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Retired Women’s MMA Star Named Combate Americas Fight Director

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Retired, former Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) world champion Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc has been appointed Combate Americas Fight Director. Foto kredit: Fred Siegel/Combate Americas, LLC

COMBATE AMERICAS NAMES
NICDALI RIVERA-CALANOC
FIGHT DIRECTOR

Former MMA world champion becomes the first Mexican American woman In history to lead matchmaking efforts for a combat sports franchise

NEW YORK – Juli 13, 2017 – Combate Americas has named retired, former women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) verdensmester Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc, a Fight Director for the Hispanic sports and media franchise.

The appointment makes Rivera-Calanoc the first Mexican American woman in history to be charged with leading recruitment and matchmaking efforts for a combat sports organization.

Baseret i Las Vegas, Nev., Rivera-Calanoc, a training partner of former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) verdensmester Miesha Tate, will be responsible for managing the rapidly expanding field of women athletes that compete for the Combate Americas live television event series, both in the U.S., and internationally in Latin America.

She will also participate in the recruiting and matchmaking processes for the Combate Americas men’s division.

“We are thrilled to welcome Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc to our fast-growing and robust team of executives,” said Combate Americas CEO and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder Campbell McLaren.

“Throughout her involvement in the sport,"Fortsatte McLaren, “Nicdali has been the consummate professional both in and out of competition, and we are confident that her vast experience as a professional athlete, will be a conduit to success working with the new generation of the sport that Combate Americas is investing in.”

Rivera-Calanoc has made history with Combate Americas twice before, competing in both the franchise’s first-ever, live televised U.S. event in Las Vegas in 2015, as well as its first live televised event in Mexico last January with Tate in her corner.

A 10-year veteran of professional MMA competition, Rivera-Calanoc was ranked amongst the top 10 fighters in the world in three different weight classes – flyweight (125 pounds), strawweight (115 pounds) and atomweight (105 pounds) – at three different points in her career.

På August 23, 2008, Rivera-Calanoc was crowned a world champion after defeating Shawn Tamaribuchi by way of unanimous decision in a flyweight contest in Shawnee, Okla.

Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Rivera-Calanoc immigrated to the U.S. i en alder 5 with her family, and was raised in Tulsa, Okla. She returned to her roots in Chihuahua annually until her latter teenage years.
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COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES MAIN EVENT FOR MMA LEAGUE’S HISTORIC MEXICO DEBUT: STEVE SWANSON VS. GUSTAVO LOPEZ

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LIVE FROM EL PLAZA CONDESA IN MEXICO CITY ON
AZTECA AMERICA AND UFC FIGHT PASS®
ON Torsdag, Januar 19

Atomweight Co-Main Event:
Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc vs. Lisbeth Lopez Silva

Mere:
Letvægts: Rodrigo “Kazula” Vargas vs. Marco Antonio “La Rocka” Elipidio
Bantamvægt: Jose Ceja vs. Joey Ruquet

NEW YORK – Januar 3, 2017 – Combate Americas today announced four spectacular Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) ender, including a bantamweight (135) main event between rising stars Steve Swanson (14-2) og Gustavo Lopez (6-2) – for the league’s much-anticipated, historic debut in Mexico on Torsdag, Jan. 19, live on Azteca America (10 p.m. OG/PT) and UFC FIGHT PASS® (8 p.m. OG/5 p.m. PT).

Arrangementet, which will take place at El Plaza Condesa in Mexico City, will also air via tape delay in Mexico the following night, Fredag, Jan. 20 på 11 p.m. CT., on TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AZTECA; Latibex: XTZA), one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world.

In the atomweight (105 pounds) co-main event, former world championship challenger Nicdali "The Night Queen" Rivera-Calanoc (9-9) will make her long-awaited return to La Jaula, den Combate Americas bur, and face red-hot Lisbeth Lopez Silva (3-3).

“We are excited to be assembling a phenomenal fight card, and to have the opportunity to be at the forefront of MMA’s growth in Mexico with our unique and fast-growing sports franchise,”Sagde Combate Amerika CEO Campbell McLaren.

In other main card action, two hard-hitting, Mexico City rivals, Rodrigo “Kazula” Vargas (9-5) og Marco Antonio “La Rocka” Elpidio (4-1-1) will collide at lightweight (155 pounds).

