საკვანძო არქივი: Copa Combate

Combate ამერიკის, შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნება, 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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LIVE ON DAZN, UNIVISION AND UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK
FROM SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, CALIF. პარასკევს, საოლქო საარჩევნო კომისიის. 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, რვა კაცი, $100,000 grand prize Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight (145 ფუნტი) showdown – as well as the tournament brackets for the event that takes place at Save Mart Center on Friday, Dec. 7.

 

The second annual “COPA COMBATE” extravaganza airs live in its entirety in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (9 საათამდე. ET / 6 საათზე. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 საათიდან. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 საათიდან. ET/9 p.m. PT).

 

Originally slated for action in a previously announced tournament alternate bout, 26-წლის Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1), საბრძოლო out of Las Vegas, Nev., 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.

 

გარდა ამისა,, 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, Canary Islands, boasts a near-93 percent finish rate, earning 13 მისი 14 კარიერა გამარჯვება გზით (T)KO ან წარდგინების.

 

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, ჩილე, ხოლო Alejandro “Gallito” Flores(13-1) მონტერეის, Nuevo Leon, Mexico will battle undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, კოლუმბიის.

 

On the other side of the draw, or “Group B,” Ruquet will collide with Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) ბუენოს, Argentina, ხოლო ანდრეს "ტყვია" კვინტანა (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., USA will face fellow prolific star Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, პერუს.

 

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, ესპანეთი. Enriquez Marquez will take on Ruquet’s original, tournament alternate bout opponent "დაუნდობელი" Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, გვატემალა.

 

Announced today as an addition to the “COPA COMBATE” event preliminary bout card was a flyweight (125 ფუნტი) tilt between Paul Elizondo (1-0) of Fresno and Nathan Napolitano (0-0) of Salinas, Calif. ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები.

 

Priced დან $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 საათამდე. PT on December 7, და პირველი წინასწარი bout საათზე დაიწყება 6 საათამდე.

UPDATED “COPA COMBATE” UPDATED FIGHT CARD:

PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD:

 

Flyweight: Paul Elizondo vs. Nathan Napolitano
Welterweight: Evan Solorio vs. Jimmy Molina
Middleweight: 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. Pablo Villaseca
Joey Ruquet vs. Bruno Cannetti

 

Group B

 

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

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Combate ამერიკის, შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნება, 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, CALIF. პარასკევს, საოლქო საარჩევნო კომისიის. 7

დატოვე კომენტარი

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

ასევე:
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 ფუნტი) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. პარასკევი, Dec. 7.

 

The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 საათამდე. ET / 7 საათზე. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 საათიდან. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 საათიდან. ET/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) სან-ხუან-, Puerto Rico will take on Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-5) of San Luis Rio Colorado, სონორა, Mexico, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) of Las Vegas, Nev., USA will face off with” Ruthless” Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, გვატემალა.

 

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 ფუნტი) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler Corina Herrera (3-4-1) of Porterville, Calif., ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები.

 

The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, representing eight different countries: ანდრეს "ტყვია" კვინტანა(15-2) of Roswell, N.M., ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) მონტერეის, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, Uruguay; და Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ესპანეთი; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) ბუენოს, Argentina; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, ჩილე; დაუმარცხებელი John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, კოლუმბიის; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, პერუს.

 

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) of Spokane, სარეცხი., USA in a welterweight (170 ფუნტი) კონკურსი.

 

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

 

Priced დან $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 საათამდე. PT on December 7, და პირველი წინასწარი bout საათზე დაიწყება 6 საათამდე.

 

 

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Combate ამერიკის, შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნება, 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

დატოვე კომენტარი
(Pictured from left to right below): “COPA COMBATE” tournament fighters Andres Quintana (ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები), Gaston გაერთიანებული (Uruguay) and Alejandro Flores (Mexico) were on hand today for the 2018 “COPA COMBATE” kick-off press conference that took place at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, Calif. in promotion of the event that takes place on Friday, Dec. 7. At the press conference, the tournament winner’s cup (pictured below) – 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

LIVE ON DAZN, UNIVISION AND UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK
FROM SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, CALIF. პარასკევს, საოლქო საარჩევნო კომისიის. 7

BRUNO CANNETTI (ARGENTINA), PABLO VILLASECA (CHILE),
JOHN BEDOYA (COLOMBIA) 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, Calif., a massive winner’s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 ფუნტი) contestants for its much-anticipated, ”საბრძოლო თასი,” 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, Dec. 7.

