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
纽约 - 七月 13, 2017 – Combate Americas has named retired, former women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 世界冠军 Nicdali里维拉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.
总部设在拉斯维加斯, 内华达州。, 里维拉Calanoc, a training partner of former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 世界冠军 Miesha Tate, 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) 联合创始人 坎贝尔迈凯轮.
“Throughout her involvement in the sport,“继续迈凯轮, “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 英镑), 草量级 (115 英镑) and atomweight (105 英镑) – at three different points in her career.
八月 23, 2008, Rivera-Calanoc was crowned a world champion after defeating Shawn Tamaribuchi by way of unanimous decision in a flyweight contest in Shawnee, 俄克拉何马州.
Born in Chihuahua, 墨西哥, Rivera-Calanoc immigrated to the U.S. 在年龄 5 with her family, and was raised in Tulsa, 俄克拉何马州. She returned to her roots in Chihuahua annually until her latter teenage years. |
