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FRESNO – November 8, 2018 – Combate Americas today unveiled at a news conference at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, Calif., a massive winner’s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 ປອນ) contestants for its much-anticipated, “COPA COMBATE,” one-night Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) extravaganza ການແຂ່ງຂັນທີ່ມີແປດ fighters, ທີ່ເປັນຕົວແທນແປດປະເທດທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງກັນ, battling ມັນອອກສໍາລັບການ $100,000 ລາງວັນ grand, at Save Mart Center in Fresno on Friday, Dec. 7.
The previously announced, second annual “COPA COMBATE” event will air live in English in the U.S. ແລະການາດາກ່ຽວກັບ DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. ກ່ຽວກັບການທັງ Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ແລະ Univision Deportes Network (udn) (12 a.m. ແລະ / 9 p.m. PT).
The winner of the tournament will have persevered through three fights in one night to claim the grand prize check and the trophy.
The “COPA COMBATE” winner’s trophy unveiled today stands over 4 and a half feet tall, and is nearly 2 feet wide at its widest point. Custom made by U.K.-based CA Models, the makers of the Viking-style headdress that music superstar Madonna wore during her 2012 NFL SuperBowl halftime performance, the gold-colored trophy, valued at $100,000, is constructed from high-tech composite plastics used in Formula 1 racing and aerospace.
Announced today as the four fighters who will complete the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man tournament field were Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) ຂອງ Buenos Aires, ອາເຈນຕິນາ; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) ຂອງ Santiago, ຊິລີ; undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, Colombia; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, ປະເທດເປຣູ.
Cannetti is the 29-year-old, younger brother of MMA superstar Guido “Ninja” Cannetti, and is riding a three-fight winning streak.
Combate ອາເມລິກາ’ La Jaula model Alyshia Barragan with the “COPA COMBATE” winner’s trophy
Villaseca is a 31-year-old, battle-tested veteran who has competed on three different continents – ອາເມລິກາເຫນືອ, South America and Europe – and who has earned 10 ຂອງລາວ 13 professional victories via (T)KO ຫລືສົ່ງ.
Bedoya was a contestant on ການ Fighter Ultimate: ອາເມລິກາລາຕິນ reality television series. The 27-year-old has scored three of his six professional victories by way of submission.
The 26-year-old Gonzales is the number one ranked featherweight fighter in Peru. He is coming off a thunderous, ຕະຫຼອດທໍາອິດ (3:34) WHO (ດີໃຈຫລາຍ) ຂອງ Mariano Rocca ໃນເດືອນສິງຫາ 18.
The four “COPA COMBATE” tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – Andres "The Bullet" Quintana (15-2) ຂອງ Roswell, N.M., ອາເມລິກາ; Alejandro "Gallito" Flores (13-1) ຂອງ Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, ເມັກຊິໂກ; Gaston "ຕອງກາ" ຫະລາຊະອາ (8-2, 2 NC) ຂອງ Montevideo, Uruguay; ແລະ Zebenzui "El Niño Rock" Ruiz (7-2) ຂອງ Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ສະເປນ.
The official “COPA COMBATE” tournament brackets with quarterfinal stage matchups for the one night, eight-man tournament will be announced soon.
ລາຄາຈາກ $30, tickets for “COPA COMBATE” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນກັບໃນບັນທຶກ Mart Center ຫ້ອງການຫ້ອງ.
ປະຕູຊ່ວຍປະຢັດ Mart ສູນຈະເປີດສໍາລັບກໍລະນີທີ່ 5 p.m. PT on December 7, ແລະການແຂ່ງຂັນເບື້ອງຕົ້ນຄັ້ງທໍາອິດຈະເລີ່ມຕົ້ນຢູ່ 6 p.m.
Combate Americas also announced today that it has partnered with Jimenez Grappling Academy, an Exeter-based non-profit organization focused on utilizing martial arts classes to create family and community-oriented programs. As part of the local partnership, MMA superstar Julianna “ການ Venezuelan Vixen” Pena will join fellow Combate Americas commentator and multiple-time WWE Heavyweight Champion, Alberto El Patrón, formerly known as Alberto Rio Del, to offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez’s students on Wednesday, Dec. 5, two days before the “COPA COMBATE” affair.