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Combate Americas, Mieszane sztuki walki, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES MATCHUPS FOR “COPA COMBATE” ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN, $100,000 GRAND PRIZE TOURNAMENT LIVE ON TELEMUNDO AND NBCSN ON SATURDAY, Listopada. 11

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HISTORIC EXTRAVAGANZA PITS WORLD-CLASS FIGHTERS FROM
THE U.S., LATIN AMERICA AND SPAIN AGAINST EACH OTHER
IN CANCUN, MEKSYK

CANCUN, MX – November 7, 2017 - Combate Américas announced earlier the official matchups for the quarterfinal, or opening stage, of the highly-anticipated “COPA COMBATE," jedna noc, osiem-man koguciej (135 funtów) Mieszane sztuki walki (MMA) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000, live on both Telemundo and NBCSN from Cancun, Mexico on Sobota, Listopad 11 w 11:30 p.m. I/10:30 p.m. CT.

Wydarzenie, which takes place at Grand Oasis Cancun, marks both the first NBCU simulcast in history of an MMA event, and the first-ever Telemundo broadcast of MMA programming.

“COPA COMBATE” also represents the first time that world-class fighters from the U.S., Latin America and Spain will represent their respective countries in an epic, one-night tournament showdown in which the winner will have persevered through three consecutive bouts.

In the first quarterfinal stage bout in tournament bracket “A,” vicious striker Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) from San Juan, Puerto Rico will take on red-hot Marcelo “The Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) from Cordoba, Argentyna.

W 36 lat, Erosa is the oldest competitor in the tournament field. A combat sports tri-athlete who also boxes and kickboxes professionally, Erosa is the first recognized Puerto Rican world champion in the sport of MMA.

The 29-year-old Rojo is both the number one ranked bantamweight, as well as the top ranked featherweight (145 funtów) in his native Argentina.

A former semifinalist on TUF: Ameryka Łacińska reality television series, Rojo has produced 10 z jego 12 kariera wygrywa w drodze (T)KO or submission and will enter the tournament riding a four-fight win streak, including two consecutive wins in his first two Combate Americas starts.

On the same side of the tournament draw, wildcard entrant and relentless brawler Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (9-1) misji, Teksas, will clash with fast-rising star Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (12-2) Mexico City, Meksyk.

The 30-year-old Palacios, the longest standing member of the Combate Americas fighter roster, has won all six of bouts in La Jaula, the Combate Americas circular cage.

In his last two starts, Palacios, also unbeaten as a professional boxer, earned victories over two different Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veterans – a split decision over Roman Salazar na Kwiecień 20, i jednomyślna decyzja na Chris Avila na Lipiec 27.

Rivera is a 24-year-old member of the famed “Bonebreakers” fight squad. He has produced 8 z jego 10 kariera zawodowa wygrywa w drodze (T)KO lub poddanie, and will enter La Jaula for the first time in his career, with three straight victories under his belt.

On the other side of the tournament draw, 25-year-old trailblazer John „Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (14-2) od Mankato, Z. will battle national Muay Thai champion Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Peru.

Tied with Palacios for the greatest number of wins – six – in La Jaula, Castaneda recently re-signed with Combate Americas where he has yet to be beaten, after emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision over Cheyden Leialoha in UFC President Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series na Sierpień 1.

Moreyra is an aggressive-minded, 24-year-old who also boasts a 4-1 record as a professional Muay Thai combatant, and is regarded as Peru’s fastest rising MMA star.

In the second tournament bracket “B” bout, Bitwa przetestowane, number one ranked Spanish bantamweight Marc “Lufo” Gómez (20-10) of Barcelona will collide with number one-ranked Colombian bantamweight Andres “Doble A Leal “ Ayala (14-4) of Bogota.

Na tak 25 roku życia, Gómez has already racked up 30 zawodowe ataki, making him the most experienced of the tournament field and, z jego 20 zwycięstw kariery, an astonishing 17 Przyszedłem w drodze (T)KO lub poddanie.

Ayala is a gutsy, 27-year-old striker who also boasts a spectacular finish rate, z 9 z jego 11 career conquests having come by way of (T)KO lub poddanie. In addition to his place as the top ranked 135-pound fighter in his country, Ayala also owns a top 10 ranking in Mexico.

The live simulcast of “COPA COMBATE” on Telemundo and NBCSN will feature the tournament’s complete semifinal stage consisting of two bouts that pit the winners of the quarterfinal stage matchups in each tournament bracket against one another, as well as the championship stage showdown.

In addition to the tournament action, Telemundo’s and NBCSN’s live television coverage of “COPA COMBATE” will feature the previously announced women’s strawweight (115 funtów) co-main event between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Melly” Martinez (2-0) Mexico City, Meksyk, and submission expert and Miesha Tate pupil Gloria “Gloriosa” Bravo (4-2) of Santiago, Chile.

