coverage is complemented on CBS Sports Network with the one-hour recap show on Thursday, Aug. 12 (9:00 p.m. ET) highlighting last week’s action.
Eight strawweights will contend, with the winner being the fighter who survives three epic encounters in the night. That fighter will also become the No. 1 contender to the strawweight title.
“Combate Global continues to demonstrate its women’s division is the most exciting on the planet,” said Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren.
In one bracket of the tournament, undefeated phenom Yasmine Jauregui (5-0) of Tijuana, B.C. Mexico will take on Stephanie “Macaquinha” Frausto (8-7) of Dublin, Calif., while unbeaten Criszaida Adames (4-0) of The Dominican Republic via Philadelphia, Pa. will collide with Yajaira “La Pantera Negra” Cunningham, who fights out of Homestead, Fla. and represents Nicaragua.
In the opposite tournament bracket, Paulina Vargas (4-1) of Guadalajara, J.L., Mexico will face off with Claudia Diaz (1-2 MMA; 17-7-1 Muay Thai) of Barcelona, Spain, and Karen Cedillo (4-2) of Monterrey, N.L., Mexico will battle Claire Lopez of Nice, France.
In addition, two tournament “reserve” bouts will take place, the first one pitting Delaney “Lil’ Scrappy” Bailey (3-2) of Clearwater, Fla. against Caroline “Taz” Gallardo (4-4) of Santiago, Chile via Chicago, Ill., and the other matching Camila Rivarola (4-3) of Montevideo, Uruguay via Stockholm, Sweden against Andrea “Fortaleza” Soraluz (2-4) of Lima, Peru via Miami, Fla.