COMBATE AMERICAS NAMES
NICDALI RIVERA-CALANOC
FIGHT DIRECTOR
Former MMA world champion becomes the first Mexican American woman In history to lead matchmaking efforts for a combat sports franchise
نيويورك - يوليو 13, 2017 – Combate Americas has named retired, former women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) بطولة العالم Nicdali ريفيرا Calanoc, a Fight Director for the Hispanic sports and media franchise.
The appointment makes Rivera-Calanoc the first Mexican American woman in history to be charged with leading recruitment and matchmaking efforts for a combat sports organization.
مقرها في لاس فيغاس, نيفادا., ريفيرا Calanoc, a training partner of former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) بطولة العالم مييشا تيت, will be responsible for managing the rapidly expanding field of women athletes that compete for the Combate Americas live television event series, both in the U.S., and internationally in Latin America.
She will also participate in the recruiting and matchmaking processes for the Combate Americas men’s division.
“We are thrilled to welcome Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc to our fast-growing and robust team of executives,” said Combate Americas CEO and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder كامبل ماكلارين.
“Throughout her involvement in the sport,"وتابع ماكلارين, “Nicdali has been the consummate professional both in and out of competition, and we are confident that her vast experience as a professional athlete, will be a conduit to success working with the new generation of the sport that Combate Americas is investing in.”
Rivera-Calanoc has made history with Combate Americas twice before, competing in both the franchise’s first-ever, live televised U.S. event in Las Vegas in 2015, as well as its first live televised event in Mexico last January with Tate in her corner.
A 10-year veteran of professional MMA competition, Rivera-Calanoc was ranked amongst the top 10 fighters in the world in three different weight classes – flyweight (125 جنيه), strawweight (115 جنيه) and atomweight (105 جنيه) – at three different points in her career.
في أغسطس 23, 2008, Rivera-Calanoc was crowned a world champion after defeating Shawn Tamaribuchi by way of unanimous decision in a flyweight contest in Shawnee, أوكلاهوما.
Born in Chihuahua, المكسيك, Rivera-Calanoc immigrated to the U.S. في سن 5 with her family, and was raised in Tulsa, أوكلاهوما. She returned to her roots in Chihuahua annually until her latter teenage years. |
