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
NEW YORK – Кастрычнік 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, адну ноч, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) самы лёгкі вага (135 фунты) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico on Субота, Лістапада. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 p.m. І/10:35 p.m. Канэктыкут, or following “Titulares y Mas”).
The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 фунты) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) Висалия, Халіф. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) Мехіка, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, пачынаючы з 9 p.m. І/8 p.m. Канэктыкут, 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) будуць улагоджвае з Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) і, 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.
Вышэй: Sheila Padilla (злева) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (права) in an atomweight (105 фунты) preliminary bout at “COPA COMBATE” на Субота, Лістапада. 11. Фота прадстаўлена: Combate Амерыкі, ТАА
Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. The 22-year-old, who hails from Monterrey, Мексіка, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, by way of (T)КО або падпарадкаванне.
Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.
Непераможаным, 23-year-old Vargas is a ferocious knockout artist who recently relocated from Spain to Miami, Фларыда. 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, Дрэнна. 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 24й 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, Чылі.
A lottery ball drawing to determine the “COPA COMBATE” tournament quarterfinal stage matchups will be held onЧацвер, Лістапада. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:
- John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (14-2) з Манкато, Ад.
- Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) of Cordoba, Аргенціна
- Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) Мехіка, Мексіка
- Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) Сан-Хуан, Пуэрта-Рыка
- Marc “Lufo” Gomez (20-10) of Barcelona, Іспанія
- Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, Калумбія
- Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Перу
- Рыкі "Gallero" Паласиос (9-1) Місіі, Тэхас
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 Deportes, one of the leading providers of sports content in Spanish in the United States, is home to two of the world’s most popular sporting events: the FIFA World Cup™ through 2026 and the Summer Olympic Games through 2032. У дадатак, Telemundo Deportes broadcasts the FIFA World Cup™ CONCACAF qualifying matches for most of the region, including the Mexico and USA national teams’ away matches and the Premier League. Telemundo Deportes is also home to “Boxeo Telemundo Ford,” the #1 boxing program in Spanish, and “Titulares y Más,” the #1 sports news, entertainment and commentary show in Spanish, among other recognized sports properties. |
