HISTORIC EVENT’S ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN,
$100,000 GRAND PRIZE TOURNAMENT BROADCASTS LIVE
ON TELEMUNDO DEPORTES FROM GRAND OASIS CANCUN
ALTERNATE BOUTS AND PRELIMINARY BOUT
STREAM LIVE BEFORE LIVE TELEMUNDO BROADCAST
NOWY JORK - Październik 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, jedna noc, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) koguciej (135 funtów) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico on Sobota, Listopada. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 p.m. I/10:35 p.m. CT, or following “Titulares y Mas”).
The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 funtów) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) od Visalia, Kalifornia. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) Mexico City, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, począwszy od 9 p.m. I/8 p.m. CT, preceding the live Telemundo Deportes broadcast of the event that picks up with the tournament’s first semifinal stage matchup.
In one tournament alternate bout, Levy Saul “El Negro” Marroquin (8-2) zmierzą się z Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) i, in the other tournament alternate bout, Felipe “Pipe” Vargas (4-0) will face off with Jose “Pupi” Calvo (3-1).
In the event a winner of one of the tournament’s quarterfinal stage bouts is unable to advance to the semifinal stage due to injury, one of the two alternate bout winners will take the injured quarterfinal bout winner’s place in the semifinal stage.
Nad: Sheila Padilla (lewo) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (prawo) in an atomweight (105 funtów) preliminary bout at “COPA COMBATE” na Sobota, Listopada. 11. Źródło zdjęcia: Combate Americas, LLC
Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. 22-latek, who hails from Monterrey, Meksyk, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, by way of (T)KO lub poddanie.
Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.
Niepokonany, 23-year-old Vargas is a ferocious knockout artist who recently relocated from Spain to Miami, Fla. where he has been training with famed fight squad American Top Team.
Similar to Vargas, the 24-year-old Calvo of San Jose, Costa Rica moved to Chicago, Chory. where he trains with renowned coach Mike Valle.
Tickets for “COPA COMBATE” at Grand Oasis Cancun are on sale at SmarTicket.
“COPA COMBATE” takes place on the 24th anniversary of McLaren’s now legendary UFC 1 event that he executive produced as the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The storied event set off a combat sports revolution, and changed the martial arts fight world forever.
The live Telemundo broadcast of “COPA COMBATE” marks the first time in history that NBCU’s leading Spanish language television network will air MMA fight programming, and will cover the tournament’s two semifinal stage bouts and championship stage showdown as well as a previously women’s strawweight (115 pounds0 co-main event between Melissa “Super Melly” Martinez (2-0) of Mexico City and Gloria “Gloriosa” Bravo (4-2) of Santiago, Chile.
A lottery ball drawing to determine the “COPA COMBATE” tournament quarterfinal stage matchups will be held onCzwartek, Listopada. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:
- John „Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (14-2) od Mankato, Z.
- Marcelo „Pitbull” Czerwony (12-4) Kordoby, Argentyna
- Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) Mexico City, Meksyk
- Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) San Juan, Portoryko
- Marc „Lufo” Gomez (20-10) of Barcelona, Hiszpania
- Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, Kolumbia
- Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Peru
- Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (9-1) misji, Teksas
The entire quarterfinal stage of the tournament will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, along with the tournament alternate bouts and the women’s preliminary bout.
Telemundo Sport, jeden z czołowych dostawców zawartości sportowe w języku hiszpańskim w Stanach Zjednoczonych, jest domem dla dwóch światowych najbardziej popularnych imprez sportowych: FIFA World Cup ™ przez 2026 oraz Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie przez 2032. Dodatkowo, Telemundo Deportes rozgłasza FIFA World Cup ™ CONCACAF mecze kwalifikacyjne dla większości z regionu, w tym wyjeździe Meksyku i USA drużyn narodowych i Premier League. Również Telemundo Sport jest domem „boxeo Telemundo Forda,”THE #1 Program boks w języku hiszpańskim, i „Nagłówki i więcej,”THE #1 wiadomości sportowe, rozrywki i pokaż komentarz w języku hiszpańskim, wśród innych uznanych właściwościach sportowych. |
