{"id":10855,"date":"2020-03-11T18:40:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T01:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/?p=10855"},"modified":"2020-06-23T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T20:28:00","slug":"super-mely-the-path-of-the-champion-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/super-mely-the-path-of-the-champion-part-i","title":{"rendered":"Super Mely: The Path of the Champion (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every great story has a beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look back at Melissa &#8220;Super Mely&#8221; Martinez &#8216;s (7-0) path to becoming aWorld Champion.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Welcoming KO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top MMA Finishes and KOs: Melissa Mart\u00ednez vs. Yajaira Romo | #30Days30Finishes | CombateAmericas\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0_gB_2WXsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Melissa debuted in the promotion at twenty years old, facing a much more experienced rival, Yajaira &#8220;Shoko&#8221; Romo.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having four fewer professional fights than her rival, Martinez ended the battle with a big knockout, via a kick to the head.<\/p>\n<p>From that moment on, it was obvious that the young Mexican girl was something special.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>International duel<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top MMA Finishes and KOs:  Melissa Martinez vs. Gloria Bravo | #30Days30Finishes | Combate Americas\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/prmzDwaA5Ps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her next fight was also a challenge. Her opponent, Chile&#8217;s Gloria &#8220;Gloriosa&#8221; Bravo, more experienced and champion in her country, wanted to end Martinez&#8217;s winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez finished her opponent in the first round, via technical knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Two finishes in two fights. Everyone had their eyes on Super Mely.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mexico vs Argentina<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMA | Combate Estrellas Monterrey | Melissa Mart\u00ednez vs. Ivanna Martinenghi\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e_1QbXr5ccU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Martinez&#8217;s third fight was against the national Muay Thai champion, the Argentine Ivanna &#8220;La Parca&#8221; Martinenghi, who took the fight on short notice.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez encountered a tough opponent, and the fight lasted all three rounds. \u00a0But Martinez won yet again, this time via unanimous decision, and continued on her way to becoming champion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every great story has a beginning. Here&#8217;s a look back at Melissa &#8220;Super Mely&#8221; Martinez &#8216;s (7-0) path to becoming aWorld Champion. Welcoming KO Melissa debuted in the promotion at twenty years old, facing a much more experienced rival, Yajaira &#8220;Shoko&#8221; Romo. Despite having four fewer professional fights than her rival, Martinez ended the battle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fighters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}