SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
December - 2015
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ship” in September. The
the 26-year-old Paredes,
another member of Team
Quest, is looking to return
to the win column after
suffering a loss in to Alfred
Khashakyan in July. This
setback snapped his two-
fight win streak.
In a featured women’s
atomweight
attraction
on the live telecast, Kyra
“Mogwai” Batara will col-
lide with “Lightning Liz
McCarthy.
Fighting out of Las Vegas,
Batara (3-3) is a 21-year-
old protégé of Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu guru Eddie Bra-
vo. During the “Combate
Americas: Road To The
Championship,” Batara
pulled off the upset win
with unanimous decision
over Nicdali Rivera-Cala-
noc, a former world cham-
pionship challenger with
five times as many profes-
sional bouts as Batara.
The 29-year-old McCarthy
(2-3), also fighting out of
Las Vegas, is a four-time
veteran of Invicta FC. Prior
to her professional debut,
where fans saw her she
defeat Jessica Philippus by
way of first round TKO,
McCarthy amassed a per-
fect, 6-0 record as an ama-
teur.
The complete, five-bout
preliminary card for “Com-
bate Americas: Road To
The Championship Holly-
wood” will be announced
soon.
Doors at Florentine Gar-
dens open at 5 p.m. PT
for the event, and the first
preliminary bout will begin
at 6 p.m.
