FITE.TV has partnered with Combate Americas to bring fans the much- anticipated match between two legends – Tito Ortiz and Alberto “守護神” 羅德里格斯.
Airing live from the Payne Arena in McAllen, Texas on Saturday, 十二月 7, 2019 at 8pm EST, the show will feature commentary in both English and Spanish.
More info in the FITE news page
FIRST BIG INITIATIVE WILL BE ‘REINAS DEL COMBATE’
THE FIRST ALL-WOMEN’S LINEUP IN HISTORY
TO AIR ON BROADCAST TELEVISION ON FRIDAY, APRIL 26 FROM LOS ANGELES
紐約 - 四月 04, 2019 – Kate Del Castillo, and premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports entertainment franchise, 康貝特美洲, announced today a landmark deal that redefines the world of combat sports. Del Castillo has acquired an equity stake in the company and is now an owner and significant shareholder of Combate Americas.
Her investment comes as part of a $20 million equity infusion from a powerhouse group of investors that also includes finance and sports industry leader Joe Plumeri, Ambassador Cliff Sobel and Irving Place Capital CEO John Howard.
Del Castillo will chair the advisory board, continue the company’s commitment to female empowerment and take on an active leadership role in growing the global MMA sports entertainment brand.
“Kate embodies the fierceness, tenacity and passion that defines the Combate Americas brand and its fighters.” says Campbell McLaren, CEO and Founder of Combate Americas. “Kate is now an equity partner and will take on a leadership role in the company and chairs our advisory board, joining our other prestigious investors including Chairman Joe Plumeri, Ambassador Cliff Sobel and John Howard,“ 他加了.
Del Castillo said she was most drawn to Combate Americas’ embracement and development of Hispanic athletes, the tremendous opportunities it affords female fighters, its global media platform and its potential for the franchise to become the number two sport for Hispanic sports fans worldwide, 足球後.
“I am thrilled to join Campbell and the talented leadership team at Combate and will be relentless in helping Combate Americas reach its full potential as the second most popular sport.”
Del Castillo’s most immediate point of focus as an owner will be the upcoming ‘Combate de Reinas’ live television event at Galen Center in Los Angeles on Friday, 四月 26.
A watershed moment, the event will mark the first time in history that a combat sports event will feature an all-women’s lineup on broadcast television.
“’Combate del Reinas’ is a significant feat for women in sports,” said Del Castillo, “and is a clear testimony to the Company’s commitment to female empowerment which I am excited to champion!”
Del Castillo was represented in the deal with Combate Americas by Walter Mosley of Mosley and Associates, while Combate Americas was represented by attorneys Andrew Nightingale and Krista Whitaker of Proskauer Rose, LLP.
Prior to making her boxing debut in April 2017, Garcia had appeared in 57 episodes of El Rey Network’s Lucha Libre television series, Lucha Underground, and was crowned the first women’s champion in the show’s history on April 9, 2016.
Garcia is also a four-time champion of Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide professional wrestling organization, and the wife of former, three-time world boxing championJhonny岡薩雷斯.
|
||
|
FRESNO – December 3, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced two changes to the lineup for its much-anticipated, biggest event of the year – the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, 八人, $100,000 grand prize Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight (145 英鎊) showdown – as well as the tournament brackets for the event that takes place at Save Mart Center on Friday, 十二月. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” extravaganza airs live in its entirety in English in the U.S. 和加拿大DAZN (9 P.M. ET /下午6時. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. 兩個悠景 (12 A.M. ET / PT) 和Univision的Deportes進行網絡 (UDN) (12 A.M. AND / 9時三十分. PT).
Originally slated for action in a previously announced tournament alternate bout, 26-歲 Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1), 戰鬥了拉斯維加斯, 內華達州。, USA and representing Puerto Rico, has been entered into the main draw of the eight-man tournament where he will replace Uruguay’s Gaston “Tonga” Reyno(7-2, 2 NC), who has been forced to withdraw from the tournament due to staph infection.
此外, Daniel “El Gallego” Requeijo (14-6) will represent Spain in place of previously announced Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2), after Ruiz was unable to secure a visa to enter the U.S.
The 34-year-old Requeijo, who hails from Spain’s Las Palmas, 加那利群島, boasts a near-93 percent finish rate, earning 13 他 14 事業勝利途經 (牛逼)KO或提交.
Also announced today were the official tournament brackets for the “COPA COMBATE” tournament affair.
On one side of the draw, or “Group A,” Requeijo will square off with Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile, 而 Alejandro “Gallito” Flores(13-1) 蒙特雷, 新萊昂, Mexico will battle undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, 哥倫比亞.
On the other side of the draw, or “Group B,” Ruquet will collide with Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) 布宜諾斯艾利斯, 阿根廷, 而 安德烈斯“子彈”昆塔納 (15-2) 羅斯威爾, N.M., USA will face fellow prolific star Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, 秘魯.
The winners of each quarterfinal stage bout in Group A will meet in semifinal stage action, while the winners of each quarterfinal stage bout in Group B will do likewise.
The two semifinal stage fight winners will face off in the championship showdown with the $100,000 grand prize at stake.