The entire quarterfinal stage of the tournament, as well as two tournament alternate bouts and a second women’s bout that will be announced soon, will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com. Coverage on NBCSN will be live streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

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O Combate Amerykach
Combate Americas jest wiodącym Hiszpanie Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sport franczyzy, szybko staje się sportem numer dwa, po piłce nożnej, dla hiszpańskojęzycznych fanów sportu na całym świecie. Combate Americas franczyzowych obejmuje programowanie reality TV, występami na żywo i programowanie mobilne. Prezes spółki, Campbell McLaren, jest powszechnie uznawany za współzałożyciela / współtwórca tej Fighting Championship Ostatecznej (UFC). New York Magazine opisane jako McLarena “geniusz marketingu za UFC” i Yahoo! Ogłosił sport, że on “wie więcej o sporcie niż prawie każdy w nim dzisiaj.” Z bezprecedensową produktu i własności i zarządzania zespołem blue-chipów, Combate Americas jest gotowy na nowe drogi i przynieść nową erę w poziomie konkurencji mistrzostw świata MMA.
Combate Americas, Mieszane sztuki walki, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES TWO TOURNAMENT ALTERNATE BOUTS, WOMEN’S PRELIMINARY BOUT FOR “COPA COMBATE” ON SATURDAY, Listopada 11 IN CANCUN, MEKSYK

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Pictured below: Levy Saul “El Negro” Marroquin (8-2) will compete in a “COPA COMBATE” tournament alternate bout in Cancun, Mexico onSobota, Listopada. 11. Źródło zdjęcia: Scott Hirano / Combate Americas, LLC

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.
Combate Americas, Mieszane sztuki walki, MMA

COMBATE AMERICAS AND TELEMUNDO DEPORTES ANNOUNCE HISTORIC, LIVE MMA BROADCAST OF $100,000 GRAND PRIZE “COPA COMBATE” TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, Listopada. 11 FROM CANCUN, MEKSYK

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Telemundo and Combate Americas have announced a historic partnership for the broadcast television network’s first-ever live MMA event with “Copa Combate,” the one-night, osiem-man, $100,000 grand prize tournament in Cancun, Mexico on Sobota, Listopada. 11.

(Pictured from left to right below): Tournament fighter Mikey Erosa of San Juan, Portoryko; multi-time WWE Heavyweight Champion and Combate Americas talent Alberto Del Rio; tournament fighter Marcelo Rojo of Cordoba, Argentyna; tournament fighter John Castaneda of Mankato, Z; Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren; Telemundo Deportes President Ray Warren; tournament fighter Carlos Rivera of Mexico City, Meksyk; tournament fighter Ricky Palacios of Mission, Teksas; and tournament fighter Marc Gomez of Barcelona, Hiszpania

One night, eight-man tournament takes place on the 24th anniversary of UFC 1, pitting the most fearsome competitors from the
NAS., Latin America and Spain against each other in
high stakes showdown

All eight tournament fighters announced

MIAMI - Październik 5, 2017 - Combate Americas and Telemundo Deportes announced, at a news conference in the Wynwood district of Miami, a landmark partnership to produce the first-ever Telemundo broadcast of a live Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event with “COPA COMBATE,” the epic, jedna noc, eight-man tournament, the winner of which will have persevered through three bouts in one night to take home a $100,000 nagroda główna. Impreza odbędzie się wListopad 11 w 11:30 p.m. I/ 8:30 p.m. PT, live from Cancun, Meksyk.

Zabytkowe, 90-minute live broadcast on Telemundo will coincide with the 24thanniversary of the now legendary UFC 1, which was executive produced by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder and Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren, and which was also headlined by a one-night, eight-man tournament.

“We are incredibly excited to partner with Telemundo Deportes and to bring back to life, na żywo w Telemundo, the leading U.S. broadcast television network, the most thrilling format for competitive fighting that was responsible for changing the combat sports world forever when I introduced the UFC in 1993,” said McLaren.

“Telemundo Deportes is committed to continue expanding its portfolio of sports events, and we are thrilled to partner with Combate Americas to bring this unique MMA tournament to millions of Hispanic viewers,"Powiedział Ray Warren, President of Telemundo Deportes. “Copa Combate is a tournament created for our core audience featuring an exciting format and a diverse group of Hispanic competitors, and we look forward to an historic broadcast.”

“COPA COMBATE” will assemble a collection of the most fearsome stars in MMA’s bantamweight (135 funtów) podział, hailing from the U.S., Meksyk, Portoryko, Hiszpania, Kolumbia, Argentyna, and Peru, and will see them battle in La Jaula, combate Americas konkurencja klatka, over the course of three tournament stages – quarterfinal, semifinal and championship – before the eventual winner is crowned.

The event marks the first time in history that fighters will represent their respective countries on a quest to win the inaugural ‘Copa.’

Joining the previously announced John "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda (14-2) od Mankato, Z. in the tournament field, will be the highest ranked bantamweight fighters in their respective countries:

  • 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

Filling the eighth spot in the tournament field will be wild card entry, Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (9-1) misji, Teksas.

Palacios, a 30-year-old knockout artist, is riding a six-fight win streak, and is tied with Castaneda for the most wins – six – held under the Combate Americas promotional umbrella. In his last two starts, Palacios earned decisions over UFC veterans Roman Salazar i Chris Avila, odpowiednio.

The eight competitors will be separated into four tournament brackets, with the top four fighters given seeded positions based on their worldwide rankings.

Quarterfinal stage opponents for the four fighters will be determined based on a lottery ball drawing that will take place on a date to be announced.

Telemundo’s live broadcast of “COPA COMBATE” will feature the tournament’s semifinal stage consisting of two bouts that pit the winners of the quarterfinal stage bouts in each tournament bracket against one another. The entire quarterfinal stage of the tournament will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com.

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.
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