{"id":84814,"date":"2020-10-23T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-karate-combat-to-air-on-espn-deportes-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2020-10-23T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:42:02","slug":"karate-combat-se-emitira-en-espn-deportes-en-los-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/karate-combat-se-emitira-en-espn-deportes-en-los-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"Karate Combat to Air on ESPN Deportes in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 22, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The second season of <b>Karate Combat<\/b>, the full-contact karate league, will air on <b>ESPN Deportes<\/b> starting <span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, Oct. 22<\/span>. The 12 week season begins on <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 22<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">10 p.m. ET<\/span> \/ <span class=\"xn-chron\">7 p.m. PT<\/span>, with new fight cards weekly. Karate Combat features a diverse roster of male and female athletes from over 32 nations including many of <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America&#8217;s<\/span> top fighters, who deliver highlight-level knockouts again and again.\u00a0(Watch the season trailer <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=1231824270&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXL79bzcWGKY&amp;a=here\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/u>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg724dleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg724dleft\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1318641\/ESPN_KARATE_LOGO_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Season 2&#8217;s\u00a0bouts take place\u00a0in four virtual worlds rendered real-time using Epic Games&#8217; Unreal Engine, the video game engine behind <i>Fortnite<\/i>. Throughout the season, color commentator <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Bas Rutten<\/span><\/b>, play-by-play commentator<b> <span class=\"xn-person\">Josh Palmer<\/span><\/b> and\u00a0British-Brazilian presenter <b><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=2141994427&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globenewswire.com%2Fnews-release%2F2020%2F10%2F16%2F2109965%2F0%2Fen%2FKarate-Combat-Signs-British-Brazilian-Presenter-Layla-Anna-Lee.html&amp;a=Layla+Anna-Lee\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Layla Anna-Lee<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/b> will be joined by a series of guest stars including NFL Super Bowl champion <b><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=3827272826&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globenewswire.com%2Fnews-release%2F2020%2F09%2F11%2F2092583%2F0%2Fen%2FBanzai-Marshawn-Lynch-Calls-the-Knockouts-in-Karate-Combat-s-Season-2-Debut.html&amp;a=Marshawn+Lynch\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Marshawn Lynch<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/b> and a surprise guest from the series <i>Game of Thrones<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to present our full contact entertainment in Spanish in the U.S. for the first time with ESPN Deportes,&#8221; said <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Rob Bryan<\/span>, CEO of Karate Combat<\/b>. &#8220;We&#8217;ve brought one of the world&#8217;s most practiced sports to pro-level for the first time, and we&#8217;re making it incredibly entertaining.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The season debut on <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 22<\/span> includes two Latin American champions: <b><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=3352491466&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.karate.com%2Ffighters%2Fdeives-ferreras&amp;a=Deivis+Ferreras\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Deivis Ferreras<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/b> from the Dominican Republic vs. <b><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=1019289858&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.karate.com%2Ffighters%2Fjesus-paucarcaja&amp;a=Jesus+Paucarcaja+Lopez\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesus Paucarcaja Lopez<\/a><\/u><\/b> of <span class=\"xn-location\">Lima, Peru<\/span>. In the coming weeks we&#8217;ll also see amazing fights from two Ecuadorians,\u00a0<b><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=3295666098&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.karate.com%2Ffighters%2Ffranklin-mina&amp;a=Franklin+Mina\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Franklin Mina<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/b> and <b><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=1121157472&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.karate.com%2Ffighters%2Fdaniel-viveros&amp;a=Daniel+Viveros\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Daniel Viveros<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/b>, and from <span class=\"xn-location\">Venezuela&#8217;s<\/span> <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Omaira Molina<\/span><\/b> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico&#8217;s<\/span> <b><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=1812893648&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.karate.com%2Ffighters%2Ffabiola-carolina-esquivel-gonzalez&amp;a=Fabiola+Esquivel+Gonz%C3%A1lez\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fabiola Esquivel Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a><\/u><\/b>\u00a0and more. (There are several Brazilian champions fighting too). Each episode gives fans fighter profiles shot in their home countries, bringing their training, as well as their struggles and their passions, to life.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch Karate Combat on <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=3114186856&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fespndeportes.espn.com%2Ffutbol%2Fliga%2F_%2Fnombre%2Ffifa.world&amp;a=ESPN+Deportes\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN Deportes<\/a><\/u> Thursdays at <span class=\"xn-chron\">10 p.m. ET<\/span>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Past fights are also available in\u00a0English at <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=3502662901&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUCrx0XRJeIhstGD8H60kLYYA&amp;a=Karate+Combat+YouTube\" rel=\"nofollow\">Karate Combat YouTube<\/a><\/u>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For more information about Karate Combat: <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:press@karate.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">press@karate.com<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For more information about ESPN Deportes: <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Santa.Brito@espn.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Santa.Brito@espn.com<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About ESPN Deportes:<br \/><\/b>ESPN Deportes is ESPN&#8217;s multimedia, Spanish-language sports brand dedicated to providing the widest variety of sports to the U.S. Hispanic sports fan via television, online and social. The network is devoted to serving the Latino sports fans by offering high-quality, culturally relevant and the most diverse sports programming available on Spanish-language television. For more information visit <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=101012744&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espndeportes.espn.com%2F&amp;a=www.ESPNdeportes.espn.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ESPNdeportes.espn.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>About Karate Combat:<br \/><\/b>About Karate Combat: Karate Combat is a premier Karate brand which operates a professional full contact karate league. The company seeks to evolve the traditional sport of Karate via karate.com, the World&#8217;s Gateway to Karate, and branded mobile apps. The firm has headquarters in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York City<\/span> and Budapest. For more information visit <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=4029445105&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.karate.com%2F&amp;a=www.karate.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.karate.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpga759left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpga759left\" title=\"Omaira Molina, a top lightweight contender from Venezuela, competes in Karate Combat's second season, airing Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN Deportes. Fights take place in a virtual world created by Unreal Engine.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Omaira Molina, a top lightweight contender from Venezuela, competes in Karate Combat's second season, airing Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN Deportes. Fights take place in a virtual world created by Unreal Engine.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1318642\/KC_Omaira_Scrap_v2.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg4d00left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg4d00left\" title=\"Jesus Paucarcaja Lopez of Lima, Peru in the Karate Combat Fighting Pit. The full-contact fights air Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN Deportes.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jesus Paucarcaja Lopez of Lima, Peru in the Karate Combat Fighting Pit. The full-contact fights air Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN Deportes.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1318643\/IMG_2865.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Logo\u00a0&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=417103602&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1318641%2FESPN_KARATE_LOGO_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1318641%2FESPN_KARATE_LOGO_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1318641\/ESPN_KARATE_LOGO_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=3556665424&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1318642%2FKC_Omaira_Scrap_v2.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1318642%2FKC_Omaira_Scrap_v2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1318642\/KC_Omaira_Scrap_v2.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2959176-1&amp;h=422809133&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1318643%2FIMG_2865.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1318643%2FIMG_2865.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1318643\/IMG_2865.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Karate Combat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 22, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The second season of <b>Karate Combat<\/b>, the full-contact karate league, will air on <b>ESPN Deportes<\/b> starting <span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, Oct. 22<\/span>. The 12 week season begins on <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 22<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">10 p.m. ET<\/span> \/ <span class=\"xn-chron\">7 p.m. PT<\/span>, with new fight cards weekly. Karate Combat features a diverse roster of male and female athletes from over 32 nations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deportes-y-recreacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}