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 – Октомври 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, една ноќ, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (МЛД) bantamweight (135 фунти) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico on Сабота, Ноември. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 вечер. И/10:35 вечер. КТ, or following “Titulares y Mas”).
The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 фунти) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) на Visalia, Калифорнија. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) на Мексико Сити, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, со почеток во 9 вечер. И/8 вечер. КТ, 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) ќе се соочат со исклучување Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) и, 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.
Над: Sheila Padilla (лево) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (право) in an atomweight (105 фунти) preliminary bout at “COPA COMBATE” на Сабота, Ноември. 11. Фото кредит: Combate Америка, ДОО
Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. The 22-year-old, who hails from Monterrey, Мексико, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, by way of (Т)КО или поднесување.
Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.
Непобедените, 23-year-old Vargas is a ferocious knockout artist who recently relocated from Spain to Miami, Флорида. 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, Лошо. 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 24та 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 onЧетврток, Ноември. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:
- John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (14-2) на Mankato, Од.
- Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) of Cordoba, Аргентина
- Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) на Мексико Сити, Мексико
- Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) Сан Хуан, Порторико
- Marc “Lufo” Gomez (20-10) of Barcelona, Шпанија
- Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, Колумбија
- Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Перу
- Рики "На Gallero" Паласиос (9-1) на мисијата, Тексас
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. Во прилог, 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. |
