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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 پوند) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, کالیفرنیا. در جمعه, دسامبر. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. و کانادا در DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 صبح. ET / PT) و Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 صبح. و / 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) سان خوان, Puerto Rico will take on پابلو "ال گالو سیاه" صبوری (8-5) سن لوییز ریو کلرادو, سونورا, مکزیک, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) از لاس وگاس, NEV., USA will face off with” Ruthless” Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, گواتمالا.
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 پوند) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler کورینا هررا (3-4-1) of Porterville, کالیفرنیا., آمریکا.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, representing eight different countries: آندرس "گلوله" کینتانا(15-2) راسول, N.M., آمریکا; الخاندرو "گالیتو" فلورس (13-1) از مونتری, شیر جدید, مکزیک; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, اروگوئه; و Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, اسپانیا; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) بوینس آیرس, آرژانتین; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, شیلی; شکست نخوردگان John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, کلمبیا; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, پرو.
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) از اسپوکان, بشویید., USA in a welterweight (170 پوند) مسابقه.
In a battle of two professional debut competitors, آلبرت گونزالس (0-0) of Fresno will collide with James Porter (0-0) فرزنو.
قیمت از $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, و اولین جلسه مقدماتی در آغاز 6 p.m.
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