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COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES “COPA COMBATE” TOURNAMENT ALTERNATE BOUTS FOR ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN $100,000 GRAND PRIZE SHOWDOWN AT SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, CALIF. AR Dé hAoine, Nollaig. 7

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COMBATE AMERICAS’ BIGGEST MMA EVENT OF 2018
“COPA COMBATE”
MARKS FIRST ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN TOURNAMENT IN CALIFORNIA, AIRS LIVE ON DAZN, UNIVISION AND UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK

FREISIN:
FEATURED WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT CONTEST PITS
MARIA BUZAGLO VS. CORINA HERRERA

TICKETS FOR “COPA COMBATE” ON SALE NOW

NEW YORK – November 27, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a pair of “alternate” bouts for its much-anticipated, biggest event of the year – the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament that will award its featherweight (145 punt) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. ar an Aoine, Nollaig. 7.

 

The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. ar an dá Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) agus Líonra Deportes Univision (UDN) (12 a.m. AGUS / 9 p.m. PT), and marks the first time in history that California State will sanction a one-night, eight-man MMA tournament.

 

In one of two tournament alternate bouts announced today, Michael Irizarry (9-2) de San Juan, Puerto Rico will take on Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-5) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) de Las Vegas, Nev., USA will face off with” Ruthless” Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, Guatemala.

 

Should any of the winners of the four quarterfinal stage tournament bouts be unable to re-enter La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, for his semifinal stage bout due to injury sustained in quarterfinal stage action, one of the two tournament alternate bout winners will replace the injured competitor in the semifinal stage of the tournament.

 

Also announced today was a featured women’s strawweight (115 punt) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler Corina Herrera (3-4-1) of Porterville, Calif., Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá.

 

The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, representing eight different countries: Andres “The Bullet” Quintana(15-2) of Roswell, N.M., Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) de Monterrey, Lion Nua, Mexico; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, Uragua; agus Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spáinn; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) de Buenos Aires, An Airgintín; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, An tSile; undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) de Bogota, Colombia; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, Peru.

 

The tournament brackets and quarterfinal stage tournament matchups will be announced this week.

 

In “COPA COMBATE” preliminary bout action announced today, local police officer Evan “Pitbull” Solorio (3-2) of Fresno will face off with Jimmy “Mamba” Molina (0-0) de Spokane, Nigh., USA in a welterweight (170 punt) comórtas.

 

In a battle of two professional debut competitors, Albert Gonzales (0-0) of Fresno will collide with James Porter (0-0) de Fresno.

 

Phraghas ó $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, agus beidh an chéad bout réamh tosú ag 6 p.m.

 

 

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COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES ITS BIGGEST EVENT OF 2018 “COPA COMBATE” AT SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, CALIF. AR Dé hAoine, Nollaig. 7

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FIRST ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN TOURNAMENT
IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY,
25 YEARS AFTER LEGENDARY UFC 1 TOURNAMENT

FIGHTERS REPRESENTING EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
FACE OFF WITH $100,000 GRAND PRIZE AT STAKE

BEO AR DAZN,
UNIVISION AND UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK

TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY, Samhain. 7

NEW YORK – October 30, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced its much-anticipated, second annual “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, ag Sábháil Mart Ionad i Fresno, Calif., live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. ar an dá Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) agus Líonra Deportes Univision (UDN) (12 a.m. AGUS / 9 p.m. PT).

 

The winner of the tournament will have persevered through three fights in one night to claim the grand prize.

 

The “COPA COMBATE” event will mark the first one-night, eight-man tournament in California state history, and will take place 25 years after Combate Americas CEO and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder Campbell McLaren changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, Royce Gracie.

 

Phraghas ó $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, ag tosú ag 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Samhain. 7.

 

“This is the way I started the UFC 25 years ago – an 8-man tournament – the toughest challenge in sports – and now it’s coming to Fresno and the great state of California for the first time in history,"A dúirt McLaren.

 

(Pictured left to right above): Gaston Reyno of Montevideo, Uragua; Andres Quintana of Roswell, N.M., Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá; Alejandro Flores of Monterrey, Lion Nua, Mexico; and Zebenzui Ruiz of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain represent the first four of eight fighters who will compete in the 2018 “COPA COMBATE” one-night, ocht-fear, $100,000 grand prize featherweight MMA tournament. Grianghraf creidmheasa: Scott Hirano/Combate Americas, LLC

The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 punt) roinn, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., SAM agus Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) de Monterrey, Lion Nua, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, Uragua.

 

Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, an chéad bhabhta (2:21) aighneacht (chúl-naked choke) de Carlos Ochoa at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, Calif. Meán Fómhair 28.

 

Also announced today for “COPA COMBATE” tournament action was the competitor who will represent Spain – 24-year-old Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

 

Ruiz will enter La Jaula, an Cage Combate Mheiriceá, for the first time in his career, riding a four-fight win streak. Go dtí seo, all but one of his victories have come by way of (T)KO nó aighneacht.

