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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 liber) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) a Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) televizní vysílání (12 a.m. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Kalif. v pátek, Sedm. 28.
Událost, “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate,” will be headlined by the previously announced, first two-ever “COPA COMBATE” qualifying fights, the winners of which will represent their respective countries – the U.S. and Mexico – in the one-night, eight-man, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 liber) division on a November date to be announced soon.
An explosive Muay Thai stylist, the 21-year-old Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico has been on a warpath since she made her Combate Americas promotional debut on June 30, 2017, scoring a thunderous, Druhé kolo (2:45) head kick TKO on Yajaira Romo.
In her last effort on April 20, Martinez dominated Argentina’s Ivanna Martinenghi for three consecutive rounds of action at “Combate Estrellas II” in Monterrey, Mexico before earning a unanimous decision victory.
Fighting out of Little Rock, Ark. where she is serving as an active duty Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Armáda, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (zadní nahý tlumivka) Shyann Farmer ve druhém kole (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Kalif.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 liber) bitva mezi Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) z Indio, Kalif.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) Los Angeles, Kalif. bude kolidovat s Danny „realistická“ Ramirez (6-4) Sacramenta, Kalif. na lehké (155 liber).
Neporažený Jesse Strader (3-0) Lancaster, Kalif. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Calif., Spojené státy americké. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 liber) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Kalif. budou bojovat David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) Whittiera, Calif., while in the other, neporažený Hugo Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Kalif. bude náměstí off s „Škodlivý“ Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Kalif.
Additional preliminary bout matchups will be announced soon.
In one of the two, single, five-minute round featherweight “COPA COMBATE” tournament qualifying fights that will send the winner to represent the U.S. in the eight-man tournament in November, Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez (8-2) of Redondo Beach, Kalif. bude čelit Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (14-2) of Roswell, N.M.
In the second tournament qualifying fight, the winner of which will represent Mexico at “COPA COMBATE," Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-4) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora will collide with Alejandro “El Gallito” Flores (12-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
Ceny od $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Camino A Copa Combate” are on sale at The Walter Pyramid’s online ticketing platform, as well at Ticketon.com.
Doors at the venue will open at 6 p.m. PT on September 28, a první předběžná zápas začne v 7 p.m.
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O Combate AMERICAS
Combate Americas je přední hispánský Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sportovní franchise, rychle stává číslo dvě sportovní, po fotbale, pro španělsky mluvící sportovní fanoušci po celém světě. Combate Americas série zahrnuje programování televizní reality, živých událostí a mobilní programování. CEO společnosti, Campbell McLaren, je všeobecně uznáván jako spoluzakladatel / spolutvůrce Championship Fighting Konečný (UFC). New York Magazine popsal McLaren as “marketing génius za UFC” a Yahoo! Sport prohlásil, že “ví více o sportu než jen asi každý v něm dnes.” Bezprecedentní výrobku a blue-chip vlastnictví a managementu, Combate Americas se chystá nové obzory a přinese nové éry v úrovni mistrovství světa MMA soutěže.