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نیویورک - اکتبر 30, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced its much-anticipated, second annual “COPA COMBATE” one-night Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament extravaganza featuring eight fighters, representing eight different countries, battling it out for a $100,000 جایزه بزرگ, در مرکز مارت ذخیره در فرزنو, کالیفرنیا., live in English in the U.S. و کانادا در DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 صبح. ET / PT) و Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 صبح. و / 9 p.m. PT).
The winner of the tournament will have persevered through three fights in one night to claim the grand prize.
The “COPA COMBATE” event will mark the first one-night, eight-man tournament in California state history, and will take place 25 years after Combate Americas CEO and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder کمپبل مک لارن changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, رویس Gracie.
قیمت از $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, شروع 10 صبح. PT on Wednesday, نوامبر. 7.
“This is the way I started the UFC 25 years ago – an 8-man tournament – the toughest challenge in sports – and now it’s coming to Fresno and the great state of California for the first time in history,گفت: "مک لارن.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 پوند) بخش, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – آندرس "گلوله" کینتانا (15-2) راسول, N.M., USA and الخاندرو "گالیتو" فلورس (13-1) از مونتری, شیر جدید, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, اروگوئه.
Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) ارسال (چوک عقب برهنه) از کارلوس اوچوا at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, کالیفرنیا. در سپتامبر 28.
Also announced today for “COPA COMBATE” tournament action was the competitor who will represent Spain – 24-year-old Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
Ruiz will enter La Jaula, قفس Combate آمریکا, برای اولین بار در حرفه خود, riding a four-fight win streak. تا به امروز, all but one of his victories have come by way of (T)KO یا تسلیم.
The remaining four fighters who will compete in the 2018 “COPA COMBATE” tournament will be announced soon.
Doors at Save Mart Center will open for the event at 5 p.m. در ماه دسامبر 7, و اولین جلسه مقدماتی در آغاز 6 p.m.