 

The remaining four fighters who will compete in the 2018 “COPA COMBATE” tournament will be announced soon.

 

Doors at Save Mart Center will open for the event at 5 p.m. ar Nollaig 7, agus beidh an chéad bout réamh tosú ag 6 p.m.

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COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER “COPA COMBATE” TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER BOUTS LIVE ON UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK FROM LONG BEACH, CALIF. AR Dé hAoine, Meán Fómhair. 28

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Winners of the one-round, featherweight fights will represent
an U.S. and Mexico in the $100,000 comórtas mhórdhuais

U.S. qualifying bout: Erick Gonzalez vs. Andres Quintana
Mexico qualifying bout: Pablo Sabori vs. Alejandro Flores

Ticéid do “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” on sale now

NUA-EABHRAC - Lúnasa 16, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a live Univision Deportes Network (UDN) telecast (12 a.m. AGUS/9 pm. PT) of an event that will be headlined by the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s first-ever “COPA COMBATE” qualifying bouts in Long Beach, Calif. Ar Dé hAoine, Seacht. 28.

 

The “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, which will air live from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, will feature a pair of one, five-minute round featherweight (145 punt) troideanna, the winners of which represent their respective countries – the U.S. and Mexico – in the “COPA COMBATE,”Oíche amháin, ocht-fear, $100,000 tournament, the date and location of which will be announced soon.

 

 

Phraghas ó $30, ticéid do “Combate Americas: Camino A Copa Combate” are on sale at The Walter Pyramid’s

online ticketing platform, as well at Ticketon.com.

 

“These one-round qualifier fights are symbolic of what Combate Americas represents – ‘Mucha Mas Accion,’ or ‘Much More Action,"A dúirt Combate Americas POF Campbell McLaren. “Faster-paced fights in a shorter time frame create the most electrifying platform in the sport and, with the opportunity to represent your country in the ‘COPA COMBATE," $100,000 grand prize tournament on the line, the intensity will be at an all-new high.”

 

 

Facing off with each other in one of the two ‘Camino a Copa Combate’ one, five-minute round, featherweight fights with the right to represent the U.S. in the high-stakes tournament, Beidh Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez (8-2) agus Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (14-2).

 

 

In the second ‘Camino a Copa’ one-round, five-minute fight, Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-4) Beidh collide le Alejandro “El Gallito” Flores (12-1). The winner of the matchup will represent Mexico in the “COPA COMBATE” tournament.

 

ERICK GONZALEZ VS. ANDRES QUINTANA

 

The 5-foot-10, 26-year-old Gonzalez of Redondo Beach, Calif. will drop from lightweight (155 punt) to featherweight for the first time since joining the ranks of Combate Americas, in an effort to qualify for the coveted, one-night tournament.

 

 

A relentless battler capable of finishing opponents in any range of combat, Gonzalez has earned six of his eight professional career wins by way of (T)KO nó aighneacht, including his last fight in which he avenged a previous, unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Danny “The Realist” Ramirez by scoring a highlight reel, an chéad bhabhta (3:15) knockout (punches) on Ramirez at “Combate Estrellas” in Los Angeles on Aibreán 13.

 

 

Quintana, a 6-foot, 27-year-old trailblazer who hails from Roswell, N.M., has been perfect to date in La Jaula, an Cage Combate Mheiriceá, winning all four of his matchups under the promotional banner since he made his debut last year.

 

 

Among Quintana’s conquests in Combate Americas action is a June 30, 2017 unanimous decision win over last year’s “COPA COMBATE” tournament winner Marroquin Tobhach, in a bout that took place in the taxing, high altitude of Mexico City, Mexico.

 

PABLO SABORI VS. ALEJANDRO FLORES

 

The 5-foot-8, 26-year-old Sabori of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora is a feared, devastating finisher who boasts a 100 Ráta bailchríoch faoin gcéad, with all 8 of his professional career wins to date having come by way of knockout or submission, 5 of them inside the first round of action.

 

 

In his last start on July 29, 2017 i Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Sabori slugged his way to a third round (3:03) WHO (punches) de Andrew Lagdaan.

 

 

Flores is a 5-foot-10, 27-bliain d'aois, fast-rising star out of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon who will return to 145 pounds after a phenomenal run in the bantamweight (135 punt) rang.

 

 

Flores is riding a four-fight win streak after coasting to victory over Team Grasso standout Victor Madrigal in Combate Americas’ debut live event in Monterrey onAibreán 20. The win marked Flores’ second straight win in La Jaula, since defeating Walter Zamora by way of split decision on March 30, 2017.

 

 

An additional matchup for the live televised, main card portion of the Combate Americas world championship event will be announced soon, as will a complete, preliminary bout card.

 

 

Doors at The Walter Pyramid will open at 6 p.m. PT ar Meán Fómhair 28, agus beidh an chéad bout réamh tosú ag 7 p.m.

