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NEW YORK – November 27, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a pair of “alternate” bouts for its much-anticipated, biggest event of the year – the “COPA COMBATE” one-night, eight-man Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament that will award its featherweight (145 ປອນ) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. ໃນວັນສຸກ, Dec. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. ແລະການາດາກ່ຽວກັບ DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. ກ່ຽວກັບການທັງ Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ແລະ Univision Deportes Network (udn) (12 a.m. ແລະ / 9 p.m. PT), and marks the first time in history that California State will sanction a one-night, eight-man MMA tournament.
In one of two tournament alternate bouts announced today, Michael Irizarry (9-2) ຂອງ San Juan, Puerto Rico will take on Pablo "El Gallo ດໍາ" Sabori (8-5) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, ເມັກຊິໂກ, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) ຂອງ Las Vegas, Nev., USA will face off with” Ruthless” Rudy Morales (5-6) of Las Vegas via Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Should any of the winners of the four quarterfinal stage tournament bouts be unable to re-enter La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, for his semifinal stage bout due to injury sustained in quarterfinal stage action, one of the two tournament alternate bout winners will replace the injured competitor in the semifinal stage of the tournament.
Also announced today was a featured women’s strawweight (115 ປອນ) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler Corina Herrera (3-4-1) of Porterville, Calif., ອາເມລິກາ.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, ທີ່ເປັນຕົວແທນແປດປະເທດທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງກັນ: Andres "The Bullet" Quintana(15-2) ຂອງ Roswell, N.M., ອາເມລິກາ; Alejandro "Gallito" Flores (13-1) ຂອງ Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, ເມັກຊິໂກ; Gaston "ຕອງກາ" ຫະລາຊະອາ (8-2, 2 NC) ຂອງ Montevideo, Uruguay; ແລະ Zebenzui "El Niño Rock" Ruiz (7-2) ຂອງ Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ສະເປນ; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) ຂອງ Buenos Aires, ອາເຈນຕິນາ; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) ຂອງ Santiago, ຊິລີ; undefeated John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, Colombia; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, ປະເທດເປຣູ.
The tournament brackets and quarterfinal stage tournament matchups will be announced this week.
In “COPA COMBATE” preliminary bout action announced today, local police officer Evan “Pitbull” Solorio (3-2) of Fresno will face off with Jimmy “Mamba” Molina (0-0) ຂອງ Spokane, ການລ້າງ., USA in a welterweight (170 ປອນ) ການແຂ່ງຂັນ.
In a battle of two professional debut competitors, Albert Gonzales (0-0) of Fresno will collide with James Porter (0-0) ຂອງ Fresno.
ລາຄາຈາກ $30, tickets for “COPA COMBATE” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນກັບໃນບັນທຶກ Mart Center ຫ້ອງການຫ້ອງ.
ປະຕູຊ່ວຍປະຢັດ Mart ສູນຈະເປີດສໍາລັບກໍລະນີທີ່ 5 p.m. PT on December 7, ແລະການແຂ່ງຂັນເບື້ອງຕົ້ນຄັ້ງທໍາອິດຈະເລີ່ມຕົ້ນຢູ່ 6 p.m.
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