Combate Americas‘ Copa Combate will broadcast live on NBCUniversal’s Telemundo network and on NBCSN, from Cancun, Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 11:30 p.m. ET. There will be Spanish and English language broadcasts.
The event is headlined by an epic, one-night, eight-man bantamweight tournament that will award its winner a grand prize of $100,000. It takes place on the 24th anniversary of UFC 1, which was executive produced by UFC co-founder and Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren. UFC 1 was also headlined by a one-night, eight-man tournament.
The $100,000 tournament:
John ‘Sexi Mexi’ Castaneda (14-2) of Mankato, Minnesota
Marcelo ‘Pitbull’ Rojo (12-4) of Cordoba, Argentina
Carlos ‘Lobo’ Rivera (10-2) of Mexico City, Mexico
Mikey ‘El Terrible’ Erosa (12-5) of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Marc ‘Lufo’ Gomez (20-10) of Barcelona, Spain
Andres ‘Doble A’ Ayala (11-4) of Bogota, Colombia
Kevin ‘El Frio’ Moreyra (4-1) of Lima, Peru
Ricky ‘El Gallero’ Palacios (9-1) of Mission, Texas
The live simulcast of Copa Combate on Telemundo and NBCSN will feature the tournament’s semifinal stage consisting of two bouts that pit the winners of the quarterfinal stage matchups in each tournament bracket against one another, as well as the championship stage showdown.
In addition to the tournament action, Telemundo’s and NBCSN’s live television coverage of Copa Combate will feature the previously announced women’s strawweight co-main event between undefeated knockout artist Melissa ‘Super Melly’ Martinez of Mexico City, Mexico, and submission expert and Miesha Tate pupil Gloria ‘Gloriosa’ Bravo of Santiago, Chile.
