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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 fam) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) da kuma Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) telecast (12 a.m. ET/9 pm. Santa) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. a ranar Jumma'a, Bakwai. 28.
Taron, “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, takwas mutum, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 fam) 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, zagaye na biyu (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. Sojojin, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (raya-tsirara shaƙa) Shyann Farmer a zagaye na biyu (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Calif.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 fam) yaƙi tsakanin Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) na Indio, Calif.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) na Birnin Los Angeles, Calif. Za yi karo da Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) na Sacramento, Calif. a hur (155 fam).
Undefeated Jesse Strader (3-0) na Lancaster, Calif. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Calif., Amurka. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 fam) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Calif. Za yaƙi David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) na Whittier, Calif., while in the other, unbeaten Hugo Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Calif. za square kashe tare da “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Calif.
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, Calif. za su fuskanci 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) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
Saka farashi daga $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, kuma na farko da na farko fadan zai fara a 7 p.m.
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GAME COMBATE nahiyar Amirka
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. A Combate nahiyar Amirka ikon amfani da sunan kamfani ya hada da gaskiya TV shirye-shirye, live abubuwan da hannu shirye-shirye. Da kamfanin ya Shugaba, Campbell McLaren, An duniya gane matsayin co-kafa / co-mahaliccin da Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine bayyana McLaren a matsayin “da sayar da baiwa a baya da UFC” da Yahoo! Wasanni sanar da cewa ya “ya san game da wasanni fiye da kawai game kowa da shi a yau.” Da wani unprecedented samfurin da wani blue-guntu ikon mallakar da kuma gudanar da tawagar, Combate nahiyar Amirka ana saran zai karya sabon ƙasa kuma Ya zo game da sabon zamanin a duniya gasar matakin MMA gasar.