Таг Арцхивес: Mikey Erosa

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

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

CANCUN, MX – November 7, 2017 - Combate Américas announced earlier the official matchups for the quarterfinal, or opening stage, of the highly-anticipated “COPA COMBATE,” one-night, eight-man bantamweight (135 фунти) Микед Мартиал Артс (ММА) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000, live on both Telemundo and NBCSN from Cancun, Mexico on Субота, Новембар 11 у 11:30 п.м. И/10:30 п.м. ЦТ.

Догађај, 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, Аргентина.

У 36 година стар, 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 фунти) in his native Argentina.

A former semifinalist on Ултимате Фигхтер: Južna Amerika reality television series, Rojo has produced 10 његовог 12 каријере освојио путем (Т.)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 Рики "Тхе Галлеро" Палациос (9-1) Мисије, Тексас, will clash with fast-rising star Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (12-2) од Мексико Ситија, Мексико.

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, Палациос, also unbeaten as a professional boxer, earned victories over two different Ultimate Fighting Championship (УФЦ) veterans – a split decision over Римски Салазар о Април 20, и једногласна одлука у Chris Avila о Јул 27.

Rivera is a 24-year-old member of the famed “Bonebreakers” fight squad. He has produced 8 његовог 10 професионална каријера победи путем (Т.)КО или покоравање, 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) од Манкато, Од. will battle national Muay Thai champion Кевин “El FrioMoreyra (4-1) of Lima, Перу.

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 о Август 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, битка-тестирани, 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.

Ат само 25 година, Gómez has already racked up 30 професионални мечеви, making him the most experienced of the tournament field and, његовог 20 цареер победе, an astonishing 17 су дошли путем (Т.)КО или покоравање.

Ayala is a gutsy, 27-year-old striker who also boasts a spectacular finish rate, са 9 његовог 11 career conquests having come by way of (Т.)КО или покоравање. 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 фунти) co-main event between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Melly” Martinez (2-0) од Мексико Ситија, Мексико, and submission expert and Миеша Тејт ученик 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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О цомбате АМЕРИЦАС
Цомбате Америцас је водећа латиноамеричка мешовита борилачка вештина (ММА) sports franchise, брзо постајући спорт број два, после фудбала, за љубитеље спорта шпанског говорног подручја широм света. Франшиза Цомбате Америцас укључује програме стварности, догађаји уживо и мобилно програмирање. Генерални директор компаније, Кембел Мекларен, је универзално признат као суоснивач / сукреатор Ултимате Фигхтинг Цхампионсхип-а (УФЦ). Нев Иорк Магазине описао је МцЛарена као “маркетинг геније иза УФЦ” и Иахоо! Спорт прогласио да он “зна више о спорту него само о било ко у њој данас.” Са производом без преседана и модрим тимом за власништво и управљање, Цомбате Америцас је спреман да отвори нови терен и створи нову еру у ММА такмичењу на нивоу светског шампионата.

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

Pictured below: Levy SaulEl NegroMarroquin (8-2) will compete in aCOPA COMBATEtournament alternate bout in Cancun, Mexico onСубота, Нов. 11. Фото: Scott Hirano/Combate Americas, ДОО

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

ЊУ ЈОРК - Октобар 26, 2017 –Combate Americas today announced the addition of two “alternate bouts” for its historic, једне ноћи, eight-man “COPA COMBATE” Mixed Martial Arts (ММА) Бантамвеигхт (135 фунти) tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000 at Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico on Субота, Нов. 11, live on Telemundo Deportes (11:35 п.м. И/10:35 п.м. ЦТ, or following “Titulares y Mas”).

The two alternate matchups, as well as a newly announced women’s atomweight (105 фунти) matchup between world top 10-ranked Sheila Padilla (3-1) од Висалиа, Калиф. and aggressive-minded Lisbeth “Bunny” Lopez Silva(4-3) од Мексико Ситија, Mexico will stream live on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo app and TelemundoDeportes.com, са почетком у 9 п.м. И/8 п.м. ЦТ, 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) ће отпочети борбу са Alejandro “Pitbull” Abomohor (5-4) и, 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.