Replacing Ruquet in one the two tournament alternate bouts will be Vicente “Chento” Enriquez Marquez (5-5) of Barcelona, 西班牙. Enriquez Marquez will take on Ruquet’s original, tournament alternate bout opponent “無情”魯迪·莫拉萊斯 (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, 危地馬拉.
Announced today as an addition to the “COPA COMBATE” event preliminary bout card was a flyweight (125 英鎊) tilt between Paul Elizondo (1-0) of Fresno and Nathan Napolitano (0-0) 薩利納斯, 加利福尼亞州. 美國.
從價格 $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, 和第一初步回合將開始在 6 P.M.
UPDATED “COPA COMBATE” UPDATED FIGHT CARD:
初步回合卡:
飛錘: Paul Elizondo vs. Nathan Napolitano
次中量級: Evan Solorio vs. Jimmy Molina
中量級: Albert Gonzales vs. James Porter
FEATURED FLYWEIGHT BOUT:
Corina Herrera vs. Maria Paula Buzaglo
“COPA COMBATE” FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT ALTERNATE BOUTS:
Pablo Sabori vs. Michael Irizarry
Rudy Morales vs. Vicente Marquez Enriquez
“COPA COMBATE” FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT QUARTERNAL STAGE BOUTS:
Group A:
Daniel Requeijo vs. 巴勃羅Villaseca
Joey Ruquet vs. Bruno Cannetti
Group B
Alejandro Flores vs. John Bedoya
Andres Quintana vs. Marlon Gonzales
# # #
|
||
|
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 英鎊) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, 加利福尼亞州. 在週五, 十二月. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. 和加拿大DAZN (10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. 兩個悠景 (12 A.M. ET / PT) 和Univision的Deportes進行網絡 (UDN) (12 A.M. AND / 9時三十分. 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) 聖胡安, Puerto Rico will take on 巴勃羅“厄爾尼諾加洛黑”Sabori (8-5) 聖路易斯里奧科羅拉多的, 索諾拉, 墨西哥, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) 拉斯維加斯, 內華達州。, USA will face off with” Ruthless” Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, 危地馬拉.
Should any of the winners of the four quarterfinal stage tournament bouts be unable to re-enter La Jaula, 在康貝特美洲競爭籠, 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 英鎊) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler 科里納埃雷拉 (3-4-1) of Porterville, 加利福尼亞州。, 美國.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, representing eight different countries: 安德烈斯“子彈”昆塔納(15-2) 羅斯威爾, N.M., 美國; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) 蒙特雷, 新萊昂, 墨西哥; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, 烏拉圭; 和 Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 西班牙; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) 布宜諾斯艾利斯, 阿根廷; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile; 不敗 John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, 哥倫比亞; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, 秘魯.
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) 斯波坎, 洗。, USA in a welterweight (170 英鎊) 競賽.
In a battle of two professional debut competitors, 阿爾伯特·岡薩雷斯 (0-0) of Fresno will collide with James Porter (0-0) 弗雷斯諾.
從價格 $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, 和第一初步回合將開始在 6 P.M.
# # #
|
||
|
||
|
FRESNO – November 8, 2018 – Combate Americas today unveiled at a news conference at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, 加利福尼亞州。, a massive winner’s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 英鎊) contestants for its much-anticipated, “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, at Save Mart Center in Fresno on Friday, 十二月. 7.
The previously announced, second annual “COPA COMBATE” event will air live in English in the U.S. 和加拿大DAZN (10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. 兩個悠景 (12 A.M. ET / PT) 和Univision的Deportes進行網絡 (UDN) (12 A.M. AND / 9時三十分. PT).
The winner of the tournament will have persevered through three fights in one night to claim the grand prize check and the trophy.
The “COPA COMBATE” winner’s trophy unveiled today stands over 4 and a half feet tall, and is nearly 2 feet wide at its widest point. Custom made by U.K.-based CA Models, the makers of the Viking-style headdress that music superstar 麥當娜 wore during her 2012 NFL SuperBowl halftime performance, the gold-colored trophy, valued at $100,000, is constructed from high-tech composite plastics used in Formula 1 racing and aerospace.
Announced today as the four fighters who will complete the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man tournament field were Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) 布宜諾斯艾利斯, 阿根廷; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile; 不敗 John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, 哥倫比亞; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, 秘魯.
Cannetti is the 29-year-old, younger brother of MMA superstar Guido “Ninja” Cannetti, and is riding a three-fight winning streak.
康貝特美洲’ La Jaula model Alyshia Barragan with the “COPA COMBATE” winner’s trophy
Villaseca is a 31-year-old, battle-tested veteran who has competed on three different continents – 北美, South America and Europe – and who has earned 10 他 13 professional victories via (牛逼)KO或提交.
Bedoya was a contestant on 終極戰士: 拉美 reality television series. The 27-year-old has scored three of his six professional victories by way of submission.
The 26-year-old Gonzales is the number one ranked featherweight fighter in Peru. He is coming off a thunderous, 第一輪 (3:34) WHO (拳) 的 Mariano Rocca 八月 18.
