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ניו יורק - אוקטובר 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 פרס ראשון, במרכז מארט שמור בFresno, קליפורניה., live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET p.m / 7. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) ורשת Univision Deportes (UDN) (12 a.m. ו / 9 אחה"צ. 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 קמפבל מקלארן changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, רויס גרייסי.
במחיר של $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, מתחיל ב 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, נובמבר. 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,"אמר מקלארן.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 קילו) החלוקה, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – אנדרס "הכדור" קווינטנה (15-2) של רוזוול, N.M., USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) של מונטריי, אריה חדש, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, אורוגוואי.
Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, first-round (2:21) הגשה (לחנוק אחורי עירום) של קרלוס אוצ'ואה at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, קליפורניה. בספטמבר 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, כלוב אמריקה Combate, בפעם הראשונה בקריירה שלו, riding a four-fight win streak. עד כה, all but one of his victories have come by way of (T)KO או הגשה.
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. בדצמבר 7, וההתקף הראשוני הראשון יתחיל בשעה 6 p.m.