תג ארכיון: Copa Combate

אמריקה Combate, אומנויות לחימה מעורבות, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BRACKETS AND TWO LINEUP CHANGES FOR “COPA COMBATE” ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN, $100,000 GRAND PRIZE SHOWDOWN

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גר ב- DAZN, רשת האיחוד לאיחוד ואוניברסיטאות
FROM SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, קליפורניה. ביום שישי, דצמבר. 7

JOEY RUQUET REPLACES GASTON REYNO, DANIEL REQUEIJO TO REPRESENT SPAIN IN PLACE OF ZEBENZUI RUIZ

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, שמונה-אדם, $100,000 grand prize Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) משקל נוצה (145 קילו) showdown – as well as the tournament brackets for the event that takes place at Save Mart Center on Friday, דצמבר. 7.

 

The second annual “COPA COMBATE” extravaganza airs live in its entirety in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (9 p.m. ET p.m / 6. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ורשת Univision Deportes (UDN) (12 a.m. ו / 9 אחה"צ. PT).

 

Originally slated for action in a previously announced tournament alternate bout, 26-בת Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1), נלחם מתוך לאס וגאס, נב., 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.

 

בנוסף, 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, האיים הקנריים, boasts a near-93 percent finish rate, earning 13 שלו 14 נצחונות קריירה בדרך של (T)KO או הגשה.

 

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, צ'ילה, תוך Alejandro “Gallito” Flores(13-1) של מונטריי, אריה חדש, Mexico will battle undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, קולומביה.

 

On the other side of the draw, or “Group B,” Ruquet will collide with Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) בואנוס איירס, ארגנטינה, תוך אנדרס "הכדור" קווינטנה (15-2) של רוזוול, N.M., USA will face fellow prolific star Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, פרו.

 

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, ספרד. Enriquez Marquez will take on Ruquet’s original, tournament alternate bout opponent "חסר רחמים" רודי מוראלס (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, גואטמלה.

 

Announced today as an addition to the “COPA COMBATE” event preliminary bout card was a flyweight (125 קילו) tilt between Paul Elizondo (1-0) of Fresno and Nathan Napolitano (0-0) של סלינות, קליפורניה. ארה"ב.

 

במחיר של $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, וההתקף הראשוני הראשון יתחיל בשעה 6 p.m.

UPDATED “COPA COMBATE” UPDATED FIGHT CARD:

PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD:

 

משקל זבוב: Paul Elizondo vs. Nathan Napolitano
Welterweight: Evan Solorio vs. Jimmy Molina
בינוני: 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. פבלו Villaseca
Joey Ruquet vs. Bruno Cannetti

 

Group B

 

Alejandro Flores vs. John Bedoya
Andres Quintana vs. Marlon Gonzales

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אמריקה Combate, אומנויות לחימה מעורבות, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES “COPA COMBATE” TOURNAMENT ALTERNATE BOUTS FOR ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN $100,000 GRAND PRIZE SHOWDOWN AT SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, קליפורניה. ביום שישי, דצמבר. 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, רשת האיחוד לאיחוד ואוניברסיטאות

כמו כן:
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 קילו) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, קליפורניה. ביום שישי, דצמבר. 7.

 

The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET p.m / 7. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ורשת Univision Deportes (UDN) (12 a.m. ו / 9 אחה"צ. 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) של סן חואן, Puerto Rico will take on פבלו "התרנגול השחור" סבורי (8-5) של סן לואיס ריו קולורדו, סונורה, מקסיקו, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) של לאס וגאס, נב., USA will face off with” Ruthless” Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, גואטמלה.

 

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 קילו) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler קורינה הררה (3-4-1) of Porterville, קליפורניה., ארה"ב.

 

The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, representing eight different countries: אנדרס "הכדור" קווינטנה(15-2) של רוזוול, N.M., ארה"ב; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) של מונטריי, אריה חדש, מקסיקו; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, אורוגוואי; ו Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ספרד; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) בואנוס איירס, ארגנטינה; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, צ'ילה; בלתי מנוצח John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, קולומביה; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, פרו.

 

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) של ספוקיין, לשטוף., USA in a welterweight (170 קילו) תחרות.

