{"id":2097,"date":"2018-11-08T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T23:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2020-05-12T07:46:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:46:52","slug":"combate-americas-unveils-the-largest-winners-trophy-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/combate-americas-unveils-the-largest-winners-trophy-in-sports","title":{"rendered":"COMBATE AMERICAS UNVEILS THE LARGEST WINNER\u2019S TROPHY IN SPORTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

COMBATE AMERICAS COMPLETES ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN TOURNAMENT FIELD <\/strong>WITH FOUR NEW FEATHERWEIGHT ENTRANTS\u00a0<\/strong>WHO WILL BATTLE FOR $100,000 GRAND PRIZE<\/strong><\/h2>\n

COMBATE AMERICAS\u2019 BIGGEST MMA EVENT OF 2018\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d <\/strong>MARKS FIRST ONE-NIGHT, EIGHT-MAN TOURNAMENT IN CALIFORNIA<\/strong><\/h3>\n

LIVE ON DAZN, UNIVISION AND UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK\u00a0<\/strong>FROM SAVE MART CENTER IN FRESNO, CALIF. ON FRIDAY, DEC. 7<\/strong><\/h3>\n

BRUNO CANNETTI (ARGENTINA), PABLO VILLASECA (CHILE),\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>JOHN BEDOYA (COLOMBIA) AND MARLON GONZALES (PERU)\u00a0<\/strong>COMPLETE THE \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d TOURNAMENT FIELD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Combate Americas today unveiled at a news conference at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno, Calif., a massive winner\u2019s cup trophy, and announced the final four featherweight (145 pounds) contestants for its much-anticipated, \u201cCOPA COMBATE,\u201d one-night Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament extravaganza featuring eight fighters, representing eight different countries, battling it out for a $100,000 grand prize, at Save Mart Center in Fresno on Friday, Dec. 7.<\/p>\n

The previously announced, second annual \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d event will air live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET\/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. ET\/9 p.m. PT).<\/p>\n

The winner of the tournament will have persevered through three fights in one night to claim the grand prize check and the trophy.<\/p>\n

The \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d winner\u2019s trophy unveiled today stands over 4 and a half feet tall, and is nearly 2 feet wide at its widest point. \u00a0\u00a0Custom made by U.K.-based CA Models, the makers of the Viking-style headdress that music superstar Madonna<\/strong> wore during her 2012 NFL SuperBowl halftime performance, the gold-colored trophy, valued at $100,000, is constructed from high-tech composite plastics used in Formula 1 racing and aerospace.<\/p>\n

Announced today as the four fighters who will complete the \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d one-night, eight-man tournament field were Bruno \u201cAquiles\u201d Cannetti<\/strong> (7-5) of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Latin American MMA pioneer Pablo \u201cEl Gallo\u201d Villaseca <\/strong>(13-4) of Santiago, Chile; undefeated John \u201cRonin\u201d Bedoya <\/strong>(6-0) of Bogota, Colombia; and powerhouse Marlon \u201cDeriko Siete\u201d\u00a0 Gonzales <\/strong>(13-3-2, 1 NC) of Lima, Peru.<\/p>\n

Cannetti is the 29-year-old, younger brother of MMA superstar Guido \u201cNinja\u201d Cannetti<\/strong>, and is riding a three-fight winning streak.<\/p>\n

Villaseca is a 31-year-old, battle-tested veteran who has competed on three different continents – North America, South America and Europe \u2013 and who has earned 10 of his 13 professional victories via (T)KO or submission.<\/p>\n

Bedoya was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America<\/em> reality television series. The 27-year-old has scored three of his six professional victories by way of submission.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Gonzales is the number one ranked featherweight fighter in Peru.\u00a0 He is coming off a thunderous,\u00a0 first round (3:34) TKO (punches) of Mariano Rocca<\/strong> on August 18.<\/p>\n

The four \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d tournament entrants announced today join the four previously announced entrants – Andres \u201cThe Bullet\u201d Quintana<\/strong> (15-2) of Roswell, N.M., USA; Alejandro \u201cGallito\u201d Flores<\/strong> (13-1) of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Gaston \u201cTonga\u201d Reyno<\/strong> (8-2, 2 NC) of Montevideo, Uruguay; and Zebenzui \u201cEl Ni<\/strong>\u00f1<\/strong>o Roca\u201d Ruiz<\/strong> (7-2) of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.<\/p>\n

The official \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d tournament brackets with quarterfinal stage matchups for the one-night, eight-man tournament will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

Priced from $30, tickets for \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com\/Tickets and at Ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Save Mart Center box office.<\/p>\n

Doors at Save Mart Center will open for the event at 5 p.m. PT on December 7, and the first preliminary bout will begin at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Combate Americas also announced today that it has partnered with Jimenez Grappling Academy, an Exeter-based non-profit organization focused on utilizing martial arts classes to create family and community-oriented programs.\u00a0 As part of the local partnership, MMA superstar Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Pe\u00f1a <\/strong>will\u00a0offer an MMA seminar to Jimenez\u2019s students on Wednesday, Dec. 5, two days before the \u201cCOPA COMBATE\u201d affair.<\/p>\n

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