Combate Americas ended the year on a high, with the celebration of the third edition of the Copa Combate, held at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum in Lima, Peru.
Once again you felt the craziness of the 8-man tournament, as the Peruvian Humberto Bandenay was the winner of the contest in front of his people and obtained the large sum of $100,000.
In the previous editions, Mexican Levy Marroquín won the cup in Cancun, Mexico, and in 2018, the American Andrés Quintana did the same in California.
Bandenay won the competition after defeating Hugo Prada of Colombia, José Luis Verdugo of Mexico and Erick González of the United States.
In this way Combate Americas closed out 2019, and prepares to open 2020 with its debut in Puerto Rico, on January 25.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
FINAL
Humberto Bandenay defeated Erick González via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
SEMIFINAL
Erick González defeated Milko Tucto via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Humberto Bandenay defeated José Luis Verdugo via TKO (Punches) at 1:14 of R2
QUARTERFINALS
Milko Tucto defeated Salvador Becerra via KO (Slam) at 3:25 of R1
Humberto Bandenay defeated Hugo Prada via Unanimous Decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)
Erick González defeated Yoel Jiménez via Unanimous Decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)
José Luis Verdugo defeated Lucas Corbage via TKO (Punches) at 4:55 of R1
OTHER FIGHTS
Renzo Méndez defeated Kevin Borjas via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:14 of R1
Sandra Lavado defeated Lina Franco via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
ABOUT COMBATE AMERICAS
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer, for Spanish speaking fans worldwide. The Combate Americas franchise includes live event and original shoulder programming on some of the biggest television, OTT and digital platforms in Spanish and English, including Univision and Univision Deportes Network (UDN), DAZN, ESPN, GOL, Pluto TV and Facebook Watch worldwide. The company also owns and operates a multi-platform media studio, La Jaula Studios.
Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been described by New York Magazine as “the marketing genius behind the UFC,” while Yahoo Sports has said he “knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today.” With an unprecedented and cutting edge product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.
