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NEW YORK – August 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a new women’s flyweight (125 amakhilogremu) 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 Friday, Isikhombisa. 14, live on both Univision (12 a.m. KANYE/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. KANYE/9 p.m. 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, kodwa waphoqeleka ukuba ahoxise ngenxa yokulimala.
In the previously announced, world championship bantamweight (135 amakhilogremu) Umcimbi main, Monterrey’s Levy Saul Marroquin (11-2), the winner of the inaugural, 2017 “COPA COMBATE,” one-night, nesishiyagalombili man, $100,000 grand prize tournament, will collide with fellow star Jose “Pochito” Alday (11-3-1) waseTucson, Ariz. via Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
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 amakhilogremu) contest between undefeated, rising star and Cub Swanson zivikelwe Rafa “Gifted” Garcia (7-0) futhi Larue "The Cannibal" Burley (8-3).
The 5-foot-7, 24-year-old Garcia of Palm Springs, Calif., USA by way of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, 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 noma ukuzithoba.
Burley, a 5-foot-10, 34-umnyaka owodwa, seasoned competitor who hails from Phoenix, has faced off with top level adversaries, and is best known for his upset, round wesithathu (3:40) WHO (knee strike to the body and punches) of 2011 NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and previously undefeated MMA prospect Bubba Jenkins on Sept. 20, 2013.
Also announced today was a featherweight (145 amakhilogremu) preliminary bout card contest between two unbeaten prospects – Tino Gilaranz (1-0) of Madrid, Spain and Austin Wourms (1-0) of Phoenix.
In a 140-pound catchweight matchup on the undercard, Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (12-7) of Mammoth, Ariz., USA will return to La Jaula, yezinyoni COMBATE Americas, for the second time in his career, ebusweni Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado (3-4) of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Another featherweight scrap will see Javier “Blair” Reyes Rugeles (7-1) of Bogota, Colombiá square off with “Magic” Mike Hamel (5-2) of Gilbert, Ariz., USA.
In flyweight action, Ezingakanqotshwa, ekuphumeni star Richard Palencia (6-0) of Mesa, Ariz. kuzothatha on Federico “The Argentinian Ninja” Oliveira (3-4) of Mendoza, Argentina.
Battle-tested veterans Yaotzin Meza (21-11) of Glendale, Ariz., 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.
Ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe kusuka $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” are on sale at
CelebrityTheatre.com futhi Ticketon.com.
Doors at Celebrity Theatre open at 6 p.m. PT, with the first preliminary bout beginning at 7 p.m.
