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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 фунти) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) и Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (МЛД) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) предавам на телевизија (12 изутрина. ET/9 pm. Португалија) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Калифорнија. во петокот, Седум. 28.
Настанот, “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, осум човек, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 фунти) 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, вториот круг (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, Арката. where she is serving as an active duty Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Армијата, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (задните гол задави) Shyann Farmer во вториот круг (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Калифорнија.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 фунти) Битката помеѓу Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) на Indio, Калифорнија.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) од Лос Анџелес, Калифорнија. ќе се судрат со Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) на Сакраменто, Калифорнија. на лесни (155 фунти).
Непобедените Jesse Strader (3-0) Ланкастер, Калифорнија. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Калифорнија., САД. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 фунти) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Калифорнија. ќе се борат David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) на Whittier, Калифорнија., while in the other, без пораз Хуго Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Калифорнија. ќе се соочат со исклучување “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Калифорнија.
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, Калифорнија. ќе се соочи 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.
Со цена од $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 вечер. PT on September 28, и првите прелиминарни рунда ќе започне во 7 вечер.
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ЗА COMBATE Америка
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (МЛД) 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, Кембел Мекларен, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as “маркетинг гениј зад UFC” и Yahoo! Спортски кажеш дека “знае повеќе за овој спорт отколку само за било кој во тоа уште денес.” 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.