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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 (ಎಂಎಂಎ) tournament extravaganza featuring eight fighters, representing eight different countries, battling it out for a $100,000 grand prize, ಫ್ರೆಸ್ನೊ ಉಳಿಸಿ ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಸೆಂಟರ್, ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೋರ್ನಿಯಾ., live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ಇಟಿ / 7 ಪಿ.ಎಂ. ಪಿಟಿ), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ. ಇಟಿ / ಪಿಟಿ) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ. ಮತ್ತು / 9 p.m. ಪಿಟಿ).
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 (ಯುಎಫ್) co-founder ಕ್ಯಾಂಪ್ಬೆಲ್ ಮೆಕ್ಲಾರೆನ್ changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, ರಾಯ್ಸ್ ಗ್ರೇಸಿ.
ರಿಂದ ಬೆಲೆಯ $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡ 10 ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ. PT on Wednesday, ನವೆಂಬರ್. 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,"ಮೆಕ್ಲಾರೆನ್ ಹೇಳಿದರು.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 ಪೌಂಡ್) ವಿಭಾಗ, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (15-2) of Roswell, ಎನ್.ಎಮ್, USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 ಎನ್ಸಿ) of Montevideo, ಉರುಗ್ವೆ.
Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) ಸಲ್ಲಿಕೆ (ಹಿಂದಿನ ಬೆತ್ತಲೆ ಚಾಕ್) ಆಫ್ Carlos Ochoa at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೋರ್ನಿಯಾ. ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 28.
Also announced today for “COPA COMBATE” tournament action was the competitor who will represent Spain – 24-year-old Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
Ruiz will enter La Jaula, Combate ಅಮೆರಿಕ ಕೇಜ್, for the first time in his career, riding a four-fight win streak. ಇಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗೆ, all but one of his victories have come by way of (ಟಿ)ಕೋ ಅಥವಾ ಸಲ್ಲಿಕೆ.
The remaining four fighters who will compete in the 2018 “COPA COMBATE” tournament will be announced soon.
Doors at Save Mart Center will open for the event at 5 p.m. ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 7, ಮತ್ತು ಮೊದಲ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಸರದಿಯ ಆರಂಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ 6 p.m.