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NEW YORK – ਅਗਸਤ 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a new women’s flyweight (125 ਗੁਣਾ) co-main event – Tracy Cortez (3-1) ਬਨਾਮ, 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 ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ, ਸੱਤ. 14, live on both Univision (12 ਛਾਪੇਮਾਰੀ. ਅਤੇ/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 ਛਾਪੇਮਾਰੀ. ਅਤੇ/9 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. 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, ਪਰ ਇੱਕ ਸੱਟ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਵਾਪਸ ਲੈਣ ਲਈ ਮਜਬੂਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ.
In the previously announced, world championship bantamweight (135 ਗੁਣਾ) ਮੁੱਖ ਘਟਨਾ, Monterrey’s Levy Saul Marroquin (11-2), the winner of the inaugural, 2017 “COPA COMBATE,” one-night, ਅੱਠ-ਆਦਮੀ, $100,000 grand prize tournament, will collide with fellow star Jose “Pochito” Alday (11-3-1) ਟ੍ਯੂਸਾਨ ਦੇ, Ariz. via Hermosillo, Sonora, ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ.
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 ਗੁਣਾ) contest between undefeated, rising star and Cub Swanson ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ Rafa “Gifted” Garcia (7-0) ਅਤੇ LaRue "Cannibal" Burley (8-3).
5-ਪੈਰ-7, 24-year-old Garcia of Palm Springs, Calif., USA by way of Mexicali, ਬਾਜਾ ਕੈਲੇਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ, ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ, 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 ਜ ਅਧੀਨ.
Burley, a 5-foot-10, 34-ਇੱਕ ਸਾਲ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ, seasoned competitor who hails from Phoenix, has faced off with top level adversaries, and is best known for his upset, ਤੀਜੇ ਗੋਲ (3:40) ਕੌਣ (knee strike to the body and punches) ਦੇ 2011 NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and previously undefeated MMA prospect Bubba ਜੇਨਕਿੰਸ ਸਤੰਬਰ 'ਤੇ. 20, 2013.
Also announced today was a featherweight (145 ਗੁਣਾ) preliminary bout card contest between two unbeaten prospects – Tino Gilaranz (1-0) ਮੈਡ੍ਰਿਡ ਦੇ, Spain and Austin Wourms (1-0) ਫੀਨਿਕ੍ਸ ਦੇ.
In a 140-pound catchweight matchup on the undercard, Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (12-7) of Mammoth, Ariz., USA will return to La Jaula, Combate ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਜਰੇ, for the second time in his career, ਚਿਹਰੇ ਨੂੰ Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado (3-4) ਟਿਵਾਨਾ ਦੇ, ਬਾਜਾ ਕੈਲੇਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ, ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ.
Another featherweight scrap will see Javier “Blair” Reyes Rugeles (7-1) of Bogota, Colombiá square off with “Magic” Mike Hamel (5-2) ਗਿਲਬਰਟ ਦੇ, Ariz., ਅਮਰੀਕਾ.
In flyweight action, ਸਫਲਤਾਪੂਰਵਕ, ਵਧ ਤਾਰਾ Richard Palencia (6-0) Mesa ਦੇ, Ariz. 'ਤੇ ਲੈ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ, Federico “The Argentinian Ninja” Oliveira (3-4) of Mendoza, ਅਰਜਨਟੀਨਾ.
Battle-tested veterans Yaotzin Meza (21-11) Glendale ਦੇ, Ariz., 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.
ਤੱਕ ਚੋਣ ਨੂੰ $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” are on sale at
CelebrityTheatre.com ਅਤੇ Ticketon.com.
Doors at Celebrity Theatre open at 6 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. PT, with the first preliminary bout beginning at 7 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ.