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NEW YORK – November 27, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a pair of “alternate” bouts for its much-anticipated, biggest event of the year – the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament that will award its featherweight (145 фунт) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Калифорния. жұмада, Dec. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. және Канада DAZN-де (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. Univision екеуінде де (12 -ден. ET / PT) және Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 -ден. ЖӘНЕ / 9 p.m. PT), and marks the first time in history that California State will sanction a one-night, eight-man MMA tournament.
In one of two tournament alternate bouts announced today, Michael Irizarry (9-2) Сан-Хуан, Puerto Rico will take on Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-5) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Сонора, Мексика, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) Лас Вегастағы, Nev., USA will face off with” Ruthless” Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Should any of the winners of the four quarterfinal stage tournament bouts be unable to re-enter La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, for his semifinal stage bout due to injury sustained in quarterfinal stage action, one of the two tournament alternate bout winners will replace the injured competitor in the semifinal stage of the tournament.
Also announced today was a featured women’s strawweight (115 фунт) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler Corina herrera (3-4-1) of Porterville, Калифорния., АҚШ.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, сегіз түрлі елдің өкілі: Андрес «Оқ» Квинтана(15-2) Розуэлл, N.M., АҚШ; Алехандро «Галлито» Флорес (13-1) Монтеррей, Жаңа Арыстан, Мексика; Гастон «Тонга» Рейно (8-2, 2 NC) Монтевидео, Уругвай; мен Зебенцуй «Жартас бала» Руис (7-2) Лас-Пальмас, Gran canaria, Испания; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) Буэнос-Айрес, Аргентина; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) Сантьяго, Чили; непобедимый John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, Колумбия; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, Перу.
The tournament brackets and quarterfinal stage tournament matchups will be announced this week.
In “COPA COMBATE” preliminary bout action announced today, local police officer Evan “Pitbull” Solorio (3-2) of Fresno will face off with Jimmy “Mamba” Molina (0-0) Spokane туралы, Жуу., USA in a welterweight (170 фунт) конкурсы.
In a battle of two professional debut competitors, Albert Gonzales (0-0) of Fresno will collide with James Porter (0-0) Фресно.
Бастап бағаланған $30, tickets for “COPA COMBATE” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, сонымен қатар Save Mart Center кассасында.
Save Mart Center-тегі есіктер іс-шара үшін ашылады 5 p.m. PT on December 7, және бірінші алдын ала жекпе-де басталады 6 p.m.
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