NEW YORK – October 18 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of a women’s strawweight (115 جنيه) showdown between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Melly” Martinez (2-0) و Gloria “Gloriosa” Bravo (4-2) that will serve as the co-main event on the highly-anticipated, live Telemundo broadcast (11:35 عصرا. و/10:35 عصرا. CT, or following “Titulares y Mas”) of the “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) extravaganza from Cancun, Mexico on السبت, نوفمبر. 11.

The battle between the 20-year-old Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico and the 31-year-old Bravo, of Santiago, Chile, will immediately precede the championship stage bout and finale of the one-night, ثمانية رجال (135 جنيه) “COPA COMBATE” tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 and that, للمرة الأولى على الإطلاق, will see top-ranked fighters from the U.S., Latin America and Spain represent their respective countries in a quest for glory.

“This is a phenomenal addition to an already stellar and historic fight card created for the Telemundo broadcast television platform,"وقال الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة Combate الأمريكتين كامبل ماكلارين.

“With the incredibly relentless and hard-hitting action we have seen from the women of Combate Americas,"وتابع ماكلارين, “it is only fitting that we showcase a matchup between two of the sport’s brightest and fastest rising female stars like Melissa Martinez and Gloria Bravo on the ‘COPA COMBATE’ platform.”

“COPA COMBATE” takes place on the 24^عشر anniversary of McLaren’s now legendary UFC 1 event that he executive produced as the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The storied event set off a combat sports revolution, and changed the martial arts fight world forever.

The 5-foot-2 Martinez will return to La Jaula, القفص Combate الأمريكتين, for the second time in her career after shelling out a stunning, highlight reel knockout من البيئة "وkolate" رومو في الجولة الثانية (2:45) of battle at Combate 15 in Mexico City on يونيو 30.

Following the promotional debut victory, مارتينيز, also a decorated Muay Thai competitor, earned a second-place finish at WAKO Kickboxing’s “The World Games 2017 – Wroclaw” tournament in Poland on يوليو 30.

The 5-foot-5 Bravo will enter La Jaula for the first time ever and put a three-fight winning streak on the line. All three of her latest victories came by way of armlock submission.

Bravo recently ventured from Chile to Las Vegas, نيفادا. to train for the upcoming matchup with famed, retired, former UFC world champion مييشا تيت.

In addition to the “COPA COMBATE” tournament championship bout and the featured women’s fight between Martinez and Bravo, Telemundo’s live broadcast of “COPA COMBATE” will feature the tournament’s semifinal stage consisting of two bouts that pit the winners of the quarterfinal stage bouts in each tournament bracket against one another. The entire quarterfinal stage of the tournament will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com.

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