Combate Americas will make its return to cage fighting later this month with a slam-bang main event in the form of Steve Swanson vs. Gustavo Lopez, a bantamweight tilt set for Azteca America on Jan. 19, 2017, LIVE from El Plaza Condesa in Mexico City.
Swanson (14-2) is coming off a blistering four-fight winning streak, with all four wins coming by way of violent finish. He’ll have his hands full against the ground-savvy Lopez (6-2), who ripped through the promotion’s “Road to the Championship” tourney from 2015-16.
In the atomweight co-main event, mixed martial arts (MMA) fan favorite Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc (9-9), fresh off her gritty, hard-fought victory over Ronni Nanney last March, tangles with the venerable Lisbeth Lopez Silva (3-3).