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“SEXY MEXY” AND UFC® VET DANNY MARTINEZ STEP IN FOR INJURED FIGHTERS IN MAIN AND CO-MAIN EVENT BOUTS AT COMBATE AMERICAS ON THURSDAY, Aug. 11, LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS® FROM LOS ANGELES

New featherweight main event:
John “Sexy Mexy” Castaneda replaces injured Erick Sanchez against Angel Cruz

New flyweight co-main event:
Danny Martinez in for injured Jonathan Martinez against Benjamin Vinson

NEW YORK – August 4, 2016 - Combate America, woyamba U.S. Chisipanya obwerawa masewera a karati (MMA) sports franchise, today announced new main event and co-main event matchups for its 10-bout fight card that will air live on UFC FIGHT PASS® from The Exchange in Los Angeles, Calif. paThursday, Aug. 11 pa 9:30 p.m. AND/6:30 p.m. PT.

Streaking star John "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda (10-2) will step in for Erick Sánchez, who suffered a staph infection, and face off with Angel “Tito” Cruz(5-2) mu featherweight (145 mapaundi) main event at “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: CombateOCHO,” while four-time UFC® msirikali wakale Danny “The Gremlin” Martinez will replace a hurt (knee injury) Jonathan Martinez(19-7) in the flyweight (125 mapaundi) co-main event contest with Benjamin Vinson (8-3-1).

Kuphatikiza apo, the planned women’s atomweight (105 mapaundi) matchup pakati Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (5-3) ndipo Lisa Ellis (15-10) has been scrapped due to a hamstring injury sustained by Batara.

“We wish Erick, Jonathan and Kyra speedy and full recoveries, and have the utmost respect for John Castaneda and Danny Martinez, two ferocious warriors who did not hesitate to accept our offers to face super tough opponents in the top two fights on our card, pa yochepa zindikirani,"Anati Combate America CEO Campbell McLaren.

The 24-year-old Castaneda of Mankato, Kuchokera. is riding a five-fight win streak, the last three of which came inside the Combate Americas cage, or “La Jaula.”

Mpaka pano, the fast-rising star who normally competes at bantamweight (135 mapaundi), but who began his career as a featherweight, has notched 7 wake 10 katswiri Umapeza kudzera (T)KO kapena kugonjera.

Martinez of Chula Vista, Calif. will see action for the first time since his unanimous decision win over Richie Vaculik pa UFC 193 otsiriza November 14.

The 31-year-old finisher, originally hailing from Tempe, Ariz., wakhala zinatsala 14 wake 19 ntchito kupambana kudzera (T)KO kapena kugonjera.

Tickets for “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: CombateOCHO,” priced from $40, are on sale at ItsMySeat.com as well as at The Exchange box office. UFC FIGHT PASS is available on: personal computers, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Apulo TV, Android, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Sony TVs with Android TV and Roku devices.

Doors at the Exchange LA open for the event at 5:30 p.m. PT, ndipo woyamba kuyambirira khadi podwala lidzayamba 6 p.m. The live UFC FIGHT PASS stream will commence at 6:30 p.m.

COMBATE AMERICAS: CombateOCHO

Featherweight Main Event:
John Castaneda vs. Angel Cruz

Flyweight Co-Main Event:
Danny Ramirez vs. Benjamin Vinson

Flyweight: Heinrich Wassmer vs. Benji Gomez
Featherweight: Izic Fernandez vs. Mark Bonilla
Flyweight: Jonathan Santa Maria vs. Albert Tapia
Featherweight: Jonathan Quiroz vs. Ryan Lilley
Opepuka: Jose Estrada vs. Christian Cardona
Opepuka: Erick Gonzalez vs. Yoandy Carrillo
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Hector Saldana
Welterweight: George Hernandez vs. Hakob Ter Petrosyan

UFC SUPERSTAR JULIANNA PEÑA, DANNY CASTILLO TO HOST FIRST-EVER COMBATE AMERICAS OPEN FIGHTER TRYOUT IN LOS ANGELES ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

