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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 фунты) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) і Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) тэлеперадача (12 a.m. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Халіф. у пятніцу, Сем. 28.
Падзея, “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate,” will be headlined by the previously announced, first two-ever “COPA COMBATE” qualifying fights, the winners of which will represent their respective countries – the U.S. and Mexico – in the one-night, восем чалавек, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 фунты) division on a November date to be announced soon.
An explosive Muay Thai stylist, the 21-year-old Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico has been on a warpath since she made her Combate Americas promotional debut on June 30, 2017, scoring a thunderous, Другі раўнд (2:45) head kick TKO on Yajaira Romo.
In her last effort on April 20, Martinez dominated Argentina’s Ivanna Martinenghi for three consecutive rounds of action at “Combate Estrellas II” in Monterrey, Mexico before earning a unanimous decision victory.
Fighting out of Little Rock, Ark. where she is serving as an active duty Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Армія, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (задні ўдушэнне) Shyann Farmer у другім туры (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Халіф.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 фунты) Бітва паміж Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) з Индио, Халіф.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) Лос-Анджэлесе, Халіф. будуць сутыкацца з Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) Сакрамэнта, Халіф. у лёгкай вазе (155 фунты).
Непераможны Jesse Strader (3-0) Ланкастэр, Халіф. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Каліфорнія., ЗША. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 фунты) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Халіф. будуць змагацца David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) Уиттиер, Каліфорнія., while in the other, непераўзыдзены Уга Аранда (2-0) of Van Nuys, Халіф. будуць улагоджвае з “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Халіф.
Additional preliminary bout matchups will be announced soon.
In one of the two, single, five-minute round featherweight “COPA COMBATE” tournament qualifying fights that will send the winner to represent the U.S. in the eight-man tournament in November, Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez (8-2) of Redondo Beach, Халіф. сутыкнецца Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (14-2) of Roswell, N.m.
In the second tournament qualifying fight, the winner of which will represent Mexico at “COPA COMBATE," Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-4) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora will collide with Alejandro “El Gallito” Flores (12-1) з Мантэрэя, Nuevo Leon.
Па кошце ад $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Camino A Copa Combate” are on sale at The Walter Pyramid’s online ticketing platform, as well at Ticketon.com.
Doors at the venue will open at 6 p.m. PT on September 28, і першы папярэдні бой пачнецца ў 7 p.m.
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Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport, after soccer, for Spanish speaking sports fans worldwide. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company’s CEO, Кэмпбэл Макларен, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as “маркетынг геній за UFC” і Yahoo! Спорт абвясціў, што ён “ведае больш аб спорце, чым толькі пра тых, у ім сёння.” With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.