Горе: Sheila Padilla (лево) will square off with Lisbeth Lopez Silva (десно) in an atomweight (105 фунти) preliminary bout atCOPA COMBATE” о Субота, Нов. 11. Фото: Цомбате Америка, ДОО

Marroquin’s start will mark a drop from the featherweight division. The 22-year-old, who hails from Monterrey, Мексико, has produced seven of his eight career victories to date, by way of (Т.)КО или покоравање.

Abohomor of Barranquilla, Colombia is a 23-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion and Capoeira expert.

Непоражен, 23-year-old Vargas is a ferocious knockout artist who recently relocated from Spain to Miami, Фла. 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, Болестан. 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 24тх anniversary of McLaren’s now legendary UFC 1 event that he executive produced as the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (УФЦ). 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 onЧетвртак, Нов. 2. The eight tournament competitors are as follows:

  • John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (14-2) од Манкато, Од.
  • Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) of Cordoba, Аргентина
  • Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) од Мексико Ситија, Мексико
  • Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) Сан Јуан, Порторико
  • Marc “Lufo” Gomez (20-10) of Barcelona, Шпанија
  • Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, Колумбија
  • Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Перу
  • Рики "Тхе Галлеро" Палациос (9-1) Мисије, Тексас

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 Deportes, one of the leading providers of sports content in Spanish in the United States, is home to two of the world’s most popular sporting events: the FIFA World Cup™ through 2026 and the Summer Olympic Games through 2032. Додатно, Telemundo Deportes broadcasts the FIFA World Cup™ CONCACAF qualifying matches for most of the region, including the Mexico and USA national teams’ away matches and the Premier League. Telemundo Deportes is also home to “Boxeo Telemundo Ford,” the #1 boxing program in Spanish, and “Titulares y Más,” the #1 sports news, entertainment and commentary show in Spanish, among other recognized sports properties.

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

Telemundo and Combate Americas have announced a historic partnership for the broadcast television network’s first-ever live MMA event withCopa Combate,” the one-night, осам-Ман, $100,000 grand prize tournament in Cancun, Mexico on Субота, Нов. 11.

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

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

All eight tournament fighters announced

MIAMI – Октобар 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 (ММА) event with “COPA COMBATE,” the epic, једне ноћи, eight-man tournament, the winner of which will have persevered through three bouts in one night to take home a $100,000 grand prize. Манифестација ће се одржати уНовембар 11 у 11:30 п.м. И/ 8:30 п.м. ПТ, live from Cancun, Мексико.

Историјска, 90-minute live broadcast on Telemundo will coincide with the 24тхanniversary of the now legendary UFC 1, which was executive produced by Ultimate Fighting Championship (УФЦ) co-founder and Combate Americas CEO Кембел Мекларен, 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, live on 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,", Рекао је 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 фунти) подела, hailing from the U.S., Мексико, Порторико, Шпанија, Колумбија, Аргентина, and Peru, and will see them battle in La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, 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 Џон "Секси Секси" Кастанеда (14-2) од Манкато, Од. in the tournament field, will be the highest ranked bantamweight fighters in their respective countries:

  • Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (12-4) of Cordoba, Аргентина
  • Carlos “Lobo” Rivera (10-2) од Мексико Ситија, Мексико
  • Mikey “El Terrible” Erosa (12-5) Сан Јуан, Порторико
  • Marc “Lufo” Gomez (20-10) of Barcelona, Шпанија
  • Andres “Doble A” Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, Колумбија
  • Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Перу

Filling the eighth spot in the tournament field will be wild card entry, Рики "Тхе Галлеро" Палациос (9-1) Мисије, Тексас.

Палациос, 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 Римски Салазар и Chris Avila, односно.

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 Deportes, one of the leading providers of sports content in Spanish in the United States, is home to two of the world’s most popular sporting events: the FIFA World Cup™ through 2026 and the Summer Olympic Games through 2032. Додатно, Telemundo Deportes broadcasts the FIFA World Cup™ CONCACAF qualifying matches for most of the region, including the Mexico and USA national teams’ away matches and the Premier League. Telemundo Deportes is also home to “Boxeo Telemundo Ford,” the #1 boxing program in Spanish, and “Titulares y Más,” the #1 sports news, entertainment and commentary show in Spanish, among other recognized sports properties.
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