PRE-REGISTRATION PROCESS UNDERWAY
ON COMBATEAMERICAS.COM

TRYOUT TAKES PLACE TWO DAYS FOLLOWING
COMBATE AMERICAS LIVE EVENT ON UFC FIGHT PASS®

NEW YORK – August 2, 2016 – Combate Americas today announced that reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC) women’s bantamweight (135 mapaundi) superstar Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña, along with 14-time UFC veteran and Team Alpha Male standout Danny “Last Call” Castillo and journalist Andrea Calle, will host the first-ever open tryout for the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, ku Los Angeles, Calif. pa Loweruka, Aug. 13.

All men and women, mibadwo 18 bwereza, who are interested in participating in the tryout with the opportunity to earn a multi-fight promotional agreement with Combate Americas, can pre-register online at www.CombateAmericas.com.

Castillo and Calle will preside over the event, while Peña, along with Combate Americas referee Mike Beltran and Combate Americas Fight Director Mel Valenzuela, will comprise the panel of judges for the tryout that will take place two days after the much-anticipated, 10-bout “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: Combate OCHO” event, live on UFC FIGHT PASS® from Exchange LA.

“We are on an aggressive hunt to give undiscovered, hungry talent the opportunity to shine on our big stage, and hosting an open tryout in one of the major cities of the U.S. that is also a hotbed for combat sports is one of the best ways to achieve this,” said Combate Americas CEO and UFC co-founder Campbell McLaren.

The tryout process will begin at 12 p.m. and will put candidates through a variety of drills testing speed, kupirira ndi mphamvu.

Basic boxing, kickboxing and grappling skills will also be examined.

Wogulira kuchokera $40, tickets for the “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: Combate Ocho,” 10-bout event are on sale at ItsMySeat.com as well as at The Exchange box office. UFC FIGHT PASS is available on personal computers, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Apulo TV, Android, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and Roku devices.

In the featherweight (145 mapaundi) yaikulu chochitika, Urijah Faber protégé Erick Sanchez (7-2) wa Sacramento, Calif. will look for his third win in the Combate Americas cage, kapena "La khola,” and fourth consecutive victory overall when he squares off with dangerous finisher Angel “Tito” Cruz (5-2) of Rio Piedras, P.R.

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ZOKHUDZA COMBATE America
Combate America, LLC. is the first U.S. Chisipanya obwerawa masewera a karati (MMA) masewera chilolezo m'mbiri, designed to build Latino fighting champions and serve Hispanic fans, one of the world’s most avid groups of prize fighting enthusiasts. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company’s CEO, Campbell McLaren, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as “malonda mwapang'ono kuseri kwa UFC” ndipo Yahoo! Sports analengeza kuti “amadziwa zambiri zokhudza masewera kuposa wina aliyense mu izo lero.” With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.

COMBATE AMERICAS RETURNS TO UFC FIGHT PASS® WITH HARD-HITTING, HISPANIC MMA ACTION LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 11

NEW YORK – July 14, 2016 - Combate America, woyamba U.S. Chisipanya obwerawa masewera a karati (MMA) sports franchise, today announced its return to UFC FIGHT PASS® with a stacked, 10-bout fight card that will air live from The Exchange in Los Angeles, Calif. pa Thursday, Aug. 11 pa 9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT.

Tickets for “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: Combate Ocho,” priced from $40, are on sale at ItsMySeat.com as well as at The Exchange box office. UFC FIGHT PASS is available on personal computers, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Apulo TV, Android, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and Roku devices.

In the featherweight (145 mapaundi) yaikulu chochitika, Urijah Faber protégé Erick Sánchez (7-2) wa Sacramento, Calif. will look for his third win in the Combate Americas cage, kapena "La khola,” and fourth consecutive victory overall when he squares off with dangerous finisher Angel “Tito” Cruz (5-2) of Rio Piedras, P.R.

