{"id":5176,"date":"2019-05-13T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T22:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2019-05-14T15:57:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:57:24","slug":"pablo-el-gallo-villaseca-chiles-mma-pioneer-will-make-history-in-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/pablo-el-gallo-villaseca-chiles-mma-pioneer-will-make-history-in-peru","title":{"rendered":"Pablo &#8220;El Gallo&#8221; Villaseca: Chile&#8217;s Pioneer of MMA Will Make History in Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chilean MMA fighter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\">Pablo &#8220;El Gallo&#8221; Villaseca<\/a> (14-5)<\/strong>, will be looking to make history in &#8220;La Jaula&#8221; on May 31, when he takes on Peruvian MMA fighter Marlon &#8220;Deriko Siete&#8221; Gonz\u00e1lez (14-4-2) in Combate Peru.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Por primera vez en la historia, Combate Am\u00e9ricas llega a Sudam\u00e9rica\ud83d\udc4a. Per\u00fa vivir\u00e1 una electrizante cartelera de MMA el pr\u00f3ximo 31 de mayo\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CombatePer%C3%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CombatePer\u00fa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xYmAtYFbi9\">pic.twitter.com\/xYmAtYFbi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Combate Global (@combateglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/combateglobal\/status\/1127975499823767552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\"><strong>Villaseca<\/strong> <\/a>discovered martial arts at a young age, when he began practicing karate in his father&#8217;s dojo at 4 years old. The values \u200b\u200binstilled in him by his father and the culture of sportsmanship that surrounded Villaseca, fueled his love of contact sports and drove him to continue to practice taekwondo. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\">Villaseca<\/a> <\/strong>won his first karate competition when he was 7 years old, and ten years later he earned a<strong> black belt<\/strong> in karate and taekwondo.<\/p>\n<p>After learning two combat sports that focused on striking, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\">&#8220;El Gallo&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> wanted to try something new. Looking to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (he is now a black belt), he discovered Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and immediately fell in love with the sport. On December 10, 2011, Villaseca made his professional debut in his native Chile, <strong>earning a convincing victory by KO in just 14 seconds,<\/strong> a fight that would change the course of his life forever.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqjENtshz-v\/<\/p>\n<p>Ten years ago, Chile&#8217;s MMA scene was neglected, yet <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\">Villaseca<\/a> <\/strong>managed to embark on a career that would take him and his country to another level within the sport. Since his debut, the Chilean managed to maintain an undefeated record of 9-0 in his first four years as a pro, surpassing other South American fighters and becoming a pioneer of the sport in his country.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\">Villaseca<\/a><\/strong>, 32 years old, has competed and trained in different countries, memorably Brazil, Germany, Canada, Argentina, Peru and the United States. Currently, he is the Chilean fighter with the most registered fights and the best record.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Entrenamiento en UFD Gym, D\u00fcsseldorf Alemania!!!<br \/>Gran equipo!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0yYOn8EQqm\">pic.twitter.com\/0yYOn8EQqm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pablo Villaseca (@weichafemma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weichafemma\/status\/861302053863383040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\">El Gallo<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0 now intends to make history with <strong>Combate Americas<\/strong> in Peru, as he is part of their first card in South America. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/pablo-villaseca\">Villaseca<\/a> <\/strong>competed for the first time inside <strong>&#8220;La Jaula&#8221;<\/strong> representing Chile in <strong>Copa Combate 2018<\/strong>, where he managed to pass the first round, defeating <strong>Daniel Requeijo<\/strong> by split decision. Later in the tournament, he lost to Alejandro Flores in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CombateAmericas\/videos\/524032004774053\/<\/p>\n<p>He will now look for a victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/marlon-gonzalez\"><strong>Gonzalez<\/strong><\/a>, a very experienced local fighter who like <strong>Villaseca,<\/strong> competed in Copa Combate 2018.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the card and how to get tickets, please visit: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-38\">Combate Peru<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chilean MMA fighter Pablo &#8220;El Gallo&#8221; Villaseca (14-5), will be looking to make history in &#8220;La Jaula&#8221; on May 31, when he takes on Peruvian MMA fighter Marlon &#8220;Deriko Siete&#8221; Gonz\u00e1lez (14-4-2) in Combate Peru. Por primera vez en la historia, Combate Am\u00e9ricas llega a Sudam\u00e9rica\ud83d\udc4a. Per\u00fa vivir\u00e1 una electrizante cartelera de MMA el pr\u00f3ximo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3049],"tags":[3949,3950,3948],"class_list":["post-5176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-combate-peru-2","tag-combate-peru","tag-marlon-gonzalez-en","tag-pablo-villasecas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}