HISTORIC EVENT’S ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN,
$100,000 GRAND PRIZE TOURNAMENT BROADCASTS LIVE
ON TELEMUNDO DEPORTES FROM GRAND OASIS CANCUN
ALTERNATE BOUTS AND PRELIMINARY BOUT
STREAM LIVE BEFORE LIVE TELEMUNDO BROADCAST
نيويورك - أكتوبر 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, ليله واحده, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) الديك (135 جنيه) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico on السبت, نوفمبر. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 عصرا. و/10:35 عصرا. CT, or following “Titulares y Mas”).
The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 جنيه) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) من فيساليا, كاليفورنيا. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) مكسيكو سيتي, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, ابتداء من 9 عصرا. و/8 عصرا. CT, preceding the live Telemundo Deportes broadcast of the event that picks up with the tournament’s first semifinal stage matchup.
In one tournament alternate bout, Levy Saul “El Negro” Marroquin (8-2) سوف مربع قبالة مع Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) و, in the other tournament alternate bout, Felipe “Pipe” Vargas (4-0) will face off with Jose “Pupi” Calvo (3-1).
In the event a winner of one of the tournament’s quarterfinal stage bouts is unable to advance to the semifinal stage due to injury, one of the two alternate bout winners will take the injured quarterfinal bout winner’s place in the semifinal stage.
فوق: Sheila Padilla (اليسار) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (حق) in an atomweight (105 جنيه) preliminary bout at “COPA COMBATE” في السبت, نوفمبر. 11. الصورة الائتمان: Combate الأمريكتين, LLC
Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. The 22-year-old, who hails from Monterrey, المكسيك, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, by way of (تي)KO أو تقديم.
Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.
ومهزوم, 23-year-old Vargas is a ferocious knockout artist who recently relocated from Spain to Miami, فلوريدا. where he has been training with famed fight squad American Top Team.
Similar to Vargas, the 24-year-old Calvo of San Jose, Costa Rica moved to Chicago, سوء. where he trains with renowned coach Mike Valle.
Tickets for “COPA COMBATE” at Grand Oasis Cancun are on sale at SmarTicket.
“COPA COMBATE” takes place on the 24عشر 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 live Telemundo broadcast of “COPA COMBATE” marks the first time in history that NBCU’s leading Spanish language television network will air MMA fight programming, and will cover the tournament’s two semifinal stage bouts and championship stage showdown as well as a previously women’s strawweight (115 pounds0 co-main event between Melissa “Super Melly” Martinez (2-0) of Mexico City and Gloria “Gloriosa” Bravo (4-2) of Santiago, Chile.
A lottery ball drawing to determine the “COPA COMBATE” tournament quarterfinal stage matchups will be held onالخميس, نوفمبر. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:
- جون كاستانيدا “Sexi Mexi” (14-2) من مانكاتو, من.
- Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) of Cordoba, الأرجنتين
- Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) مكسيكو سيتي, المكسيك
- Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) سان خوان, بويرتو ريكو
- مارك "لوفو" جوميز (20-10) of Barcelona, إسبانيا
- Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, كولومبيا
- Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, بيرو
- ريكي "إن غاليرو" بالاسيوس (9-1) البعثة, تكساس
The entire quarterfinal stage of the tournament will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, along with the tournament alternate bouts and the women’s preliminary bout.
Telemundo Sports, أحد المزودين الرائدين للمحتوى الرياضي باللغة الإسبانية في الولايات المتحدة, هي موطن لاثنين من أكثر الأحداث الرياضية شعبية في العالم: كأس العالم FIFA من خلال 2026 والألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية من خلال 2032. بالإضافة, تبث Telemundo Deportes مباريات تصفيات كأس العالم CONCACAF في معظم أنحاء المنطقة, بما في ذلك مباريات المنتخبين خارج أرضهما المكسيك والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية والدوري الممتاز. Telemundo Deportes هي أيضًا موطن لـ Boxeo Telemundo Ford," ال #1 برنامج الملاكمة باللغة الاسبانية, و "العناوين والمزيد," ال #1 الأخبار الرياضية, عرض ترفيهي وتعليقي باللغة الإسبانية, من بين الخصائص الرياضية الأخرى المعترف بها. |