In the women’s atomweight (105 mapaundi) co-waukulu chochitika, emerging star Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (5-3) wa Las Vegas, Nev. will collide with battle-tested veteran Lisa Ellis (15-10) of Olympia, Sambani.

“We are excited to be back in action on UFC FIGHT PASS with a tremendous fight card featuring the best, up-and-coming Hispanic fighters in the U.S., some of whom have been climbing the ranks with explosive performances under our promotion since last year and others whom we recently recruited because of their outstanding results elsewhere,"Anati McLaren.

In other action on the five-fight main card, ferocious knockout artist Jonathan “Dragon” Martinez (8-1) of Plainview, Texas will battle fellow finisherBenjamin Vinson (8-3-1) of Portland, Ore. in a flyweight (125 mapaundi) mpikisanowo.

Another flyweight matchup will see undefeated, kugonjera Ace Heinrich “Ricky Scraps” Wassmer (4-0) of Los Angeles put his perfect record on the line against dangerous puncher Benji "The ndewu" Gomez (5-5) of Oxnard, Calif.

Izic Fernandez (2-1) of Santa Ana, Calif. ndipo Mark Bonilla (3-2) of Los Angeles will face off in a featherweight scrap.

Mu kuyambirira khadi kanthu, Yoandy Carrillo (1-0) of Naples, Fla. adzachita nkhondoErick Gonzalez (4-1) wa Los Angeles.

Carrillo, the cousin of former World Boxing Association (WBA) world lightweight champion Richar April, is coming off a devastating, kwachiwiri (:19) gwetsa (nkhonya) a George Hernandez at Combate Americas onApril 25.

Gonzalez, who has notched three of his four professional career wins by way of (T)KO, was also victorious at the Combate Americas event on April 25, earning a split decision over Victor Martinez.

In another lightweight preliminary bout, Jose “Froggy” Estrada (1-0) of Oxnard, Calif. will return to action after his explosive debut in La Jaula, in which the 25-year-old scored a highlight reel, woyamba wozungulira (1:44) gwetsa (kukhomerera) pa Jonathan Quiroz pa April 18, and collide with Christian Cardona(0-1) wa Las Vegas, Nev.

Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Jonathan Santa Maria (3-3) wa Whittier, Calif. amakumana Albert Tapia (3-5) ya Huntington Beach, Calif. in a flyweight affair.

Unbeaten Daniel Rodriguez (1-0) of Alhambra, Calif. adzakumana Hector Saldana (1-2) wa Murrieta, Calif.

The final undercard bout will be announced soon.

COMBATE AMERICAS ACTION HEATS UP WITH WEEKLY MMA FIGHT SERIES ON NBC UNIVERSO, BEGINNING MONDAY, APRIL 18

THIRTY FIGHTS IN THIRTY DAYS!

NEW YORK – March 28, 2015 - Combate America, woyamba U.S. Chisipanya obwerawa masewera a karati (MMA) masewera chilolezo unakhazikitsidwa ndi mtheradi Kulimbana Championship (UFC) co-mlengi Campbell McLaren, today announced the return of its epic, action-packed “Road To the Championship” fight series to NBC UNIVERSO, wamakono zosangalatsa ndi masewera chingwe kapolo Latinos, with a weekly, one-hour program, kuyambira Monday, April 18, pa 12 a.m. AND/9 p.m. PT, from Los Angeles, Calif.

A total of 30 bouts featuring the most fearsome, emerging Hispanic MMA fighters, including Imagen Award-winning Combate America reality series contestant and professional boxer Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (5-1 MMA, 2-0-1 nkhonya), Uriya Faber kutetezedwa Erick Sánchez (6-2), John "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda (9-2) and women’s atomweight standout and Eddie Bravo pupil Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (4-3), will unfold over the course of a 30-day period.

“We are thrilled to be featured in a new, weekly slot that will allow us to continuously showcase the best and most exciting young Hispanic fighters and future world champions” said McLaren.

