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NOVA YORK – Setembro 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 libras) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) e Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) televisionar (12 a.m. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Califa. o venres, Sete. 28.
O evento, “Combate América: Camino a Copa Combate,” will be headlined by the previously announced, first two-ever “COPA COMBATE” qualifying fights, the winners of which will represent their respective countries – the U.S. and Mexico – in the one-night, oito homes, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 libras) division on a November date to be announced soon.
An explosive Muay Thai stylist, the 21-year-old Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico has been on a warpath since she made her Combate Americas promotional debut on June 30, 2017, scoring a thunderous, segunda rolda (2:45) head kick TKO on Yajaira Romo.
In her last effort on April 20, Martinez dominated Argentina’s Ivanna Martinenghi for three consecutive rounds of action at “Combate Estrellas II” in Monterrey, Mexico before earning a unanimous decision victory.
Fighting out of Little Rock, Ark. where she is serving as an active duty Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Exército, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (mata-león) Shyann Farmer na segunda rolda (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Califa.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 libras) batalla entre Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) de Indio, Califa.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) de Os Ánxeles, Califa. ha chocar con Danny "O Realista" Ramírez (6-4) de Sacramento, Califa. no peso lixeiro (155 libras).
Invicto Jesse Strader (3-0) de Lancaster, Califa. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Calif., EUA. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 libras) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Califa. loitará David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) de Whittier, Calif., while in the other, invicto Hugo Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Califa. será cadrado fóra con “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Califa.
Additional preliminary bout matchups will be announced soon.
In one of the two, single, five-minute round featherweight “COPA COMBATE” tournament qualifying fights that will send the winner to represent the U.S. in the eight-man tournament in November, Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez (8-2) of Redondo Beach, Califa. enfrontarase Andrés “A Bala” Quintana (14-2) of Roswell, N.m.
In the second tournament qualifying fight, the winner of which will represent Mexico at “COPA COMBATE," Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-4) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora will collide with Alejandro “El Gallito” Flores (12-1) de Monterrei, Nuevo Leon.
Prezos a partir de $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Camino A Copa Combate” are on sale at The Walter Pyramid’s online ticketing platform, as well at Ticketon.com.
Doors at the venue will open at 6 p.m. PT on September 28, ea primeira loita preliminar comezará ás 7 p.m.
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SOBRE Combate Américas
Combate Americas é a principal artes marciais mixtas hispánicas (MMA) franquía deportiva, converténdose rapidamente no deporte número dous, despois do fútbol, para os afeccionados aos deportes de fala hispana de todo o mundo. A franquía Combate Americas inclúe programación de telerrealidade, eventos en directo e programación móbil. CEO da empresa, Campbell McLaren, é universalmente recoñecido como o co-fundador/co-creador do Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A revista New York describiu a McLaren como “o xenio do marketing detrás do UFC” e Yahoo! Sports proclamou que “sabe máis sobre o deporte que sobre calquera no-lo hoxe.” Cun produto sen precedentes e un equipo de xestión e propiedade de primeira calidade, Combate Americas está preparado para abrir novos camiños e crear unha nova era na competición de MMA a nivel mundial.