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NEW YORK - septembrie 6, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a women’s strawweight (115 de lire sterline) co-main event bout between undefeated knockout artist Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (4-0) și Francis “Hit Girl” Hernandez (3-2) for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s live, Univision Deportes Network (UDN) emisiune de televiziune (12 a.m. ET/9 pm. PT) from The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. vineri, Șapte. 28.
Evenimentul, “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate,” will be headlined by the previously announced, first two-ever “COPA COMBATE” qualifying fights, the winners of which will represent their respective countries – the U.S. and Mexico – in the one-night, opt-om, $100,000 grand prize tournament that will take place in the featherweight (145 de lire sterline) division on a November date to be announced soon.
An explosive Muay Thai stylist, the 21-year-old Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico has been on a warpath since she made her Combate Americas promotional debut on June 30, 2017, scoring a thunderous, al doilea tur (2:45) head kick TKO on Yajaira Romo.
In her last effort on April 20, Martinez dominated Argentina’s Ivanna Martinenghi for three consecutive rounds of action at “Combate Estrellas II” in Monterrey, Mexico before earning a unanimous decision victory.
Fighting out of Little Rock, Ark. where she is serving as an active duty Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Armată, the 30-year-old Hernandez, who hails from Camuy, Puerto Rico is coming off an impressive Combate Americas debut performance that saw her submit (sufoca-spate gol) Shyann Farmer în al doilea tur (2:12) of battle in Sacramento, Calif.
Also announced today were five preliminary bout card matchups for the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa Combate” event, including a bantamweight (135 de lire sterline) luptă între Oscar “Jacare” Suarez (4-1) of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Carlos Ochoa (3-5) de Indio, Calif.
Elsewhere on the preliminary bout card, Dominic Clarke (11-8) de Los Angeles, Calif. va ciocni cu Danny “The Realist” Ramirez (6-4) de Sacramento, Calif. la usoare (155 de lire sterline).
Undefeated Jesse Strader (3-0) de Lancaster, Calif. USA will take on “Handsome” Mario Navarrio (4-5) of Northridge, Calif., STATELE UNITE ALE AMERICII. In featherweight action.
In one of two flyweight (125 de lire sterline) contests announced today, Heinrich Wassmer (6-3) of Highland Park, Calif. va lupta David “Farmer of Destruction” Duran (6-4) de Whittier, Calif., while in the other, neînvins Hugo Aranda (2-0) of Van Nuys, Calif. va pătrat off cu “Malicious” Michael Reyes(4-4) of Oxnard, Calif.
Additional preliminary bout matchups will be announced soon.
In one of the two, single, five-minute round featherweight “COPA COMBATE” tournament qualifying fights that will send the winner to represent the U.S. in the eight-man tournament in November, Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez (8-2) of Redondo Beach, Calif. se va confrunta cu Andres “The Bullet” Quintana (14-2) of Roswell, N.M.
In the second tournament qualifying fight, the winner of which will represent Mexico at “COPA COMBATE," Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-4) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora will collide with Alejandro “El Gallito” Flores (12-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
Preț de la $30, tickets for “Combate Americas: Camino A Copa Combate” are on sale at The Walter Pyramid’s online ticketing platform, as well at Ticketon.com.
Doors at the venue will open at 6 p.m. PT on September 28, și primul meci preliminar va începe la 7 p.m.
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DESPRE Combate AMERICAS
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport, after soccer, for Spanish speaking sports fans worldwide. Combate America franciza include programarea Realitatea TV, evenimente live și mobile de programare. CEO-ul companiei, Campbell McLaren, este universal recunoscut ca fiind co-fondator / co-creator al Campionatului Ultimate Fighting (UFC). New York Magazine descris ca McLaren “geniul de marketing din spatele UFC” și Yahoo! Sport proclamat că el “știe mai multe despre acest sport decât doar despre oricine în ea astăzi.” Cu un produs fără precedent și o proprietate și de management al echipei blue-chip, Combate America este gata sa sparga din nou și să aducă o nouă eră în plan campionat mondial MMA concurență.