WBC interim flyweight champion Kenia Enriquez is ready to make her blended martial arts debut.
Combate International introduced that the Tijuana native will enter La Jaula as a part of the promotion’s all-women’s battle card, ‘Combate Feminine’ on Thursday, March 13 in Miami, Florida.
Enriquez (28-1, 11 KOs boxing) is the WBC’s reigning interim flyweight titleholder on high of being a former WBO flyweight and WBC interim tremendous strawweight champion.
Competing as an expert since 2012, Enriquez will make her debut in four-ounce gloves towards undefeated English prospect Hayley ‘Bloody’ Valentine in a strawweight showdown.
Enriquez captured her first boxing championship in 2014 and most lately defended her WBC interim flyweight title with a unanimous choice victory over Maria Salinas in February 2024. To arrange for her extremely anticipated MMA premiere, Enriquez has been coaching on the adorned Lobo Gymnasium MMA in Guadalajara, the house of former UFC flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and high UFC featherweight contender Diego Lopes.
Kenia Enriquez is simply the newest boxer to check their MMA abilities in combate International
Over the previous few years, Combate International has established itself as a jumping-off level for boxers seeking to take a look at their mettle contained in the cage.
“Following our profitable launch of boxing world champion Amanda Serrano’s MMA profession, we’re excited to start Kenia’s,” stated Combate International CEO Campbell McLaren in a press launch.
Serrano made her promotional debut in April 2018 and fought Corina Herrera to a three-round draw. Six months later, she returned to La Jaula and scored a standing guillotine submission victory over Erendira Ordonez within the opening spherical.
Additionally reducing her MMA enamel in Combate International was undefeated boxer and former Lucha Underground champion Dulce “Attractive Star” Garcia. She rattled off back-to-back wins with the promotion in 2019.
Enriquez’s debut will air reside on Combate International’s Spanish language YouTube channel in addition to the promotion’s English language YouTube channel, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
