COMBATE GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

DAVID “THE BLACK SPARTAN” MARTINEZ (CHAMPION)
VS.
AXEL OSUNA (CHALLENGER)

ALL-MEXICAN WORLD TITLE FIGHT
PITS TWO OF MMA’S TOP YOUNG SENSATIONS,
WITH A COMBINED 92-PLUS PERCENT FINISH RATE,
AGAINST EACH OTHER

PARAMOUNT+ COVERAGE BEGINS
WITH A COMBATE GLOBAL PRE-SHOW AT 10:30 PM ET;
FIRST BOUT BEGINS AT 11:00 PM ET

NEW YORK – October 3, 2022 – Combate Global has announced a world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event,  headlined by a bantamweight (135 pounds) title fight between reigning world champion David “The Black Spartan” Martinez (8-1) and challenger Axel Osuna (5-1), streaming live on Paramount+ from Miami, Fla. on Friday, Oct. 7.

Paramount+ 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.

Together, Martinez and Osuna boast an astounding finish rate of over 92 percent, having earned all but 1 of their 13 combined victories by way of (T)KO or submission.

“Martinez vs. Osuna is a very even match of speed, power and skill,” said Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren.  “I think the winner will be the one with the most heart.”

Above: Reigning Combate Global World Bantamweight Champion David “The Black Spartan” Martinez (right) will risk his title against fellow Mexican finisher Axel Osuna on Friday, Oct. 7.  Photo credit: Scott Hirano/Combate Global

The 24-year-old Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico is a prolific striker with a tremendous kickboxing pedigree.  He earned his coveted title by defeating three opponents – fellow Mexicans Alex “Coyote” Gonzalez and Alan “Beche” Cantu, and American star Francisco “Cisco” Rivera, Jr., respectively – in a one-night, eight-man tournament on May 29, 2021.

In his last effort, Martinez, a member of the Bonebreakers fight squad, scored a brutal first round (2:08) TKO (punches) on Chile’s Arturo Vergara in a non-title fight last May 29.

Above: Axel Osuna (right) will be the first competitor to challenge David Martinez for Martinez’s coveted, 135-pound Combate Global world title.

The challenger, 25-year-old Osuna of Guadalajara, J.L., Mexico, will look to earn his first professional world title, as well as his third consecutive victory in 2022.

Thus far, Osuna has turned in a pair of third round (T)KO conquests in 2021 – the first on Combate Global’s 2021 “Comeback of the Year” winner, Max “Steel” Gonzalez on May 13, and the second on David Solorzano on August 26.

Prior to entering the world of MMA, Osuna was a Golden Gloves boxing champion who amassed over 100 amateur boxing bouts.

In a featured welterweight (170 pounds) bout on the card, Marcos Lloreda (11-8) of Miami will face off with Ricardo Centeno (9-6) of Ecuador via Newark, N.J.

A women’s flyweight (125 pounds) contest will see Aitana Alvarez (2-3) of San Sebastian, Spain return to La Jaula, the Combate Global competition cage, for the third time this year, when she squares off with Gillian “Valkyrie” Noll (2-2) of Post Falls, Idaho.

At featherweight (145 pounds), undefeated Yadier Del Valle (3-0) of Houston, Texas will make his much-anticipated Combate Global debut against Miguel Lugo (2-1) of Yuma, Ariz.

In a women’s strawweight (115 pounds) matchup, kickboxer Damaris Olivares (0-0) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain will make her MMA rules debut against Diana Sanchez (0-0) of Bellingham, Wash.

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