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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 (ایم ایم اے) tournament extravaganza featuring eight fighters, representing eight different countries, battling it out for a $100,000 grand prize, فریسنو محفوظ مارٹ سینٹر میں, کیلیفورنیا., live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 بجے. ET / 7 بجے. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 بجے. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 بجے. AND / 9 بجے. 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 کیمبل میکلیرن changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, رایچو Gracie.
سے قیمت $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, میں شروع 10 بجے. PT on Wednesday, نومبر. 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,"میکلیرن کہا.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 پاؤنڈ) ڈویژن, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 این سی) of Montevideo, یوروگوئے.
Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) جمع کرانے (پیچھے ننگے گلا گھونٹنا) کے Carlos Ochoa at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, کیلیفورنیا. ستمبر 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 امریکین پنجرا, for the first time in his career, riding a four-fight win streak. آج کی تاریخ, all but one of his victories have come by way of (ٹی)KO یا جمع کرانے.
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 بجے. دسمبر 7, اور سب سے پہلے ابتدائی مککیبازی میں شروع ہو گی 6 بجے.