{"id":783798,"date":"2026-07-07T01:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783798\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T01:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:28:11","slug":"wendys-drops-damian-pinas-combo-ahead-of-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783798\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy\u2019s Drops Damian Pinas Combo Ahead Of UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Top Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight prospect, Damian Pinas, returns to action this weekend against Brazil\u2019s Cesar Almeida at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/444863\/ufc-329-fight-card-start-time-date-location-conor-mcgregor-max-holloway-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 329<\/a>, which goes down this weekend (Sat., July 11, 2026) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And ahead of just his second walk to the Octagon, Suriname\u2019s Pinas is getting something pretty cool: His very own Wendy\u2019s combo meal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Indeed, the fast-food chain released \u201cThe Baby Yaga\u201d combo in honor of Pinas, marking the first fighter-themed combo meal in Wendy\u2019s history. The \u201cknockout combo\u201d includes a chicken tenders wrap, medium fries, a medium Coca-Cola and Wendy\u2019s signature sauce for 20 Aruban florin, which comes out to roughly $11 U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In addition, customers will have a chance to win a meet-and-greet with Pinas through the promotion, including an opportunity to train with, meet and learn from the UFC upstart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Unfortunately for U.S. fans looking to try \u201cThe Baby Yaga,\u201d it appears the combo is only available in Aruba, where Pinas has strong ties through Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Still, it is a pretty awesome look for a fighter who is only one fight into his UFC career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Pinas (9-1) turned heads in his Octagon debut when he dispatched Wes Schultz in less than three minutes, knocking him out in violent fashion (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-paramount-plus-news-hub-fight-cards-schedule\/425407\/watch-ufc-mexico-city-video-highlights-results-paramount-pinas-knockout-schultz-debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>). Now, the 24-year-old gets a chance to gain even more attention when he faces a former kickboxing champion on the undercard of Conor McGregor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-on-cbs-paramount-broadcast-schedule\/455345\/ufc-329-weigh-ins-new-format-conor-mcgregors-return-cbs-involved\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highly-anticipated return<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So, yeah, he is clearly doing something right. One UFC fight in, and the man already has a Wendy\u2019s combo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight prospect, Damian Pinas, returns to action this weekend against Brazil\u2019s Cesar Almeida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,355513],"class_list":["post-783798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-mma-social-media-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}