HISTORIC EVENT’S ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN,
$100,000 GRAND PRIZE TOURNAMENT BROADCASTS LIVE
ON TELEMUNDO DEPORTES FROM GRAND OASIS CANCUN
ALTERNATE BOUTS AND PRELIMINARY BOUT
STREAM LIVE BEFORE LIVE TELEMUNDO BROADCAST
NEW YORK – Октомври 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, една нощ, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) категория петел (135 паунда) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico on Събота, Ноември. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 p.m. И/10:35 p.m. CT, or following “Titulares y Mas”).
The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 паунда) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) на Visalia, Халиф. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) от Мексико Сити, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, започващ най- 9 p.m. И/8 p.m. CT, preceding the live Telemundo Deportes broadcast of the event that picks up with the tournament’s first semifinal stage matchup.
In one tournament alternate bout, Levy Saul “El Negro” Marroquin (8-2) ще изправят с Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) и, in the other tournament alternate bout, Felipe “Pipe” Vargas (4-0) will face off with Jose “Pupi” Calvo (3-1).
In the event a winner of one of the tournament’s quarterfinal stage bouts is unable to advance to the semifinal stage due to injury, one of the two alternate bout winners will take the injured quarterfinal bout winner’s place in the semifinal stage.
Горе: Sheila Padilla (наляво) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (надясно) in an atomweight (105 паунда) preliminary bout at “COPA COMBATE” на Събота, Ноември. 11. Фото кредит: Combate Americas, LLC
Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. На 22-годишният, who hails from Monterrey, Мексико, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, чрез (T)KO или представяне.
Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.
Непобеждаван, 23-year-old Vargas is a ferocious knockout artist who recently relocated from Spain to Miami, Fla. where he has been training with famed fight squad American Top Team.
Similar to Vargas, the 24-year-old Calvo of San Jose, Costa Rica moved to Chicago, Болен. where he trains with renowned coach Mike Valle.
Tickets for “COPA COMBATE” at Grand Oasis Cancun are on sale at SmarTicket.
“COPA COMBATE” takes place on the 24тата anniversary of McLaren’s now legendary UFC 1 event that he executive produced as the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The storied event set off a combat sports revolution, and changed the martial arts fight world forever.
The live Telemundo broadcast of “COPA COMBATE” marks the first time in history that NBCU’s leading Spanish language television network will air MMA fight programming, and will cover the tournament’s two semifinal stage bouts and championship stage showdown as well as a previously women’s strawweight (115 pounds0 co-main event between Melissa “Super Melly” Martinez (2-0) of Mexico City and Gloria “Gloriosa” Bravo (4-2) of Santiago, Chile.
A lottery ball drawing to determine the “COPA COMBATE” tournament quarterfinal stage matchups will be held onЧетвъртък, Ноември. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:
- John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (14-2) на Mankato, От.
- Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) of Cordoba, Аржентина
- Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) от Мексико Сити, Мексико
- Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) Сан Хуан, Puerto Rico
- Marc “Lufo” Gomez (20-10) of Barcelona, Испания
- Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, Колумбия
- Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Перу
- Ricky "The Gallero" Паласиос (9-1) на мисията, Texas
The entire quarterfinal stage of the tournament will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, along with the tournament alternate bouts and the women’s preliminary bout.
Telemundo Deportes, one of the leading providers of sports content in Spanish in the United States, is home to two of the world’s most popular sporting events: the FIFA World Cup™ through 2026 and the Summer Olympic Games through 2032. В допълнение, Telemundo Deportes broadcasts the FIFA World Cup™ CONCACAF qualifying matches for most of the region, including the Mexico and USA national teams’ away matches and the Premier League. Telemundo Deportes is also home to “Boxeo Telemundo Ford,” the #1 boxing program in Spanish, and “Titulares y Más,” the #1 sports news, entertainment and commentary show in Spanish, among other recognized sports properties. |
