It’s all business for South Florida fighter who readies for his Combate Americas debut
Jaime Alvarez, a determined, hard working and smart fighter who grew up in South Florida, will make his Combate Americas debut on Oct. 11 from Casino Del Sol in Tucson.
With a record of 8-1, Alvarez will be featured in a flyweight bout against Joao Camilo (5-3 ), and that matchup will broadcast live on Univision and TUDN.
Alvarez, 31, a Coral Springs resident, trains at American Top Team in Coconut Creek.
Here is an interview I conducted with Alvarez at ATT.
As a youth in nearby Sunrise, he learned to take care of himself against bullies who harassed him because of his smaller size.
A graduate of Western High School in Davie, he earned a degree in business from Florida International University in Miami.
Alvarez played some football, but education and family are most important to him, and he enjoyed fishing in the summer with family in the Keys.
In a video interview I conducted, Alvarez talks tattoos after a training session at ATT.
Alvarez, who has competed for Titan FC in South Florida, was part of the UFC “Ultimate Fighter” in 2016 and Dana White’s “Tuesday Night Contender Series” in 2017.
COMBATE AMERICAS - OCT. 11 LIVE ON UNIVISION AND TUDN
FEATURED FLYWEIGHTS: JAIME ALVAREZ VS. JOAO CAMILO
Determined fighter Jaime Alvarez (8-1) will face Joao Camilo (5-3).
Alvarez is a world-ranked member of American Top Team and a fast-paced striker with dangerous knockout power.
Alvarez, who will make his Combate Americas debut, looks for his third consecutive win after his lone start this year on January 25 when he scored a second round (4:57) TKO on Jorge Calvo Martin.
Camilo, 27, of Goiania, Goias, Brazil won two of his last three fights. In his last fight in August, he dropped a unanimous decision to Victor Altamirano at LFA 73. His past four fights went the distance.
FEATURED WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHTS:
MARILIA “THE TIGRESS” MORAIS VS. PAOLA RAMIREZ
Undefeated Marilia “The Tigress” Morais (3-0) vs. also hard-hitting striker Paola Ramirez (1-2).
Fighting out of American Top Team, the 30-year-old Morais, who hails from Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, will step into La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, seven weeks after her previously scheduled Combate Americas debut in Lake Tahoe, Nevada was canceled by the state athletic commission during fight week because of an undisclosed issue related to her opponent Chelsea Chandler.
Morais is a multiple-time Muay Thai and kickboxing champion who has earned all of her MMA victories by way of (T)KO or submission.
The 33-year-old Ramirez, a native of Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico fighting out of Carlsbad, Calif. will return to MMA action for the first time since February 2, 2017 when she lost a decision to Christina Marks.
Ramirez’s sole start under the Combate Americas promotional banner occurred on April 25, 2016 and ended in spectacular fashion when she scored a crushing, first round (4:05) knockout on Amber Tackett with a superman punch.
BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT AND FEATURE BOUT:
Jose “Pochito” Alday vs. Joby Sanchez
Anthony “El Toro” Birchak vs. Erik Aguilar Radleim
PRELMINARY BOUT CARD:
Bantamweight: Guillermo Torres vs. Orlando Jimenez
Welterweight: Raymond Pina vs. Michael Robertson
Catchweight (140 pounds): Valerie Quintero vs. Lucero Acosta
Flyweight: Humberto Duarte vs. Jesus Rivas
Featherweight: Dorian Ramos vs. Anthony Elijah
Bantamweight: Chris Quiroz vs. Gabe Brown
Flyweight: Erick Barreras vs. Aaron Hernandez
Tickets on sale now.
Full Card Announcement:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W_6e3h1IkIrULq3zB1mWSIDPgjALVdUK/view?usp=sharing
Combate Americas Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/CombateAmericas/
Combate Americas website:
https://www.combateamericas.com/
HOW TO WATCH
Combate Americas returns to Tucson with world-class MMA action on Oct. 11, which will be broadcast live in the United States on Univision (12 a.m.) and TUDN (12 a.m.) from AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol.
ABOUT COMBATE AMERICAS
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer, for Spanish speaking fans worldwide. The Combate Americas franchise includes live event and original shoulder programming on some of the biggest television, OTT and digital platforms in Spanish and English, including Univision and Univision Deportes Network (UDN), DAZN, ESPN, GOL, Pluto TV and Facebook Watch worldwide. The company also owns and operates a multi-platform media studio, La Jaula Studios.
Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been described by New York Magazine as “the marketing genius behind the UFC,” while Yahoo Sports has said he “knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today.” With an unprecedented and cutting edge product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.
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This story was originally published October 1, 2019 at 11:00 AM.