 

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COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES LIVE UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK TELECAST, COMPLETE BOUT CARD FOR “COMBATE ESTRELLAS II” IN MONTERREY, MEXICO ON FRIDAY, Aibreán 20

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VICTOR MADRIGAL REPLACES LEVY MARROQUIN IN BANTAMWEIGHT
CO-MAIN EVENT SHOWDOWN WITH ALEJANDRO FLORES

IVANNA MARTINENGHI REPLACES FRANCIS HERNANDEZ AGAINST UNDEFEATED MELISSA MARTINEZ IN STRAWWEIGHT FEATURED CONTEST

STAR-STUDDED EVENT HEADLINED BY
MUCH-ANTICIPATED BANTAMWEIGHT REMATCH BETWEEN
ERIK “GOYITO” PEREZ AND DAVID “D.J.” FUENTES

NUA-EABHRAC – Aibreán 18, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a live Univision Deportes Network (UDN) telecast, as well as the complete 10-bout fight card for the “Combate Estrellas II” Martial Arts Measctha (MMA) extravaganza at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico on Friday, Aibreán 20.

 

An beo, 90-minute UDN telecast of “Combate Estrellas II,” which will be headlined by a previously announced, highly-anticipated bantamweight (135 punt) rematch between world-ranked superstar and Monterrey native Erik “Goyito” Perez (17-6), and hard-hitting finisher David “D.J.” Fuentes (13-10) of the U.S., Tosaíonn ag 12 a.m. AGUS / 9 p.m. PT, and will follow the live stream of Combate Americas’ preliminary bout card, ag tosú ag 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, on UnivisionDeportes.com.

 

Fuentes, who fights out of McAllen, Texas, defeated Perez by way of third round (3:01) aighneacht (armlock) when the two met on May 28, 2010.

 

In a new bantamweight (135 punt) comh-príomh imeacht, Victor “Periquito” Madrigal (6-1) de Guadalajara, Mexico, will replace “COPA COMBATE” tournament winner Tobhach Saul Marroquin de Monterrey, Mexico, who has withdrawn due to illness, against fellow fast-rising star Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (11-1) de Monterrey.

 

Leading off the three-bout, live televised main card, undefeated strawweight (115 punt) ealaíontóir knockout Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (3-0) de gCathair Mheicsiceo, Mexico, will collide with fellow, hard-hitting Muay Thai stylist Ivanna Martinenghi (4-1) de Buenos Aires, An Airgintín.

 

Martinez was originally slated to face Francis Hernandez of Puerto Rico.

 

In other action announced for Combate Estrellas II,” prolific finisher Marcelo “PitBull” Rojo (13-5) of Cordoba, An Airgintín, Beidh cearnach amach le Fabian Galvan (8-3) of Monterrey in a bantamweight contest.

Enrique “Locote” Gonzalez (6-1) of Monterrey will collide with Oscar Suarez (4-1) of Santa Cruz Tenerife, Spáinn, in a bantamweight tilt.

Jose Luis “El Pistolero” Medrano (5-2) of Monterrey will battle Daniel “Boy Golden” Zellhuber (5-0) de gCathair Mheicsiceo.

 

Also in the card, Mexican Muay Thai fighter Lezly Hinojosa Compean (0-0) will make her debut under the MMA rules against Spanish superstar Irene Cabello Rivera (7-5) of Barcelona, Spain in an atomweight (105 punt) deireadh.

 

Tickets for “CombateEstrellas II” are on sale at SuperBoletos.com.

 

Doors at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon will open at 6 p.m. local time on April 20. The first preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m.

“COMBATE ESTRELLAS II” FIGHT CARD

PRÍOMH CÁRTA

Bantamweight (135 lb.) Main event:
Erik Pérez (17-6) vs. David Fuentes (13-10)

Bantamweight (135 lb.) comh-príomh imeacht:
Victor Madrigal (6-1) vs. Alejandro Flores (11-1)

Women’s Strawweight (115 lb.):
Melissa Martínez (3-0) vs. Ivanna Martinenghi (4-1)

UNDERCARD

Bantamweight (135 lb.): Marcelo Rojo (13-5) vs. Fabian Galvan (8-3)
Atomweight (105 lb.): Irene Cabello (7-5) vs. Lezly Hinojosa Compean (0-0)
Bantamweight (135 lb.): Enrique Gonzalez (12-10) vs. Oscar Suarez (4-1)
Bantamweight (135 lb.): Juan Pablo Gonzalez (7-0-2) vs. Kevin Garcia (5-2)
Lightweight (155 lb.): Ivan Perez (4-4) vs. Ricardo Arreola (5-5)
Bantamweight (135 lb.): David Martinez (2-0) vs. Enrique Barragan (5-2)
Lightweight (135 lb.): Jose Luis Medrano (8-2) vs. Daniel Zellhuber (5-0)