“Since we launched our franchise,"Anapitiriza McLaren, “NBC Universo has played an instrumental part in helping Combate Americas engage a national Hispanic audience, so we look forward to returning to their incredible platform, and entertaining and inspiring new and existing MMA fans throughout the U.S.

Combate Americas is a great place for fighters of Latin backgrounds to shine in front of martial arts fans”, anati Bilai Joa Silar, Senior Vice President of Programming and Production at NBC Universo. “It’s very exciting to have another season of Combate Americas on NBC Universo. We’re sure our audience will be thrilled with each fight scheduled since they will all feature top notch fighters.”

Additional participating fighters and matchups will be announced soon, as will the Los Angeles location for the kick-off event and host venues for subsequent events.

The first weekly show on April 18 will mark the third event in the “Road To The Championship” series. Following the sixth event in the series, which kicked off on September 17, 2015 ku Las Vegas, Nev., the most successful competitors in each weight class will be placed in the first Combate Americas world championship bouts in history.

REY MYSTERIO OTCHEDWA COMBATE America kazembe; KODI Bakuman padziko NBC UNIVERSO Lachitatu, Des. 16

Kale WWE nyenyezi Konnan kutumikira monga mtundu ndemanga kwa moyo telecast wa Combate America "Road Kuti The Championship Hollywood"

Live, zinayi nkhondo NBC UNIVERSO telecast umayamba 11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT
pa Lachitatu, Dec. 16

Official womenya kulemera-mu chikuchitika pa Lachiwiri, Dec. 15 mu Burbank, Calif.

NEW YORK - December 9, 2015 - Chokongoletsedwa, kale atatu nthawi WWE dziko ngwazi Rey Mysterio wakhala dzina lake kazembe wa Combate America, yoyamba U.S. Chisipanya obwerawa masewera a karati (MMA) masewera chilolezo m'mbiri unakhazikitsidwa ndi mtheradi Kulimbana Championship (UFC) co-mlengi Campbell McLaren, ndipo Bakuman lake latsopano udindo pa kwambiri kulandira "Road Kuti The Championship Hollywood,"Naini podwala akatswiri nkhondo khadi padziko NBC UNIVERSO, wamakono zosangalatsa ndi masewera chingwe kapolo Latinos, paLachitatu, Dec. 16 pa 11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT.

Kuphatikiza apo, kale WWF ndi WCW opsa Konnan, Nthawi zambiri amatchedwa "Mexican Hulk Hogan,"Adzakhala mtundu ndemanga limodzi amachitira ndi sewero Wotsogolera mwambo Ricardo Celis ndipo Andrea Street, ndi Hostess wa Imagen linapereka-kuwina Combate America chenicheni TV onena.

"Ndine okondwa kuti agwirizane Combate America pa NBC UNIVERSO, ndipo akuyembekezera kumanga izi zosaneneka MMA masewera mtundu ndipo akuthandiza kwambiri luso othamanga pa kukula rositala,"Anati Mysterio, amene zosangalatsa, mkulu zoyenda kalembedwe kulimbana anamuthandiza kupeza okwana 21 Championships pakati pa stints mu WWE ndi WCW.

"Combate America kumaphatikizapo lalikulu Mexican mwambo wa Lucha Libre, kotero ife ulemu kubweretsa Rey Mysterio, padziko lonse mafano ndi mmodzi wa Premier a Chisipanishi kanjedza masewera zosangalatsa, pa bolodi wathu kazembe ndipo amakhulupirira kuti iye akhoza kulimbitsa wathu mafani ndipo otsutsana,"Anati McLaren.

Pakati pa mndandanda wa mnzake wozipambanitsa kuti Mysterio wagonjetsa pa ntchito yake ndi CM. Achinyamata ovuta, Shawn Michaels, ndipo Kurt ngodya. During an epic 2006 Royal phokoso machesi, iye nkhondo zoposa ola limodzi, ndi WWE mbiri kwa yaitali nthawi anakhala mphete, ndipo mwazisiya amafuna a Randy Orton, Rob Van damu ndipoPatatu H paulendo wopita ku chigonjetso cha 30-munthu kuwonongedwa mpikisano.

