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FRESNO – December 3, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced two changes to the lineup for its much-anticipated, biggest event of the year – the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, átta-maður, $100,000 grand prize Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight (145 £) showdown – as well as the tournament brackets for the event that takes place at Save Mart Center on Friday, Desember. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” extravaganza airs live in its entirety in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).
Originally slated for action in a previously announced tournament alternate bout, 26-ára gamall Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1), berjast af Las Vegas, Nev., USA and representing Puerto Rico, has been entered into the main draw of the eight-man tournament where he will replace Uruguay’s Gaston “Tonga” Reyno(7-2, 2 NC), who has been forced to withdraw from the tournament due to staph infection.
Að auki, Daniel “El Gallego” Requeijo (14-6) will represent Spain in place of previously announced Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2), after Ruiz was unable to secure a visa to enter the U.S.
The 34-year-old Requeijo, who hails from Spain’s Las Palmas, Canary Islands, boasts a near-93 percent finish rate, earning 13 hans 14 feril sigra með því að (T)KO eða uppgjöf.
Also announced today were the official tournament brackets for the “COPA COMBATE” tournament affair.
On one side of the draw, or “Group A,” Requeijo will square off with Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile, meðan Alejandro “Gallito” Flores(13-1) of Monterrey, Nýr Leon, Mexico will battle undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, Colombia.
On the other side of the draw, or “Group B,” Ruquet will collide with Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) í Buenos Aires, Argentina, meðan Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., USA will face fellow prolific star Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, Peru.
The winners of each quarterfinal stage bout in Group A will meet in semifinal stage action, while the winners of each quarterfinal stage bout in Group B will do likewise.
Sigurvegararnir tveir í undanúrslitum stigabardaga munu mætast í meistaramótinu $100,000 stórverðlaun í húfi.
Að skipta út Ruquet í einum af tveimur mótunum verða varabardagar Vicente "Chento" Enriquez Marquez (5-5) frá Barcelona, Spánn. Enriquez Marquez mun taka að sér frumrit Ruquet, varaandstæðingur mótsins "Miskunnarlaus" Rudy Morales (5-6) frá Las Vegas um Gvatemalaborg, Gvatemala.
Tilkynnt í dag sem viðbót við „COPA COMBATE“ viðburðar bráðabirgðakortið var fluguvigt (125 £) halla á milli Paul Elizondo (1-0) af Fresno og Nathan Napolitano (0-0) frá Salinas, Calif. USA.
Verð frá $30, miðar á „COPA COMBATE“ eru til sölu á netinu á CombateAmericas.com/Tickets og á Ticketmaster.com, sem og í miðasölu Save Mart Center.
Dyrnar í Save Mart Center verða opnaðar fyrir viðburðinn kl 5 p.m. PT í desember 7, og fyrsta forkeppni lota hefst kl 6 p.m.
UPPFÆRT „COPA COMBATE“ UPPFÆRT FIGHT CARD:
AÐRÁÐARKORT:
Flyweight: Paul Elizondo vs. Nathan Napolitano
Welterweight: Evan Solorio vs.. Jimmy Molina
Middleweight: Albert Gonzales vs. James Porter
FYRIR FLUGVIGTARBIT:
Corina Herrera vs.. María Paula Buzaglo
„COPA COMBATE“ VARNABARIR í FJÖÐURVIGT MÓTI:
Pablo Sabori vs. Michael Irizarry
Rudy Morales vs. Vicente Marquez Enriquez
“COPA COMBATE” FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT QUARTERNAL STAGE BOUTS:
A hópur:
Daniel Requeijo vs. Pablo Villaseca
Joey Ruquet vs. Bruno Cannetti
B-riðill
Alejandro Flores vs. John Bedoya
Andres Quintana vs. Marlon Gonzales
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