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 - Ottobre 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, una notte, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) peso gallo (135 libbre) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, Messico Sabato, Novembre. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 p.m. E/10:35 p.m. CT, o dopo "Titoli e altro").
The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 libbre) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) di Visalia, Calif. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) di Città del Messico, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, con inizio alle 9 p.m. E/8 p.m. 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) si piazza fuori con Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) e, 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.
Al di sopra: Sheila Padilla (sinistra) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (destra) in an atomweight (105 libbre) preliminary bout at “COPPA DI COMBATTIMENTO” su Sabato, Novembre. 11. Photo credit: Combate Americas, LLC
Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. The 22-year-old, who hails from Monterrey, Messico, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, a titolo di (T)KO o sottomissione.
Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.
L'imbattuto, 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, Malato. where he trains with renowned coach Mike Valle.
Tickets for “COPA COMBATE” at Grand Oasis Cancun are on sale at SmarTicket.
"COPA COMBATE" si svolge sul 24th anniversario dell'ormai leggendario UFC della McLaren 1 evento in cui è stato produttore esecutivo come co-fondatore dell'Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). L'evento storico ha dato il via a una rivoluzione degli sport da combattimento, e ha cambiato per sempre il mondo delle arti marziali.
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) di Città del Messico e Gloria "Gloriosa" Bravo (4-2) di Santiago, Chile.
A lottery ball drawing to determine the “COPA COMBATE” tournament quarterfinal stage matchups will be held onGiovedi, Novembre. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:
- John "Sexi Mexi" Castaneda (14-2) di Mankato, Da.
- Marcelo "Pitbull" Red (12-4) di Cordoba, Argentina
- Carlos "Lobo" Rivera (10-2) di Città del Messico, Messico
- Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) di San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Marc “Lufo” Gomez (20-10) di Barcellona, Spagna
- Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) di Bogotà, Colombia
- Kevin "freddo" Moreyra (4-1) di Lima, Perù
- Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (9-1) di Mission, Texas
L'intera fase dei quarti di finale del torneo sarà trasmessa in streaming live sull'app Telemundo Deportes En Vivo e su TelemundoDeportes.com, along with the tournament alternate bouts and the women’s preliminary bout.
Telemundo Sports, uno dei principali fornitori di contenuti sportivi in spagnolo negli Stati Uniti, è sede di due degli eventi sportivi più famosi al mondo: la Coppa del Mondo FIFA ™ attraverso 2026 e le Olimpiadi estive 2032. In aggiunta, Telemundo Deportes trasmette le partite di qualificazione CONCACAF alla Coppa del Mondo FIFA ™ per la maggior parte della regione, comprese le trasferte delle nazionali di Messico e USA e la Premier League. Telemundo Deportes ospita anche “Boxeo Telemundo Ford," il #1 programma di boxe in spagnolo, e "Titoli e altro," il #1 notizie sportive, spettacolo di intrattenimento e commento in spagnolo, tra le altre proprietà sportive riconosciute. |