The four “COPA COMBATE” tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – 安德烈斯“子彈”昆塔納 (15-2) 羅斯威爾, N.M., 美國; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) 蒙特雷, 新萊昂, 墨西哥; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, 烏拉圭; 和 Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 西班牙.
The official “COPA COMBATE” tournament brackets with quarterfinal stage matchups for the one night, eight-man tournament will be announced soon.
從價格 $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, 和第一初步回合將開始在 6 P.M.
Combate Americas also announced today that it has partnered with Jimenez Grappling Academy, an Exeter-based non-profit organization focused on utilizing martial arts classes to create family and community-oriented programs. As part of the local partnership, MMA superstar Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña will join fellow Combate Americas commentator and multiple-time WWE Heavyweight Champion, Alberto El Patrón, formerly known as 阿爾貝托·德爾里奧, to offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez’s students on Wednesday, 十二月. 5, two days before the “COPA COMBATE” affair.
|
||
|
紐約–十月 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, 在保存沃爾瑪中心弗雷斯諾, 加利福尼亞州。, live in English in the U.S. 和加拿大DAZN (10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT), 在西班牙居住在電視上在中美. 兩個悠景 (12 A.M. ET / PT) 和Univision的Deportes進行網絡 (UDN) (12 A.M. AND / 9時三十分. 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 坎貝爾邁凱輪 changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, 羅伊斯格雷西.
從價格 $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, 在開始 10 A.M. PT on Wednesday, 十一月. 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,“麥克拉倫說：.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 英鎊) 聯賽, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – 安德烈斯“子彈”昆塔納 (15-2) 羅斯威爾, N.M., USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) 蒙特雷, 新萊昂, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, 烏拉圭.
Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) 服從 (後方裸體扼流圈) 的 卡洛斯·奧喬亞 at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, 加利福尼亞州. 九月 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, 在康貝特美洲籠, for the first time in his career, riding a four-fight win streak. 至今, all but one of his victories have come by way of (牛逼)KO或提交.
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. 上月 7, 和第一初步回合將開始在 6 P.M.
|
||
|
紐約–十月 29, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a bantamweight (135 英鎊) main event matchup between superstar 埃里克“厄爾尼諾Goyito”佩雷斯 (18-6) and prolific finisher Andres “Doble A” Ayala (12-6) for the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s return to Monterrey, 新萊昂, 墨西哥, 週六, 十一月. 17, live in English in the U.S. 和加拿大DAZN (10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. 兩個悠景 (12 A.M. ET / PT) 和Univision的Deportes進行網絡 (UDN) (12 A.M. AND / 9時三十分. PT).
The addition of the matchup between the two 28-year-old competitors completes the Combate Americas fight card, which will take place at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido, 同 10 結束.
A native of Monterrey who fights out of San Diego, 加利福尼亞州。, 美國, Perez will seek his fifth straight victory after making his Combate Americas promotional debut in stunning fashion, avenging a previous defeat at the hands of old rival David “D.J.” Fuentes by scoring a third round (1:22) 昏死 (拳) on Fuentes in the main event of “Combate Estrellas II” at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido on April 20.
佩雷斯, who has notched 12 他 18 職業生涯所贏得的方式 (牛逼)KO或提交, left the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on a three-fight win streak to sign with Combate Americas last November.
Both of Perez’s brothers – older brother Ivan and younger brother Jair – are also slated for action on the card.
Perez was slated to face off with knockout artist 約翰“性感MEXI”卡斯塔涅達 in a Combate Americas headlining contest on October 13, but the matchup was called off after Castaneda was forced to withdraw due to a staph infection that he sustained just a week before the commitment.
Ayala of Bogota, Colombia is one of his nation’s top ranked bantamweights. He will make his debut in La Jaula, 在康貝特美洲籠, on the heels of a TKO (ground and pound) victory on Guido Gongora in a main event bout in Barranquilla, Colombia on July 27.
至今, Ayala has earned an astounding 11 的 12 職業生涯所贏得的方式 (牛逼)KO或提交.
從價格 300.00$ MXN, tickets for the Combate Americas event at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido are on sale at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets.
Until Friday, 十一月. 2, fans can purchase general admission level tickets at a 15 percent discount by entering the code ‘COMBATE’ at check-out when purchasing tickets online.
Doors at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido open at 6 P.M. CT on November 17. The first preliminary card bout will begin at 7 P.M.
更新了“康貝特美洲: GOYITO VS. AYALA” FIGHT CARD:
輕量級主賽事:
埃里克·佩雷斯VS. Andres Ayala
ATOMWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT:
Irene Cabello Rivera vs. 習慣羅莫
FEATURED FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT:
Levy Marroquin vs. 何塞·埃斯特拉達
初步回合卡:
輕量級: Rodrigo Vargas vs. Ricardo Arreola
最輕量級: Eduardo Alvarado vs. Alan Cantu
輕量級: Jose Luis Medrano vs. 元植園
輕量級: Ivan Perez vs. Daniel Rico
羽量級: 睚佩雷斯VS. Tino Gilaranz
輕量級: Daniel Zellhuber vs. Salvador Izar
飛錘: Ramiro Ruiz Castillo vs. Ivan Hernandez Flores