Fellow upstarts Jose “The Ghost” Ceja (4-3) og Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (3-1) will square off at bantamweight.

Additional bouts for the Combate Americas event will be announced soon.

The 5-foot-5, 36-year-old younger brother of UFC star Cub Swanson, Steve of Indio, Calif. is a 36-year-old prolific knockout artist whose family originally hails from Chihuahua, Mexico.

Swanson is a winner of his last four fights, all by way of (T)KO. He is coming off an explosive, 38-second stoppage of Christian Rios på Oktober 22.

Fighting out MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture’s Xtreme Couture camp in Las Vegas, Nev. Lopez is a 5-foot-5, 27-year-old finisher originally from Yakima, Vaske.

Lopez emerged unbeaten, et referat af 3-0, during the Combate Americas “Road To The Championship” fight series that spanned from September 2015 to May 2016. He has notched five of his six professional career victories via (T)KO eller indsendelse.

Rivera-Calanoc is a 5-foot-3, 31-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nev. and native of Tulsa, Okla., as well as a battle-tested veteran of the sport who has faced a handful of top rivals in the women’s field, Herunder Jessica Penne.

Rivera-Calanoc, whose ancestral roots are in Chihuahua, took a split decision in her last start on Marts 12, fra Ronni Nanney.

Lopez Silva of Mexico City is aiming for her fourth straight win on the heels of a unanimous decision over Marcel Yineris Nieto på December 2 in Panama City, Panama.

A former welterweight (170 pounds), Vargas of Mexico City is a 5-foot-8, 31-year-old powerhouse who will put a three-fight win streak on the line.

Til dato, the Mexican Pride team member has claimed all of his wins by way of (T)KO eller indsendelse.

Elpidio, whose nickname translates to “The Rock,” is also a former welterweight standout who will look to secure his third consecutive win.

In his last effort on Marts 19, Elpidio, a member of the Renzo Gracie affiliate team in Mexico City, scorede en anden runde (3:16) TKO på Francisco Vargas with an onslaught of punches.

Den 5-fods-7, 31-year-old Ceja of Port Arthur, Texas will make his second start under the promotion of Combate Americas.

In his debut for the league on Oktober 14, Ceja avenged a previous loss in dynamic fashion, at udføre en første runde (4:22) knockout on Irwin “The Beast” Rivera in the first live televised, professional MMA event since UFC 7 i september 1995.

Ruquet of Las Vegas, Nev. via Venice, Fla. is a 5-foot-8, 24-year-old upstart and seasoned striker who will make his second appearance in La Jaula after submitting Luke Faultersack with an anaconda choke in the second round (4:28) of action on April 25.

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COMBATE AMERICAS AND NBC UNIVERSO KICK OFF ALL-NEW MMA FIGHT SERIES “ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP” LIVE ON THUR., September. 17 FROM LAS VEGAS

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NBC UNIVERSO til Feature Combate Amerika '
De fleste Bad-Ass Latino MMA krigere

Main Event: Ramiro "Junior" Hernandez vs. Max Ceniceros
Også i aktion: Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc, Ozzie Alvarez,
John “Sexy Mexy” Castaneda og
Reality TV stjerner Ricky Palacios og JC Llamas

NEW YORK - August 26, 2015 - Combate Amerika, den første nogensinde US. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sport franchisen grundlagt af Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) medskaber Campbell McLaren, og NBC UNIVERSO, de moderne sport og underholdning kabelkanal til Latinoer, meddelte i dag, kick-off af "Road To The Championship,"En helt ny, multi-årig MMA kamp serie, der vil luft live på NBC UNIVERSO. Den første live event i Combate Amerika serien vil luft på Torsdag, September 17 på 11 p.m. OG/8 p.m. PT. fra D i Las Vegas, Nev., lige i tide til starten af ​​Hispanic Heritage Måned.

Combate Americas is the groundbreaking, lever MMA kamp serie skabt specielt til USA. Hispanics, der brænder for dramaserier og handling af sporten. Fans kan tune ind NBC UNIVERSO at se disse moderne gladiatorer ind i buret til at konkurrere om en chance på herlighed.