 

In a battle of two professional debut competitors, אלברט גונזלס (0-0) of Fresno will collide with James Porter (0-0) של Fresno.

 

במחיר של $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, וההתקף הראשוני הראשון יתחיל בשעה 6 p.m.

 

 

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אמריקה Combate, אומנויות לחימה מעורבות, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS UNVEILS THE LARGEST WINNER’S TROPHY IN SPORTS, COMPLETES ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN TOURNAMENT FIELD WITH FOUR NEW FEATHERWEIGHT ENTRANTS WHO WILL BATTLE FOR $100,000 GRAND PRIZE

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(Pictured from left to right below): “COPA COMBATE” tournament fighters Andres Quintana (ארה"ב), גסטון Reyno (אורוגוואי) and Alejandro Flores (מקסיקו) were on hand today for the 2018 “COPA COMBATE” kick-off press conference that took place at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, קליפורניה. in promotion of the event that takes place on Friday, דצמבר. 7. At the press conference, the tournament winner’s cup (בתמונה למטה) – the largest trophy in sports – was unveiled, and the names of the remainder of the 145-pouund fighters that will complete the tournament field, were revealed.

COMBATE AMERICAS’ BIGGEST MMA EVENT OF 2018
“COPA COMBATE”
MARKS FIRST ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN TOURNAMENT IN CALIFORNIA

גר ב- DAZN, רשת האיחוד לאיחוד ואוניברסיטאות
FROM SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, קליפורניה. ביום שישי, דצמבר. 7

BRUNO CANNETTI (ARGENTINA), PABLO VILLASECA (CHILE),
JOHN BEDOYA (קולומביה) AND MARLON GONZALES (PERU)
COMPLETE THE “COPA COMBATE” TOURNAMENT FIELD

 

FRESNO – November 8, 2018 – Combate Americas today unveiled at a news conference at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, קליפורניה., a massive winner’s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 קילו) 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 פרס ראשון, at Save Mart Center in Fresno on Friday, דצמבר. 7.

 

The previously announced, second annual “COPA COMBATE” event will air live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET p.m / 7. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ורשת Univision Deportes (UDN) (12 a.m. ו / 9 אחה"צ. 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 מדונה 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) בואנוס איירס, ארגנטינה; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, צ'ילה; בלתי מנוצח John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, קולומביה; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, פרו.

 

 

Cannetti is the 29-year-old, younger brother of MMA superstar Guido “Ninja” Cannetti, and is riding a three-fight winning streak.

 

אמריקה Combate’ 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 – צפון אמריקה, South America and Europe – and who has earned 10 שלו 13 professional victories via (T)KO או הגשה.

 

 

Bedoya was a contestant on הלוחם האולטימטיבי: אמריקה הלטינית 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, סיבוב ראשון (3:34) WHO (אגרופים) של Mariano Rocca באוגוסט 18.

 

 

The four “COPA COMBATE” tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – אנדרס "הכדור" קווינטנה (15-2) של רוזוול, N.M., ארה"ב; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) של מונטריי, אריה חדש, מקסיקו; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, אורוגוואי; ו Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ספרד.

 

 

The official “COPA COMBATE” tournament brackets with quarterfinal stage matchups for the one night, eight-man tournament will be announced soon.

 

 

במחיר של $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, וההתקף הראשוני הראשון יתחיל בשעה 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 אלברטו דל ריו, to offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez’s students on Wednesday, דצמבר. 5, two days before the “COPA COMBATE” affair.

אמריקה Combate, DAZN, אומנויות לחימה מעורבות, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES ITS BIGGEST EVENT OF 2018 “COPA COMBATE” AT SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, קליפורניה. ביום שישי, דצמבר. 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

גר ב- DAZN,
רשת האיחוד לאיחוד ואוניברסיטאות

TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY, נובמבר. 7

ניו יורק - אוקטובר 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 פרס ראשון, במרכז מארט שמור בFresno, קליפורניה., live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET p.m / 7. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ורשת Univision Deportes (UDN) (12 a.m. ו / 9 אחה"צ. 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 קמפבל מקלארן changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, רויס גרייסי.

