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FRESNO – November 8, 2018 – Combate Americas today unveiled at a news conference at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, کیلیفورنیا., a massive winner’s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 پاؤنڈ) contestants for its much-anticipated, “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, at Save Mart Center in Fresno on Friday, دسمبر. 7.
The previously announced, second annual “COPA COMBATE” event will air live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 بجے. ET / 7 بجے. PT), and 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 check and the trophy.
The “COPA COMBATE” winner’s trophy unveiled today stands over 4 and a half feet tall, and is nearly 2 feet wide at its widest point. Custom made by U.K.-based CA Models, the makers of the Viking-style headdress that music superstar میڈونا wore during her 2012 NFL SuperBowl halftime performance, the gold-colored trophy, valued at $100,000, is constructed from high-tech composite plastics used in Formula 1 racing and aerospace.
Announced today as the four fighters who will complete the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man tournament field were Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) بیونس آئرس کے, ارجنٹینا; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile; ناقابل شکست لوٹے John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, کولمبیا; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 این سی) of Lima, پیرو.
Cannetti is the 29-year-old, younger brother of MMA superstar Guido “Ninja” Cannetti, and is riding a three-fight winning streak.
Combate امریکہ’ La Jaula model Alyshia Barragan with the “COPA COMBATE” winner’s trophy
Villaseca is a 31-year-old, battle-tested veteran who has competed on three different continents – North America, South America and Europe – and who has earned 10 کی اس کی 13 professional victories via (ٹی)KO یا جمع کرانے.
Bedoya was a contestant on الٹی فائٹر: لاطینی امریکہ reality television series. The 27-year-old has scored three of his six professional victories by way of submission.
The 26-year-old Gonzales is the number one ranked featherweight fighter in Peru. He is coming off a thunderous, پہلے راؤنڈ (3:34) ڈبلیو ایچ او (punches کے) کے Mariano Rocca اگست 18.
The four “COPA COMBATE” tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., امریکا; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, میکسیکو; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 این سی) of Montevideo, یوروگوئے; اور Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, سپین.
The official “COPA COMBATE” tournament brackets with quarterfinal stage matchups for the one night, eight-man tournament will be announced soon.
سے قیمت $30, tickets for “COPA COMBATE” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office.
Doors at Save Mart Center will open for the event at 5 بجے. PT on December 7, اور سب سے پہلے ابتدائی مککیبازی میں شروع ہو گی 6 بجے.
Combate Americas also announced today that it has partnered with Jimenez Grappling Academy, an Exeter-based non-profit organization focused on utilizing martial arts classes to create family and community-oriented programs. As part of the local partnership, MMA superstar Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña will join fellow Combate Americas commentator and multiple-time WWE Heavyweight Champion, Alberto El Patrón, formerly known as البرٹو ڈیل ریو, to offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez’s students on Wednesday, دسمبر. 5, two days before the “COPA COMBATE” affair.