The Combate Americas live fight series schedule on NBC UNIVERSO includes:

  • Tor, Syv. 17, 2015 på 11 p ET / 8p PT
  • Tor, November. 19, 2015 på 11 p ET / 8p PT
  • I 2016, fire ekstra datoer TBD

"Vi er glade for at udvide vores samarbejde med NBC UNIVERSO, og ser frem til at levere action-pakkede kampen kort med nogle af de bedste Latino krigere på planeten,"Sagde McLaren, who created Combate Americas two years ago to serve the fastest-growing U.S. demografiske - Hispanic millennials.

"NBC UNIVERSO partnerskab med Combate Americas'delivers på vores løfte om at give vores Latino seere inciterende og edgy underholdning og de største begivenheder,"Sagde Ruben Mendiola, Præsident, NBC UNIVERSO.

The Combate Americas fight series comes one-year after Combate Amerika - Konkurrencen reality-serien, skrev historie ved at blive den første kamp-tema program nogensinde til at vinde en stor tv-award - "Best Variety eller virkelighed serien,"På sidste års 29th årlige Imagen Awards. Den Combate Amerika reality show blev sendt på NBC UNIVERSO (tidligere mun2) og var en fan favorit blandt US. Hispanic seere.

In the main event of the live NBC Universo telecast of the Combate Americas kick-off event on Tor, Syv. 17, two-time UFC veteran and Miletich Fighting Systems prodigy Ramiro "Junior" Hernandez (17-7) af Muscatine, Iowa vil square-off med hårdtslående KO kunstner Max Ceniceros (7-2) La Mirada, Calif. i en fjerlet (145 lbs.) main event opgør. Ceniceros søger sin syvende sejr i træk, efter endt fire af sine sidste seks modstandere ved hjælp af (T)KO eller indsendelse.

Også på kampen kort, nat vil blive Combate Amerika reality series stars J. C. Lamaer (5-5) og Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (3-1), who will make their respective second starts in the Combate Americas cage.

Runner-up i den virkelighed serien konkurrence, Llamas af Bakersfield, Calif., vil square-off mod aggressive-minded efterbehandler Ozzie "The Outlaw" Alvarez (6-2) af Brea, Calif. i en weltervægt (170 pounds) konkurrence. Palacios for Mission, TX will face Benji "The Brawler" Gomez (4-4) af Ventura, Calif. i en bantamvægt (135 pounds) matche.

I en featured kvinders strawweight (115 pounds) ende, Invicta FC veteran Nicdali "The Night Queen" Rivera-Calanoc (8-8) af Tulsa, Okla. vil kollidere med power puncher Katy "Red Dragon" Collins (2-1) Branson, Du.

Yderligere slagsmål, herunder en komplet indledende kamp kort vil blive annonceret snart.
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OM Combate AMERIKA
Combate Amerika, LLC. is the first U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise i historien, designed to build Latino fighting champions and serve Hispanic fans, one of the world’s most avid groups of prize fighting enthusiasts. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company’s CEO, Campbell McLaren, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as “markedsføring geni bag UFC” og Yahoo! Sport proklamerede, at han “ved mere om sporten end bare om nogen i det i dag.” With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.

Om NBC UNIVERSO:
NBC UNIVERSO (www.nbcuniverso.com) er en moderne sport og underholdning kabelkanal til Latinoer, bringe verdens bedste sports franchise og edgy programmering til mere end 40 millioner husstande i US. Som en af ​​de mest bredt tilgængelige moderne kabelkanaler for USA. Latinoer, NBC UNIVERSO delivers a thrilling mix of exclusive sports action – including FIFA World Cup™, Liga MX, Premier League, NASCAR Mexico Series, NFL and The 2016 Rio Olympics – along with signature series, blockbuster film, musik, must-see live events and strategic acquisitions, på tv, online og mobile enheder. NBC UNIVERSO er en del af Hispanic virksomheder og indhold, en division af NBCUniversal (www.nbcuniversal.com), en af ​​verdens førende medier og underholdning virksomheder. NBCUniversal er et datterselskab af Comcast Corporation (www.comcastcorporation.com). For at finde kanalnummeret NBC UNIVERSO i dit område, kan du besøge www.nbcuniverso.com/Finde ham.