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FRESNO – December 3, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced two changes to the lineup for its much-anticipated, biggest event of the year – the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, ແປດຄົນ, $100,000 grand prize Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) ເບົາ (145 ປອນ) showdown – as well as the tournament brackets for the event that takes place at Save Mart Center on Friday, Dec. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” extravaganza airs live in its entirety in English in the U.S. ແລະການາດາກ່ຽວກັບ DAZN (9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. ກ່ຽວກັບການທັງ Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ແລະ Univision Deportes Network (udn) (12 a.m. ແລະ / 9 p.m. PT).
Originally slated for action in a previously announced tournament alternate bout, 26-ປີເກົ່າ Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1), ການຕໍ່ສູ້ຂອງ Las Vegas, Nev., USA and representing Puerto Rico, has been entered into the main draw of the eight-man tournament where he will replace Uruguay’s Gaston "ຕອງກາ" ຫະລາຊະອາ(7-2, 2 NC), who has been forced to withdraw from the tournament due to staph infection.
ນອກຈາກນັ້ນ, Daniel “El Gallego” Requeijo (14-6) will represent Spain in place of previously announced Zebenzui "El Niño Rock" Ruiz (7-2), after Ruiz was unable to secure a visa to enter the U.S.
The 34-year-old Requeijo, who hails from Spain’s Las Palmas, Canary Islands, boasts a near-93 percent finish rate, earning 13 ຂອງລາວ 14 ໄຊຊະນະການເຮັດວຽກໂດຍວິທີການຂອງ (T)KO ຫລືສົ່ງ.
Also announced today were the official tournament brackets for the “COPA COMBATE” tournament affair.
On one side of the draw, or “Group A,” Requeijo will square off with Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) ຂອງ Santiago, ຊິລີ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ Alejandro "Gallito" Flores(13-1) ຂອງ Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico will battle undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, Colombia.
On the other side of the draw, or “Group B,” Ruquet will collide with Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) ຂອງ Buenos Aires, ອາເຈນຕິນາ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ Andres "The Bullet" Quintana (15-2) ຂອງ Roswell, N.M., USA will face fellow prolific star Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, ປະເທດເປຣູ.
The winners of each quarterfinal stage bout in Group A will meet in semifinal stage action, while the winners of each quarterfinal stage bout in Group B will do likewise.
The two semifinal stage fight winners will face off in the championship showdown with the $100,000 grand prize at stake.
Replacing Ruquet in one the two tournament alternate bouts will be Vicente “Chento” Enriquez Marquez (5-5) ຂອງບາເຊໂລນາ, ສະເປນ. Enriquez Marquez will take on Ruquet’s original, tournament alternate bout opponent "Ruthless" Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Announced today as an addition to the “COPA COMBATE” event preliminary bout card was a flyweight (125 ປອນ) tilt between Paul Elizondo (1-0) of Fresno and Nathan Napolitano (0-0) ຣູເບັນ ວິນລາ ລຸ້ນ Featherweight ທີ່ບໍ່ເສຍໄຊຕອນນີ້ຖືກຈັດອັນດັບທີ 9 ໂດຍວາລະສານ Ring, Calif. ອາເມລິກາ.
ລາຄາຈາກ $30, tickets for “COPA COMBATE” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນກັບໃນບັນທຶກ Mart Center ຫ້ອງການຫ້ອງ.
ປະຕູຊ່ວຍປະຢັດ Mart ສູນຈະເປີດສໍາລັບກໍລະນີທີ່ 5 p.m. PT on December 7, ແລະການແຂ່ງຂັນເບື້ອງຕົ້ນຄັ້ງທໍາອິດຈະເລີ່ມຕົ້ນຢູ່ 6 p.m.
UPDATED “COPA COMBATE” UPDATED FIGHT CARD:
PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD:
Flyweight: Paul Elizondo vs. Nathan Napolitano
Welterweight: Evan Solorio vs. Jimmy Molina
Middleweight: Albert Gonzales vs. James Porter
FEATURED FLYWEIGHT BOUT:
Corina Herrera vs. Maria Paula Buzaglo
“COPA COMBATE” FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT ALTERNATE BOUTS:
Pablo Sabori vs. Michael Irizarry
Rudy Morales vs. Vicente Marquez Enriquez
“COPA COMBATE” FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT QUARTERNAL STAGE BOUTS:
Group A:
Daniel Requeijo vs. Pablo Villaseca
Joey Ruquet vs. Bruno Cannetti
Group B
Alejandro Flores vs. John Bedoya
Andres Quintana vs. Marlon Gonzales
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