combate americas has grown rapidly, both on television and streaming live on social media. their second annual copa combate had better ratings than bellator (the second event to do so). the inaugural event of 2019 outperformed their competitors, on paramount, espn 2 and tnt as well as telemundo boxing, getting 610,000 viewers on univision and udn, despite its midnight et timeslot. their event in hidalgo, texas on june 26th, was the highest rated mma event of the night, beating both the ufc and bellator.