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PHOENIX – September 13, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced that former world championship challenger Gustavo Lopez (8-3) will challenge Jose “Pochito” Альдай (11-3-1) in the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s bantamweight (135 фунты) world championship main event in Phoenix tomorrow, Пятница, Семь. 14.
Alday’s original world championship opponent, Леви Маррокин (11-2) Монтеррей, Мексика, was forced to withdraw from the commitment due to symptoms of influenza detected by the Arizona Boxing Commission physician, Доктор. Ken Ota.
The much-anticipated, world championship event’s three-fight main card airs live on television in Spanish in the U.S. на обоих Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) и Univision Deportes сети (ДСУ) (12 a.m. И / 9 p.m. PT)
Полный, nine-bout fight card airs in its entirety on DAZN, живые и по требованию спортивных потоковых платформ, in English in the U.S. и Канада, beginning with the first preliminary card bout, на 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
The 29-year-old Lopez of Las Vegas, Невада. через Якиму, Мыть. is a five-time Combate Americas veteran who, in his last start under the promotional banner, notched an impressive, первый раунд (2:34) представление (удушение гильотиной) of Steve Swanson, the brother of MMA superstar Cub Swanson, in the main event of Combate Americas’ debut event in Mexico City, Мексика.
A member of MMA legend Randy Couture’s Xtreme Couture fight camp in Las Vegas, Lopez has produced all of his victories in La Jaula, клетка Combate Америкас, посредством (T)КО или подчинение.
Lopez previously challenged fellow star John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda for the vacant Combate Americas world bantamweight championship on October 14, 2016, but was stopped via fourth round (2:24) ВОЗ (удары) by Castaneda in an epic, see-saw battle. Because Castaneda failed to make weight for the fight, he was not awarded the title.
Альдай, who will celebrate his 27th birthday tomorrow, is a native of Hermosillo, Сонора, Mexico and resident of Tucson, Штат Аризона., coming off his career-best victory to date, a split decision win over Castaneda in the main event of the historic, первый, live Univision and UDN simulcast of MMA action with “Combate Estrellas I” in Los Angeles, Халиф. апреля 13.
По цене от $30, Билеты на «Combate Северной и Южной Америки: Маррокин против. Lopez” are on sale at CelebrityTheatre.com and Ticketon.com.
Двери в Celebrity Theater открываются в 5 p.m. PT, с первым предварительным боем начнется в 7 p.m.