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NEW YORK – August 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a new women’s flyweight (125 libra) co-main event – Tracy Cortez (3-1) vs, Karen Cedillo (1-0) – as well as six other new bouts featuring fighters representing five different countries, for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) franchise’s world championship event in Phoenix on Biyernes, Pito ka. 14, live on both Univision (12 am. UG/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 am. UG/9 sa gabii. PT).
The unbeaten, 29=year-old Cedillo of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico will replace Brandi Narvaez, who was originally slated to face off with Cortez of Phoenix, apan napugos pag-atras tungod sa usa ka kadaot.
In the previously announced, world championship bantamweight (135 libra) main event, Monterrey’s Levy Saul Marroquin (11-2), the winner of the inaugural, 2017 “COPA COMBATE,” one-night, walo-ka-tawo, $100,000 grand prize tournament, will collide with fellow star Jose “Pochito” Alday (11-3-1) sa Tucson, Ariz. via Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
Among the other new fights announced today for the “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” world championship event that will take place at Celebrity Theatre were a featured, live televised lightweight (155 libra) contest between undefeated, rising star and Cub Swanson gipanalipdan Rafa “Gifted” Garcia (7-0) ug LaRue "Ang Kanibal" Burley (8-3).
Ang 5-foot-7, 24-year-old Garcia of Palm Springs, Calif., USA by way of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, has been on a tear since he made his professional debut nearly four years ago, defeating all but one of his opponents via (T)KO o pagpasakop.
Burley, a 5-foot-10, 34-anyos nga, seasoned competitor who hails from Phoenix, has faced off with top level adversaries, and is best known for his upset, ikatulo nga round (3:40) KINSA (knee strike to the body and punches) sa 2011 NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and previously undefeated MMA prospect Bubba Jenkins sa Sept. 20, 2013.
Also announced today was a featherweight (145 libra) preliminary bout card contest between two unbeaten prospects – Tino Gilaranz (1-0) sa Madrid, Spain and Austin Wourms (1-0) sa Phoenix.
In a 140-pound catchweight matchup on the undercard, Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (12-7) of Mammoth, Ariz., USA will return to La Jaula, ang Combate Amerika halwa, for the second time in his career, Atubangon Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado (3-4) sa Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Another featherweight scrap will see Javier “Blair” Reyes Rugeles (7-1) of Bogota, Colombiá square off with “Magic” Mike Hamel (5-2) sa Gilbert, Ariz., USA.
In flyweight action, undefeated, nagtubo nga bitoon sa Richard Palencia (6-0) sa Mesa, Ariz. kuhaon sa Federico “The Argentinian Ninja” Oliveira (3-4) of Mendoza, Argentina.
Battle-tested veterans Yaotzin Meza (21-11) sa Glendale, Ariz., USA and Gilbert Aguilar (17-18-1) of Phoenix by way of Mexico City, Mexico will collide at featherweight.
Additional preliminary bout matchups for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” will be announced soon.
Nagkantidad gikan sa $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” are on sale at
CelebrityTheatre.com ug Ticketon.com.
Doors at Celebrity Theatre open at 6 sa gabii. PT, with the first preliminary bout beginning at 7 sa gabii.