Wogulira kuchokera $40, matikiti "Premier inshuwalansi Services ndi Aspira Mas Ano Combate America: Road Kuti The Championship Hollywood,"Ali pa malonda pawww.HollywoodFightNight.com.

Onse olimbana adzakhala kulemera-mu kadamsanayu pa Lachiwiri, Dec. 15, kuyambira 5 p.m. PTpa The Marriott, ili pa 2500 N. Hollywood Way mu Burbank, Calif. Onse 18 omenyana kupikisana pa naini podwala khadi adzakhala kuiganizira kwa awo mwauchidakwa.

Mu bantamweight (135 mapaundi) waukulu chochitika cha moyo, zinayi nkhondo telecast pa NBC Universo, 23-zaka zotengeka John "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda (8-2) wa Mankato, Kuyambira., mwatsopano kuchokera kupambana kwake pa wofika "Combate America: Road Kuti The Championship "zinachitika Las Vegas, Nev. pa September 17, adzakhala lalikulu kutali ndi anzake kupanda zotengeka Federico "Kiko" Lopez (10-5) wa Murrieta, Calif.

Castaneda akuyembekezera wake wachinayi zotsatizana Nkhata pamene Lopez afuna chimodzi molunjika Nkhata.

Mu bantamweight co-waukulu chochitika, Combate America chenicheni TV onena nyenyezi ndi mphamvu puncher Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (5-1), a Mission, Texas adzakhala lalikulu kutali ndi oopsa scrapper Anthony Paredes (3-2) wa Murrieta, Calif.

Mu pankakhala akazi a atomweight (105 mapaundi) kukopa pa moyo telecast, 21-chaka chimodzi Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (3-3) adzakhala adzawombana ndi anzake Las Vegas wokhala"Mphezi Liz McCarthy (2-3).

The moyo NBC UNIVERSO telecast adzakhala yamba ndi featherweight (145 mapaundi) matchup pakati Uriya Faber protégé ndi wakhama wotsirizitsa Erick Sánchez (5-2) wa Sacramento, Calif. ndi anzake kukwera nyenyezi "Zigaŵenga" Rudy Morales (3-3) wa Las Vegas.

Zitseko pa Florentine Gardens kutsegula pa 5 p.m. PT kwa chochitika, ndipo woyamba asanu kuyambirira ayi lidzayamba 6 p.m.

COMBATE America kumenya Hollywood!

Choyamba U.S. Chisipanya MMA chilolezo kumabweretsa moyo televised
"Road Kuti The Championship" nkhondo mndandanda kwa Los Angeles pa Lachitatu, Dec. 16

"Sexy Mexy" loyang'anizana "Kiko" Lopez mu bantamweight waukulu chochitika
Ricky Palacios akungoganizira Anthony Paredes mu bantamweight co-waukulu chochitika

Kyra Batara mabwalo kutali ndi Liz McCarthy mu akazi a atomweight kanthu

Live, zinayi nkhondo NBC UNIVERSO telecast umayamba 11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT

Matikiti pa malonda tsopano

NEW YORK - December 1, 2015 - Combate America, woyamba U.S. Chisipanya obwerawa masewera a karati (MMA) masewera chilolezo unakhazikitsidwa ndi mtheradi Kulimbana Championship (UFC) co-mlengi Campbell McLaren, lero linalengeza kuti zake kuwonekera koyamba kugulu ku Los Angeles, Calif. ndi zimapangika kumalo, naini podwala nkhondo khadi pa Florentine Gardens, padziko NBC UNIVERSO, wamakono zosangalatsa ndi masewera chingwe kapolo Latinos, pa Lachitatu, Dec. 16 pa 11 p.m. AND/8 p.m. PT.

"Zimenezi akuimira Combate America akakula, ndipo akupereka masanjidwe kuti ndi wachiwiri kwa wina ndi mndandanda wa yowala mmwamba-ndi-akubwera a Chisipanishi omenyana mu US, "anati McLaren.

