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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, 八人, $100,000 grand prize Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight (145 英鎊) showdown – as well as the tournament brackets for the event that takes place at Save Mart Center on Friday, 十二月. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” extravaganza airs live in its entirety in English in the U.S. 和加拿大DAZN (9 P.M. ET /下午6時. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. 兩個悠景 (12 A.M. ET / PT) 和Univision的Deportes進行網絡 (UDN) (12 A.M. AND / 9時三十分. PT).
Originally slated for action in a previously announced tournament alternate bout, 26-歲 Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1), 戰鬥了拉斯維加斯, 內華達州。, 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.
此外, 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, 加那利群島, boasts a near-93 percent finish rate, earning 13 他 14 事業勝利途經 (牛逼)KO或提交.
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, 而 Alejandro “Gallito” Flores(13-1) 蒙特雷, 新萊昂, Mexico will battle undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, 哥倫比亞.
On the other side of the draw, or “Group B,” Ruquet will collide with Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) 布宜諾斯艾利斯, 阿根廷, 而 安德烈斯“子彈”昆塔納 (15-2) 羅斯威爾, N.M., USA will face fellow prolific star Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, 秘魯.
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.
The two semifinal stage fight winners will face off in the championship showdown with the $100,000 grand prize at stake.
Replacing Ruquet in one the two tournament alternate bouts will be Vicente “Chento” Enriquez Marquez (5-5) of Barcelona, 西班牙. Enriquez Marquez will take on Ruquet’s original, tournament alternate bout opponent “無情”魯迪·莫拉萊斯 (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, 危地馬拉.
Announced today as an addition to the “COPA COMBATE” event preliminary bout card was a flyweight (125 英鎊) tilt between Paul Elizondo (1-0) of Fresno and Nathan Napolitano (0-0) 薩利納斯, 加利福尼亞州. 美國.
從價格 $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 P.M. PT on December 7, 和第一初步回合將開始在 6 P.M.
UPDATED “COPA COMBATE” UPDATED FIGHT CARD:
初步回合卡:
飛錘: Paul Elizondo vs. Nathan Napolitano
次中量級: Evan Solorio vs. Jimmy Molina
中量級: Albert Gonzales vs. James Porter
FEATURED FLYWEIGHT BOUT:
Corina Herrera vs. Maria Paula Buzaglo
“COPA COMBATE” FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT ALTERNATE BOUTS:
Pablo Sabori vs. Michael Irizarry
Rudy Morales vs. Vicente Marquez Enriquez
“COPA COMBATE” FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT QUARTERNAL STAGE BOUTS:
Group A:
Daniel Requeijo vs. 巴勃羅Villaseca
Joey Ruquet vs. Bruno Cannetti
Group B
Alejandro Flores vs. John Bedoya
Andres Quintana vs. Marlon Gonzales
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