 

The previously announced, second annual “COPA COMBATE” event will air live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 საათამდე. ET / 7 საათზე. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 საათიდან. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 საათიდან. ET/9 p.m. 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 Madonna 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) ბუენოს, Argentina; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, ჩილე; დაუმარცხებელი John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, კოლუმბიის; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, პერუს.

 

 

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

 

Combate ამერიკის’ 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 – ჩრდილოეთ ამერიკა, South America and Europe – and who has earned 10 მისი 13 professional victories via (T)KO ან წარდგინების.

 

 

Bedoya was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: ლათინური ამერიკა რეალობის სერიალი. 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, პირველი რაუნდი (3:34) WHO (punches) საქართველოს Mariano Rocca აგვისტოს 18.

 

 

The four “COPA COMBATE” tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – ანდრეს "ტყვია" კვინტანა (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) მონტერეის, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, Uruguay; და Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ესპანეთი.

 

 

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

 

 

Priced დან $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 საათამდე. PT on December 7, და პირველი წინასწარი bout საათზე დაიწყება 6 საათამდე.

 

 

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 ალბერტო დელ რიო, to offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez’s students on Wednesday, Dec. 5, two days before the “COPA COMBATE” affair.

Combate ამერიკის, DAZN, შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნება, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES ITS BIGGEST EVENT OF 2018 “COPA COMBATE” AT SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, CALIF. პარასკევს, საოლქო საარჩევნო კომისიის. 7

დატოვე კომენტარი

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

LIVE ON DAZN,
UNIVISION AND UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK

TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY, NOV. 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, გადავარჩინოთ Mart ცენტრი Fresno, Calif., live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 საათამდე. ET / 7 საათზე. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 საათიდან. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 საათიდან. ET/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.

 

Priced დან $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, დასაწყისი 10 საათიდან. PT on Wednesday, Nov. 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,"განაცხადა McLaren.

 

(Pictured left to right above): Gaston Reyno of Montevideo, Uruguay; Andres Quintana of Roswell, N.M., ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები; Alejandro Flores of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 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, რვა კაცი, $100,000 grand prize featherweight MMA tournament. ფოტო კრედიტი: Scott Hirano/Combate Americas, LLC

The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 ფუნტი) განყოფილების, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – ანდრეს "ტყვია" კვინტანა (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) მონტერეის, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

 

Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) წარდგენის (უკანა შიშველი choke) საქართველოს Carlos Ochoa at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, Calif. სექტემბერი 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, Combate ამერიკის გალიაში, for the first time in his career, riding a four-fight win streak. თარიღი, all but one of his victories have come by way of (T)KO ან წარდგინების.

 

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 საათამდე. დეკემბერი 7, და პირველი წინასწარი bout საათზე დაიწყება 6 საათამდე.

Combate ამერიკის, შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნება, MMA

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

დატოვე კომენტარი
John “Sexy Mexy” Castaneda (14-2) (მარჯვენა) has been announced as the first entrant into Combate Americas’ historic, ერთი ღამის, რვა კაციანი წონა (135 ფუნტი) “Copa Combate” tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 კანკუნში, Mexico on შაბათი, Nov. 11.
Historic event takes place in Cancun, Mexico
შესახებ 24ე წლისთავი
Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren’s UFC 1

NEW YORK – სექტემბერი 28, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the entry of 25-year-old trailblazer and its all-time winningest fighter, ჯონ "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda (14-2), into “Copa Combate,” the historic, ერთი ღამის, რვა კაციანი წონა (135 ფუნტი) შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნების (MMA) tournament that will award its winner of three consecutive bouts a grand prize of $100,000 კანკუნში, Mexico on შაბათი, Nov. 11.

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

Castaneda of Mankato, საწყისი. will enter La Jaula, Combate ამერიკის გალიაში, riding a nine-fight win streak that dates back to May 2015, and that recently extended on აგვისტო 1 when he put on a dominant performance to earn a unanimous decision over Cheyden Leialoha in UFC President დანა თეთრი'Sსამშაბათი 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,"განაცხადა McLaren.

Following the recent victory, Castaneda signed a new, ექსკლუზიური, 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, Nev. სექტემბერი 17, 2015. Castaneda immediately shined, დაამარცხა Justin Governale by way of unanimous decision.

In his last start in La Jaula on მაისი 5, Castaneda scored a devastating, მეორე ტურში (:42) WHO (punches) 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, გამოცხადდება მალე.