|
||
|
||
|
NEW YORK – September 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 ਗੁਣਾ) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) ਅਤੇ Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) ਪ੍ਰਸਾਰਣ (12 ਛਾਪੇਮਾਰੀ. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. ਸੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ, ਸੱਤ. 28.
ਘਟਨਾ, “Combate Americas: 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, ਅੱਠ-ਆਦਮੀ, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 ਗੁਣਾ) 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, ਦੂਜੇ ਗੇੜ (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. ਫੌਜ, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (ਪਿੱਛੇ-ਨੰਗੀ ਅਫੱਲ) Shyann Farmer ਦੂਜੇ ਗੇੜ ਵਿਚ (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Calif.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 ਗੁਣਾ) ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਲੜਾਈ Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) Indio ਦੇ, Calif.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) Los Angeles ਦੇ, Calif. ਨਾਲ ਟੱਕਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) ਫ੍ਰੈਨਸਿਸਕੋ ਦੀ, Calif. ਲਾਈਟਵੇਟ 'ਤੇ (155 ਗੁਣਾ).
ਸਫਲਤਾਪੂਰਵਕ Jesse Strader (3-0) Lancaster ਦੇ, Calif. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Calif., ਅਮਰੀਕਾ. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 ਗੁਣਾ) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Calif. ਲੜਨ ਕਰੇਗਾ David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) Whittier ਦੇ, Calif., while in the other, ਅਜੇਤੂ Hugo Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Calif. ਨਾਲ ਬੰਦ ਦਾ ਵਰਗ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Calif.
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, Calif. ਦਾ ਸਾਹਮਣਾ ਕਰੇਗਾ Andres “The Bullet” 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) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
ਤੱਕ ਚੋਣ ਨੂੰ $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 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. PT on September 28, ਅਤੇ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਮੁੱਢਲੀ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ 'ਤੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ 7 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ.
# # #
COMBATE ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਬਾਰੇ
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport, after soccer, for Spanish speaking sports fans worldwide. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company’s CEO, Campbell ਮੈਕਲਾਰੇਨ, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (ਯੂਐਫਸੀ). New York Magazine described McLaren as “ਯੂਐਫਸੀ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਮਾਰਕੀਟਿੰਗ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਭਾ” ਅਤੇ ਯਾਹੂ! ਖੇਡ ਉਹ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ “ਹੁਣੇ ਹੀ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਅੱਜ ਦੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਵੱਧ ਖੇਡ ਬਾਰੇ ਹੋਰ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ.” With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.