HISTORIC EVENT’S ONE-NIGHT, Ocho hombres,
$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
NUEVA YORK - Octubre 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, una noche, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) peso gallo (135 libra) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, México en Sábado, Noviembre. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 p.m. Y/10:35 p.m. Connecticut, or following “Titulares y Mas”).
The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 libra) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) de Visalia, California. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) de la Ciudad de México, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, a partir de las 9 p.m. Y/8 p.m. Connecticut, 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) se enfrentarán con Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) y, in the other tournament alternate bout, Felipe “Pipe” Vargas (4-0) se enfrentará con 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.
Arriba: Sheila Padilla (izquierda) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (derecho) en un peso atómico (105 libra) preliminary bout at “COPA DE LUCHA” en Sábado, Noviembre. 11. Crédito de la foto: Combate Américas, LLC
Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. El de 22 años, quien es oriundo de Monterrey, México, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, por medio de (T)KO o sumisión.
Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.
El invicto, 23-year-old Vargas is a ferocious knockout artist who recently relocated from Spain to Miami, Fla. 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, Enfermo. where he trains with renowned coach Mike Valle.
Tickets for “COPA COMBATE” at Grand Oasis Cancun are on sale at SmarTicket.
“COMBATE COPA” se lleva a cabo en el 24º aniversario del legendario UFC de McLaren 1 evento que fue productor ejecutivo como el co-fundador de la Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). El evento pisos provocó una revolución deportes de combate, y cambió la lucha de artes marciales mundo para siempre.
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" Martínez (2-0) de la Ciudad de México y Gloria “Gloriosa” Bravo (4-2) de Santiago, Chile.
A lottery ball drawing to determine the “COPA COMBATE” tournament quarterfinal stage matchups will be held onJueves, Noviembre. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:
- John "Sexy Mexi" Castañeda (14-2) de Mankato, Desde.
- Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) de Córdoba, Argentina
- Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) de la Ciudad de México, México
- Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) de San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Marc “Lufo” Gomez (20-10) de Barcelona, España
- Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) de Bogotá, Colombia
- Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) de Lima, Perú
- Ricky “El Gallero” Palacios (9-1) de Misión, Texas
toda la etapa de cuartos de final del torneo transmitirá en vivo por la aplicación Telemundo Deportes en Vivo y TelemundoDeportes.com, along with the tournament alternate bouts and the women’s preliminary bout.
Telemundo Deportes, uno de los principales proveedores de contenido deportivo en español en los Estados Unidos, es el hogar de dos de los eventos deportivos más populares del mundo: la Copa Mundial de la FIFA ™ a través 2026 y los Juegos Olímpicos de verano a través de 2032. Adicionalmente, Deportes Telemundo transmite los partidos de clasificación para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA ™ CONCACAF para la mayoría de la región, incluyendo los partidos fuera de las selecciones México y Estados Unidos y de la Liga Premier. Telemundo Deportes is also home to “Boxeo Telemundo Ford," el #1 programa de boxeo en español, and “Titulares y Más," el #1 noticias deportivas, el entretenimiento y el espectáculo comentario en español, entre otras propiedades deportivas reconocidas. |