 

במחיר של $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, מתחיל ב 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, נובמבר. 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,"אמר מקלארן.

 

(Pictured left to right above): Gaston Reyno of Montevideo, אורוגוואי; Andres Quintana of Roswell, N.M., ארה"ב; Alejandro Flores of Monterrey, אריה חדש, מקסיקו; 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, שמונה-אדם, $100,000 grand prize featherweight MMA tournament. קרדיט צילום: סקוט היראנו / קרב אמריקה, LLC

The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 קילו) החלוקה, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – אנדרס "הכדור" קווינטנה (15-2) של רוזוול, N.M., USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) של מונטריי, אריה חדש, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, אורוגוואי.

 

Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) הגשה (לחנוק אחורי עירום) של קרלוס אוצ'ואה at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, קליפורניה. בספטמבר 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, כלוב אמריקה Combate, בפעם הראשונה בקריירה שלו, riding a four-fight win streak. עד כה, all but one of his victories have come by way of (T)KO או הגשה.

 

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. בדצמבר 7, וההתקף הראשוני הראשון יתחיל בשעה 6 p.m.

אמריקה Combate, אומנויות לחימה מעורבות, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES JOHN “SEXY MEXY” CASTANEDA FOR “COPA COMBATE” ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN $100,000 GRAND PRIZE TOURNAMENT ON NOVEMBER 11

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ג'ון “הסקסי Mexy” קסטנדה (14-2) (תקין) has been announced as the first entrant into Combate Americas’ historic, לילה אחד, eight-man bantamweight (135 קילו) “Copa Combate” tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 בקנקון, Mexico on יום שבת, נובמבר. 11.
Historic event takes place in Cancun, מקסיקו
ב 24ה יום השנה ל
Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren’s UFC 1

NEW YORK – ספטמבר 28, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the entry of 25-year-old trailblazer and its all-time winningest fighter, ג'ון "סקסי סקסי" קסטנדה (14-2), into “Copa Combate,” the historic, לילה אחד, eight-man bantamweight (135 קילו) אומנויות לחימה מעורבות (MMA) tournament that will award its winner of three consecutive bouts a grand prize of $100,000 בקנקון, Mexico on יום שבת, נובמבר. 11.

“Copa Combate” takes place on the 24ה anniversary of UFC 1, which was executive produced by Combate Americas CEO and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder, קמפבל מקלארן. The storied event set off a combat sports revolution, and changed the martial arts fight world forever.

Castaneda of Mankato, מ. will enter La Jaula, כלוב אמריקה Combate, riding a nine-fight win streak that dates back to May 2015, and that recently extended on נִשׂגָב 1 when he put on a dominant performance to earn a unanimous decision over טיפאני Cheyden in UFC President דנה לבנהשליום שלישי Night Contender Series.

“We are excited to welcome John Castaneda back to Combate Americas, where he has amassed the most wins of any fighter in our young, but fast-growing organization, and delivered some of the most memorable moments ever in La Jaula with his explosive style of fighting and vicious knockout power,"אמר מקלארן.

Following the recent victory, Castaneda signed a new, בלעדי, multi-fight promotional agreement with Combate Americas, which was the first organization to place him on a national stage during its debut live event that aired on NBC Universo from Las Vegas, נב. בספטמבר 17, 2015. Castaneda immediately shined, הבסה ג'סטין Governale by way of unanimous decision.

In his last start in La Jaula on מאי 5, Castaneda scored a devastating, סיבוב שני (:42) WHO (אגרופים) on five-time UFC veteran Chris “The Real Deal” Beal.

The remaining seven “Copa Combate” tournament competitors will be announced soon, and will hail from various parts of Latin America, as well as Spain and the U.S., marking the first time in history that fighters will represent their respective countries on a mission to achieve greatness.

Tournament fighters will be separated into four brackets, and the top four fighters will be assigned seeded positions based on their respective worldwide rankings. Quarterfinal stage opponents for the four seeded fighters will be determined based on a lottery ball drawing.

The host venue in Cancun for “Copa Combate,” as well as ticket on-sale information for the event, יוכרז בקרוב.