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NEW YORK – October 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 Büyük ödül, Fresno Save Mart Merkezi'nde, Kaliforniya., live in English in the U.S. ve DAZN üzerinde Kanada (10 um. ET / 7 p.m. PT), live on television in Spanish in the U.S. Her iki Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. VE / 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) kurucu ortak Campbell McLaren changed the combat sports world forever with UFC 1, a one-night, eight-man tournament that produced MMA’s first iconic figure, Royce Gracie.
Fiyatlı $30, tickets go on sale online at www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office, başlayan 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Kasım. 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,"McLaren dedi.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament will take place in the featherweight (145 kilo) bölünme, and will feature the winners of September’s two ‘Copa’ qualifier bouts – Andres “Kurşun” Quintana (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., USA and Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – as well as previously announced Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Reyno was announced as a tournament entrant on the air live, immediately following his stunning, İlk tur (2:21) boyun eğme (Arka çıplak bobini) arasında Carlos Ochoa at the “Combate Americas: Camino a Copa” live event in Long Beach, Halife. Eylül 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, Combate Amerika kafes, kariyerinde ilk kez, riding a four-fight win streak. Bugüne kadar, all but one of his victories have come by way of (T)KO veya teslim.
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 um. Aralık ayında 7, ve ilk ön dersin başlayacak 6 um.