Combate Global is headed to Burbank, California, shifting its production to Miami ahead of a new broadcast deal with Estrella TV.
Combate (formerly Combate Americas), formed in 2011, is the brainchild of UFC co-founder Campbell McLaren, who serves as the company’s CEO. The promotion caters to the Hispanic market, and previously aired on Univision for a six-year run.
20 live Combate Global events are set to be held at Estrella’s new network studio, starting in February 2026. The space can house roughly 500 spectators, per a report by the L.A. Times.
“It’s a bigger market, access to more talent, access to more behind-the-camera talent, access to more on-camera talent,” McLaren told the Times. “We feel we’re making a big, big step.”
Combate has seen UFC talents like John Castaneda, Gustavo Lopez, Daniel Zellhuber, and Erick Perez (who fought there between his UFC and Bellator stints) compete under its banner. Boxing star Amanda Serrano, who made a successful crossover to MMA, competed for the company twice in 2018, posting a 1-0-1 record. Perhaps its most notorious fight, however, saw former UFC light heavyweight champion and Hall of Fame member Tito Ortiz defeat pro wrestling’s Alberto del Rio (fighting as Alberto El Patrón) in December of 2019. Alberto, who competed for PRIDE as Dos Caras Jr., was submitted in just over three minutes in what would be the final MMA fight of “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy.”
