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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 (ایم ایم اے) tournament that will award its featherweight (145 پاؤنڈ) winner of three consecutive bouts a $100,000 grand prize at Save Mart Center in Fresno, کیلیفورنیا. جمعہ کو, دسمبر. 7.
The second annual “COPA COMBATE” tournament airs live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 بجے. ET / 7 بجے. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 بجے. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 بجے. AND / 9 بجے. 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) سان جوآن کے, Puerto Rico will take on Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori (8-5) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, میکسیکو, and in the second alternate bout, Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (6-1) لاس ویگاس کے, Nev کی., 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 پاؤنڈ) contest between unbeaten Maria Buzaglo (1-0) of Lima, Peru and relentless battler Corina Herrera (3-4-1) of Porterville, کیلیفورنیا., امریکا.
The “COPA COMBATE” tournament field features eight previously announced fighters, representing eight different countries: Andres “The Bullet” Quintana(15-2) of Roswell, N.M., امریکا; Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (13-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, میکسیکو; Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (8-2, 2 این سی) of Montevideo, یوروگوئے; اور Zebenzui “El Niño Roca” Ruiz (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, سپین; Bruno “Aquiles” Cannetti (7-5) بیونس آئرس کے, ارجنٹینا; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (13-4) of Santiago, Chile; ناقابل شکست لوٹے John “Ronin” Bedoya (6-0) of Bogota, کولمبیا; and powerhouse Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (13-3-2, 1 این سی) of Lima, پیرو.
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) Spokane کے, واش., USA in a welterweight (170 پاؤنڈ) مقابلہ.
In a battle of two professional debut competitors, Albert Gonzales (0-0) of Fresno will collide with James Porter (0-0) فریسنو کے.
سے قیمت $30, tickets for “COPA COMBATE” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office.
Doors at Save Mart Center will open for the event at 5 بجے. PT on December 7, اور سب سے پہلے ابتدائی مککیبازی میں شروع ہو گی 6 بجے.
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