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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 poun) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) ati Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) telecast (12 a.m. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. on Friday, Meje. 28.
Awọn iṣẹlẹ, “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, mẹjọ-eniyan, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 poun) 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, keji yika (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. Army, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (ru-ìhoho choke) Shyann Farmer ni keji yika (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Calif.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 poun) ogun laarin awọn Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) ti Indio, Calif.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) ti Los Angeles, Calif. yoo collide pẹlu Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) ti Sakaramento, Calif. ni lightweight (155 poun).
Undefeated Jesse Strader (3-0) ti Lancaster, Calif. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Calif., USA. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 poun) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Calif. yoo jagun David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) ti Whittier, Calif., while in the other, unbeaten Hugo Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Calif. yoo square si pa pẹlu “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Calif.
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, Calif. yoo dojuko 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.
Owole lati $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, ati awọn igba akọkọ ti alakoko ti ija yoo bẹrẹ ni 7 p.m.
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NIPA COMBATE Amerika
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport, after soccer, for Spanish speaking sports fans worldwide. The Combate Amerika idibo ni otito TV siseto, ifiwe iṣẹlẹ ati awọn mobile siseto. Awọn ile-ile CEO, Campbell McLaren, ti wa ni universally mọ bi awọn àjọ-oludasile / àjọ-Eleda ti awọn Gbẹhin Ija asiwaju (UFC). New York irohin ṣàpèjúwe McLaren bi “awọn tita oloye sile awọn UFC” ati Yahoo! Sports kede wipe o “mo diẹ ẹ sii nipa awọn idaraya ju o kan nipa ẹnikẹni ninu o loni.” Pẹlu ohun mura ọja ati bulu-ni ërún a nini ati isakoso egbe, Combate Amerika ti wa ni poised lati ya titun ilẹ ki o si mu nipa a titun akoko ni aye asiwaju ipele MMA idije.