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NEW YORK – October 30, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced its much-anticipated, second annual “COPA COMBATE” one-night Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament extravaganza featuring eight fighters, esindavad kaheksat erinevat riiki, battling it out for a $100,000 grand prize, kell Save Mart Center Fresno, Californias., live in English in the U.S. ja Kanada DAZN-is (10 Pärastlõunal. ET / 7 Pärastlõunal. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. mõlemal Univisionil (12 a.m. ET / PT) ja Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. ET/21.00. PT).
The winner of the tournament will have persevered through three fights in one night to claim the grand prize.
The “COPA COMBATE” event will mark the first one-night, eight-man tournament in California state history, and will take place 25 years after Combate Americas CEO and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder Campbell McLaren changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, Royce Gracie.
Hinnaga alates $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, samuti Save Mart keskuse kassas, algab 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, November. 7.
“This is the way I started the UFC 25 years ago – an 8-man tournament – the toughest challenge in sports – and now it’s coming to Fresno and the great state of California for the first time in history,"Ütles McLaren.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 naela) jaotus, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – Andres “Kuul” Quintana (15-2) Roswellist, N.M., USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) Monterreyst, Uus Leon, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) Montevideost, Uruguay.
Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) esitamine (tagavedu alasti choke) kohta Carlos Ochoa at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, Californias. septembril 28.
Also announced today for “COPA COMBATE” tournament action was the competitor who will represent Spain – 24-year-old Zebenzui “Rokipoiss” Ruiz (7-2) Las Palmasest, Gran Canaria.
Ruiz will enter La Jaula, Combate Americas puuri, for the first time in his career, riding a four-fight win streak. Tänini, all but one of his victories have come by way of (T)KO või esitamist.
The remaining four fighters who will compete in the 2018 “COPA COMBATE” tournament will be announced soon.
Save Mart keskuse uksed avatakse ürituseks kl 5 Pärastlõunal. detsembril 7, ja esimese esialgse hooaeg algab 6 Pärastlõunal.