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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 ֆունտ) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) իսկ Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision արտաքսման ցանց (UDN) հեռուստատեսաին (12 ի սահմաններում. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Կրոնապետ. Ուրբաթ օրը, Յոթ. 28.
The Միջոցառումը, “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, ութ մարդ, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 ֆունտ) 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, երկրորդ փուլը (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. Բանակ, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (հետեւի մերկ խեղդել) Shyann Farmer ի երկրորդ տուրում (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Կրոնապետ.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 ֆունտ) պայքար միջեւ Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) Հյուրատետր Indio, Կրոնապետ.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) Լոս Անջելեսում, Կրոնապետ. բախվելու է Դանի «Իրատեսը» Ռամիրես (6-4) Հյուրատետր Սակրամենտո, Կրոնապետ. ժամը թեթեւ (155 ֆունտ).
Անհաղթելի Jesse Strader (3-0) ՀՀ Lancaster, Կրոնապետ. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Կալիֆոռնիա, USA. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 ֆունտ) contests announced today, Հենրիխ Վասմեր (6-3) of Highland Park, Կրոնապետ. պայքար David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) Հյուրատետր Whittier, Կալիֆոռնիա, while in the other, անպարտելի Ուգո Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Կրոնապետ. կլինի հրապարակ դուրս «Չարամիտ» Մայքլ Ռեյսը(4-4) Օքսնարդի, Կրոնապետ.
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, Կրոնապետ. կկանգնեն 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) Մոնտերեյի, Nuevo Leon.
Գներով սկսած $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 կեսօրից. PT on September 28, եւ առաջին նախնական մենամարտը կսկսվի ժամը 7 կեսօրից.
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ՄԵՐ ՄԱՍԻՆ COMBATE AMERICAS
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) սպորտային արտոնություն, 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, Campbell McLaren, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as “մարքեթինգային հանճար ետեւում UFC” եւ Yahoo! Sports հայտարարեց, որ նա “գիտի, ավելի մոտ է սպորտի, քան պարզապես մասին որեւէ մեկին դրան այսօր:” 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.