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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 кг) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) болон Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (ММА) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) telecast (12 a.m. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Калифорни мужийн. Баасан гаригт, Долоон. 28.
үйл явдал, “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, найман хүн, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 кг) 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, Хоёр дахь дугуй (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. Армийн, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (Арын-нүцгэн багалзуурдаж алах) Shyann Farmer Хоёр дахь шатанд (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Калифорни мужийн.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 кг) хооронд тулаан Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) Indio тухай, Калифорни мужийн.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) Лос-Анжелес-ийн, Калифорни мужийн. нь мөргөлдөж болно Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) Сакраменто нь, Калифорни мужийн. хөнгөн үед (155 кг).
Гийн ялагдашгүй Jesse Strader (3-0) Манчестер нь, Калифорни мужийн. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Калифорни мужийн., АНУ-ын. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 кг) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Калифорни мужийн. тулалдахаар болно David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) гашуудал нь, Калифорни мужийн., while in the other, ялагдаагүй Уго Аранда (2-0) of Van Nuys, Калифорни мужийн. унтраах квадрат болно “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Калифорни мужийн.
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, Калифорни мужийн. тулгарах болно 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.
Нь үнэлэгдсэн $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, , эхний урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл дээр эхэлнэ 7 p.m.
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COMBATE Америк ТУХАЙ
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (ММА) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport, after soccer, for Spanish speaking sports fans worldwide. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company’s CEO, Campbell McLaren, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as “UFC цаана маркетингийн суут ухаантан” болон Yahoo! Спортын Тэр тунхагласан “зүгээр л дотор нь хэн ч өнөөдөр тухай илүү спортын талаар илүү мэддэг.” With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.