Wogulira kuchokera $40, matikiti "Premier inshuwalansi Services ndi Aspira Mas Ano Combate America: Road Kuti The Championship Hollywood,"Ali pa malonda pawww.HollywoodFightNight.com.

Mu bantamweight (135 mapaundi) waukulu chochitika cha moyo, zinayi nkhondo telecast pa NBC Universo, John "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda, mwatsopano kuchokera kupambana kwake pa wofika "Combate America: Road Kuti The Championship "zinachitika Las Vegas, Nev. pa September 17, adzakhala lalikulu kutali ndi anzake kupanda zotengeka Federico "Kiko" Lopez.

The 23 wazaka Castaneda (8-2), wofikapo wopha amene imalengeza kuchokera Mankato, Kuyambira., zinatsala wake wachitatu zotsatizana chigonjetso mu mawonekedwe a akamakambirana pa Justin Governale mu Combate America khola.

A 31 wazaka membala wa Team Quest, Lopez (10-5) wa Murrieta, Calif. wakwera zisanu nkhondo Nkhata dzenje, ndi anayi kupambana popeza kudzera mwa mwina (T)KO kapena kugonjera.

Mu bantamweight co-waukulu chochitika, Combate America chenicheni TV onena nyenyezi ndi mphamvu puncher Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios adzakhala lalikulu kutali ndi oopsa scrapper Anthony Paredes wa Murrieta.

Palacios (5-1), 28. wazaka wokhala Mission, Texas amenenso akudzitamandira wopanda chirema, akatswiri nkhonya mbiri 2-0-1, yagoletsa ndi phokoso, woyamba wozungulira (1:00) KO pa Benji Gomez ndi mutu kukankha pa "Combate America: Road Kuti The Championship "chochitika pa September 17, pamene 26 wazaka Paredes, wina m'banja la Team Quest, akuyang'ana kubwerera ku Nkhata ndime pambuyo akuvutika ndi imfa mu July kuti Nditatsegula awiri nkhondo Nkhata dzenje.

Mu pankakhala akazi a atomweight (105 mapaundi) kukopa pa moyo telecast,Kyra "Mogwai" Batara adzakhala ndi adzawombana "Mphezi Liz McCarthy.

Kulimbana kuchokera Las Vegas, Mulungu (3-3) ndi 21 wazaka protégé ku Brazil Jiu-Jitsu Guru Eddie Bravo. During the “Combate Americas: Road Kuti The Championship "zinachitika Las Vegas, Batara anavula zidzasintha kukhumudwa Nkhata kudzera akamakambirana pa Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc, yemwe kale dziko Championship akunyoza ndi kasanu ambiri akatswiri mwauchidakwa monga Batara.

The 29 wazaka McCarthy (2-3), Komanso akumenyana kuchokera Las Vegas, ndi zinayi nthawi msirikali wakale wa Invicta FC, the world’s premier all-women’s MMA league. Prior to her professional debut at Invicta FC 2 kumene iye anagonjetsa Jessica Philip kudzera woyamba wozungulira (5:00) WHO (Dokotala stoppage) pa July 28, 2012, McCarthy analemera wangwiro, 6-0 mbiri ankachita masewera.

The moyo NBC UNIVERSO telecast adzakhala yamba ndi featherweight (145 mapaundi) matchup pakati Uriya Faber protégé ndi wakhama wotsirizitsa Erick Sánchez (5-2) wa Sacramento, Calif. ndi anzake kukwera nyenyezi "Zigaŵenga" Rudy Morales (3-3) wa Las Vegas.

Lathunthu, zisanu podwala kuyambirira khadi "Combate America: Road Kuti The Championship Hollywood "adzakhala analengeza posachedwapa.

Zitseko pa Florentine Gardens kutsegula pa 5 p.m. PT kwa chochitika, ndipo woyamba kuyambirira podwala lidzayamba 6 p.m.