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NEW YORK - Kolovoz 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a new women’s flyweight (125 funti) co-main event – Tracy Cortez (3-1) vs, Karen Cedillo (1-0) – as well as six other new bouts featuring fighters representing five different countries, for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) franchise’s world championship event in Phoenix on Petak, Sedam. 14, live on both Univision (12 a.m. I/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. I/9 poslije podne. PT).
The unbeaten, 29=year-old Cedillo of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico will replace Brandi Narvaez, who was originally slated to face off with Cortez of Phoenix, ali je bio prisiljen povući zbog ozljede.
In the previously announced, world championship bantamweight (135 funti) glavni događaj, Monterrey’s Levy Saul Marroquin (11-2), the winner of the inaugural, 2017 “COPA COMBATE," jednu noć, osam čovjek, $100,000 grand prize tournament, will collide with fellow star Jose “Pochito” Alday (11-3-1) od Tucson, Arizona. via Hermosillo, Sonora, Meksiko.
Among the other new fights announced today for the “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” world championship event that will take place at Celebrity Theatre were a featured, live televised lightweight (155 funti) contest between undefeated, rising star and Cub Swanson zaštićen Rafa "nadareni" Garcia (7-0) a LaRue "The Cannibal" Burley (8-3).
5-noga-7, 24-year-old Garcia of Palm Springs, Kalifornija, USA by way of Mexicali, Baja California, Meksiko, has been on a tear since he made his professional debut nearly four years ago, defeating all but one of his opponents via (T)KO ili podnesak.
Burley, a 5-foot-10, 34-godišnjak, seasoned competitor who hails from Phoenix, has faced off with top level adversaries, and is best known for his upset, Treći krug (3:40) TKO (knee strike to the body and punches) od 2011 NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and previously undefeated MMA prospect Bubba Jenkins Sept. 20, 2013.
Also announced today was a featherweight (145 funti) preliminary bout card contest between two unbeaten prospects – Tino Gilaranz (1-0) Madrid, Spain and Austin Wourms (1-0) Phoenix.
In a 140-pound catchweight matchup on the undercard, Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (12-7) of Mammoth, Arizona, USA will return to La Jaula, kavez Combate Amerike, for the second time in his career, suočiti se Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado (3-4) Tijuana, Baja California, Meksiko.
Another featherweight scrap will see Javier “Blair” Reyes Rugeles (7-1) of Bogota, Colombiá square off with “Magic” Mike Hamel (5-2) Gilbert, Arizona, SAD.
In flyweight action, neporažen, rising star Richard Palencia (6-0) od Mesa, Arizona. održat će se na Federico “The Argentinian Ninja” Oliveira (3-4) of Mendoza, Argentina.
Battle-tested veterans Yaotzin Meza (21-11) Glendale, Arizona, USA and Gilbert Aguilar (17-18-1) of Phoenix by way of Mexico City, Mexico will collide at featherweight.
Additional preliminary bout matchups for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” will be announced soon.
Po cijeni od $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” are on sale at
CelebrityTheatre.com a Ticketon.com.
Doors at Celebrity Theatre open at 6 poslije podne. PT, with the first preliminary bout beginning at 7 poslije podne.