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NEW YORK – Gusht 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a new women’s flyweight (125 £) co-main event – Tracy Cortez (3-1) vs, Karen Cedillo (1-0) – as well as six other new bouts featuring fighters representing five different countries, for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) franchise’s world championship event in Phoenix on E premte, Shtatë. 14, live on both Univision (12 a.m. DHE/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. DHE/9 ores. PT).
The unbeaten, 29=year-old Cedillo of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico will replace Brandi Narvaez, who was originally slated to face off with Cortez of Phoenix, por u detyrua të tërhiqet për shkak të një dëmtimi.
In the previously announced, world championship bantamweight (135 £) Ngjarja kryesore, Monterrey’s Levy Saul Marroquin (11-2), the winner of the inaugural, 2017 “COPA COMBATE,” one-night, tetë-njeri, $100,000 grand prize tournament, will collide with fellow star Jose “Pochito” Alday (11-3-1) i Tucson, Ariz. via Hermosillo, Sonora, Meksikë.
Among the other new fights announced today for the “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” world championship event that will take place at Celebrity Theatre were a featured, live televised lightweight (155 £) contest between undefeated, rising star and Cub Swanson mbrojtur Rafa “Gifted” Garcia (7-0) dhe LaRue "kanibal" Burley (8-3).
5-këmbë-7, 24-year-old Garcia of Palm Springs, Calif., USA by way of Mexicali, Baja California, Meksikë, has been on a tear since he made his professional debut nearly four years ago, defeating all but one of his opponents via (T)KO ose nënshtrim.
Burley, a 5-foot-10, 34-vjeçari, seasoned competitor who hails from Phoenix, has faced off with top level adversaries, and is best known for his upset, Raundi i tretë (3:40) OBSH (knee strike to the body and punches) i 2011 NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and previously undefeated MMA prospect Bubba Jenkins në shtator. 20, 2013.
Also announced today was a featherweight (145 £) preliminary bout card contest between two unbeaten prospects – Tino Gilaranz (1-0) i Madridit, Spain and Austin Wourms (1-0) i Phoenix.
In a 140-pound catchweight matchup on the undercard, Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (12-7) of Mammoth, Ariz., USA will return to La Jaula, kafaz Combate Americas, for the second time in his career, në fytyrë Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado (3-4) i Tijuana, Baja California, Meksikë.
Another featherweight scrap will see Javier “Blair” Reyes Rugeles (7-1) of Bogota, Colombiá square off with “Magic” Mike Hamel (5-2) i Gilbert, Ariz., SHBA.
In flyweight action, pamposhtur, yll në rritje Richard Palencia (6-0) e Mesa, Ariz. do të marrë në Federico “The Argentinian Ninja” Oliveira (3-4) of Mendoza, Argjentinë.
Battle-tested veterans Yaotzin Meza (21-11) e Glendale, Ariz., USA and Gilbert Aguilar (17-18-1) of Phoenix by way of Mexico City, Mexico will collide at featherweight.
Additional preliminary bout matchups for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” will be announced soon.
Çmim nga $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Marroquin vs. Alday” are on sale at
CelebrityTheatre.com dhe Ticketon.com.
Doors at Celebrity Theatre open at 6 ores. PT, with the first preliminary bout beginning at 7 ores.
