Zedekiah Montanez-Roberto Romero Hernandez Headline Combate

Featherweights Zedekiah Montanez and Roberto Romero Hernandez headline Combat Global Friday.

The two will meet in the main event on Paramount+. 

Along with Montanez vs. Hernandez, Cristian Barraza takes on Diego Silva and Melissa Amaya meets Gisselle Garcia Villanueva.

Paramount+ live coverage will begin with a Combate Global pre-show at 10:30 p.m. ET/9:30 p.m. CT, and will continue with the live fight action, beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. CT.

Fighting out of trainer Colin Oyama’s camp in Irvine, Calif., the 21-year-old  Hernandez, who hails from Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico will return to La Jaula, the Combate Global competition cage, for the third time this year after scoring memorable knockouts in each of his last two bouts in 2021.

Barraza (6-3) of Santiago, Chile will also return to Combate Global action for the third time this year and look for his first victory of 2021 when he faces off with Silva (3-2) of Mexico City, Mexico.
 
A featured women’s flyweight matchup between two professional debut competitors will see Amaya (0-0) of Spokane, Wash. collide with Villanueva (0-0), also of Spokane.
 
On the three-fight preliminary bout card, undefeated Bryce Gamboa (2-0) of Miami will meet Maximiliano “Steel” Gonzalez (2-1) of Mexico City at bantamweight (135 pounds).
 
Another unbeaten prospect, Dorian Ramos (1-0) of Tucson, Ariz. will square off with Isaac Villegas (0-0) of Tijuana, B.C., Mexico at featherweight.
 
Juan Ramirez (1-2) of Ensenada, B.C. will meet Luis Fernando Chavez (0-0) of Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico at flyweight