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NEW YORK – Ágúst 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a new women’s flyweight (125 £) co-main event – Tracy Cortez (3-1) vs, Karen Cedillo (1-0) – as well as six other new bouts featuring fighters representing five different countries, for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) franchise’s world championship event in Phoenix on Föstudagur, Seven. 14, live on both Univision (12 a.m. OG/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. OG/9 p.m. PT).
The unbeaten, 29=year-old Cedillo of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico will replace Brandi Narvaez, who was originally slated to face off with Cortez of Phoenix, en neyddist til að draga vegna meiðsla.
In the previously announced, world championship bantamweight (135 £) helstu atburði, Monterrey’s Levy Saul Marroquin (11-2), the winner of the inaugural, 2017 “COPA COMBATE,” one-night, átta-maður, $100,000 grand prize tournament, will collide with fellow star Jose “Pochito” Alday (11-3-1) af Tucson, Ariz. via Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
Among the other new fights announced today for the “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” world championship event that will take place at Celebrity Theatre were a featured, live televised lightweight (155 £) contest between undefeated, rising star and Cub Swanson varið Rafa “Gifted” Garcia (7-0) og LaRue "The Cannibal" Burley (8-3).
The 5-fótur-7, 24-year-old Garcia of Palm Springs, Calif., USA by way of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, has been on a tear since he made his professional debut nearly four years ago, defeating all but one of his opponents via (T)KO eða uppgjöf.
Burley, a 5-foot-10, 34-ára gamall, seasoned competitor who hails from Phoenix, has faced off with top level adversaries, and is best known for his upset, Þriðja umferð (3:40) WHO (knee strike to the body and punches) af 2011 NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and previously undefeated MMA prospect Bubba Jenkins á september. 20, 2013.
Also announced today was a featherweight (145 £) preliminary bout card contest between two unbeaten prospects – Tino Gilaranz (1-0) Madrid, Spain and Austin Wourms (1-0) af Phoenix.
In a 140-pound catchweight matchup on the undercard, Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (12-7) of Mammoth, Arizona., USA will return to La Jaula, sem Combate Americas búr, for the second time in his career, að horfast í augu við Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado (3-4) af Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Another featherweight scrap will see Javier “Blair” Reyes Rugeles (7-1) of Bogota, Colombiá square off with “Magic” Mike Hamel (5-2) Gilbert, Arizona., USA.
In flyweight action, undefeated, rísandi stjarna Richard Palencia (6-0) af Mesa, Ariz. mun taka á Federico “The Argentinian Ninja” Oliveira (3-4) of Mendoza, Argentina.
Battle-tested veterans Yaotzin Meza (21-11) af Glendale, Arizona., USA and Gilbert Aguilar (17-18-1) of Phoenix by way of Mexico City, Mexico will collide at featherweight.
Additional preliminary bout matchups for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” will be announced soon.
Verð frá $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” are on sale at
CelebrityTheatre.com og Ticketon.com.
Doors at Celebrity Theatre open at 6 p.m. PT, with the first preliminary bout beginning at 7 p.m.