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FRESNO – November 8, 2018 – Combate Americas today unveiled at a news conference at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, Калифорнија., a massive winner’s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 фунти) contestants for its much-anticipated, “COPA COMBATE,” one-night Mixed Martial Arts (МЛД) tournament extravaganza featuring eight fighters, representing eight different countries, battling it out for a $100,000 grand prize, at Save Mart Center in Fresno on Friday, Декември. 7.
The previously announced, second annual “COPA COMBATE” event will air live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 вечер. ЕТ / 7 вечер. Португалија), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 изутрина. ЕТ / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 изутрина. И / 21 часот. Португалија).
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 Мадона 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) Буенос Аирес, Аргентина; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile; непоразен John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, Колумбија; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 Соединетите Американски Држави) of Lima, Перу.
Cannetti is the 29-year-old, younger brother of MMA superstar Guido “Ninja” Cannetti, and is riding a three-fight winning streak.
Combate Америка’ 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 – North America, South America and Europe – and who has earned 10 на неговата 13 professional victories via (Т)КО или поднесување.
Bedoya was a contestant on The Ultimate борец: Латинска Америка 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, Првиот круг (3:34) СЗО (тупаници) на Mariano Rocca во август 18.
The four “COPA COMBATE” tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., САД; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Мексико; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 Соединетите Американски Држави) of Montevideo, Уругвај; и Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Шпанија.
The official “COPA COMBATE” tournament brackets with quarterfinal stage matchups for the one night, eight-man tournament will be announced soon.
Со цена од $30, tickets for “COPA COMBATE” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office.
Doors at Save Mart Center will open for the event at 5 вечер. PT on December 7, и првите прелиминарни рунда ќе започне во 6 вечер.
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 “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña will join fellow Combate Americas commentator and multiple-time WWE Heavyweight Champion, Alberto El Patrón, formerly known as Алберто Del Rio, to offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez’s students on Wednesday, Декември. 5, two days before the “COPA COMBATE” affair.