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FRESNO – November 8, 2018 – Combate Americas today unveiled at a news conference at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, 加利福尼亞州。, a massive winner’s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 英鎊) contestants for its much-anticipated, “COPA COMBATE,” one-night Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 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, 十二月. 7.
The previously announced, second annual “COPA COMBATE” event will air live in English in the U.S. 和加拿大DAZN (10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. 兩個悠景 (12 A.M. ET / PT) 和Univision的Deportes進行網絡 (UDN) (12 A.M. AND / 9時三十分. 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 麥當娜 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) 布宜諾斯艾利斯, 阿根廷; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile; 不敗 John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, 哥倫比亞; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, 秘魯.
Cannetti is the 29-year-old, younger brother of MMA superstar Guido “Ninja” Cannetti, and is riding a three-fight winning streak.
康貝特美洲’ 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 – 北美, South America and Europe – and who has earned 10 他 13 professional victories via (牛逼)KO或提交.
Bedoya was a contestant on 終極戰士: 拉美 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, 第一輪 (3:34) WHO (拳) 的 Mariano Rocca 八月 18.
The four “COPA COMBATE” tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – 安德烈斯“子彈”昆塔納 (15-2) 羅斯威爾, N.M., 美國; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) 蒙特雷, 新萊昂, 墨西哥; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, 烏拉圭; 和 Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 西班牙.
The official “COPA COMBATE” tournament brackets with quarterfinal stage matchups for the one night, eight-man tournament will be announced soon.
從價格 $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 P.M. PT on December 7, 和第一初步回合將開始在 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 “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña will join fellow Combate Americas commentator and multiple-time WWE Heavyweight Champion, Alberto El Patrón, formerly known as 阿爾貝托·德爾里奧, to offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez’s students on Wednesday, 十二月. 5, two days before the “COPA COMBATE” affair.