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NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 పౌండ్ల) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) మరియు Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) ప్రసారం (12 ఏ.ఎమ్. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, కాలిఫోర్నియా. శుక్రవారం, సెవెన్. 28.
ఈవెంట్, “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, ఎనిమిది మనిషి, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 పౌండ్ల) 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, రెండవ రౌండ్ (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. ఆర్మీ, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (వెనుక-నగ్న చౌక్) Shyann Farmer రెండో రౌండ్లో (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, కాలిఫోర్నియా.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 పౌండ్ల) మధ్య యుద్ధం Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) Indio యొక్క, కాలిఫోర్నియా.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) లాస్ ఏంజిల్స్, కాలిఫోర్నియా. తో కొట్టుకొని Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) శాక్రమెంటో, కాలిఫోర్నియా. తేలికైన వద్ద (155 పౌండ్ల).
అన్ఢీపెటెడ్ Jesse Strader (3-0) లాంకాస్టర్ యొక్క, కాలిఫోర్నియా. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, కాలిఫ్., USA. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 పౌండ్ల) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, కాలిఫోర్నియా. పోరాడటానికి ఉంటుంది David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) Whittier యొక్క, కాలిఫ్., while in the other, అజేయంగా హ్యూగో Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, కాలిఫోర్నియా. తో చదరపు ఆఫ్ చేస్తుంది “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, కాలిఫోర్నియా.
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, కాలిఫోర్నియా. ఎదుర్కొంటుంది 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.
నుండి ధరతో $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 ప్రధానమంత్రి. PT on September 28, మరియు మొదటి ప్రాథమిక బాక్సింగ్ వద్ద ప్రారంభమవుతుంది 7 ప్రధానమంత్రి.
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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, కాంప్బెల్ మెక్లారెన్, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as “UFC వెనుక మార్కెటింగ్ మేధావి” మరియు Yahoo! క్రీడలు అతను ప్రకటించారు “కేవలం అది ఎవరైనా నేడు గురించి కంటే క్రీడ గురించి మరింత తెలుసు.” 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.