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27-466: In December 2013, Mun2 greenlit a reality competition series called Combate Americas to air in 2014. The series would feature ten fighters in two weight classes competing for a chance to win an exclusive contract with the promotion. Founder and CEO Campbell McLaren has said that the company “was specifically created to present the best new Hispanic fighters and to introduce a whole new audience to this highly entertaining sport.” Chino y Nacho hosted

54-530: A Spanish-language pun on "mundo" and the number 2, which is pronounced like "mundos" or "worlds"). Its initial lineup included programs from Telemundo's then sister company Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television ), including repeats of Spanish language adaptations of Charlie's Angels ( Angeles ) and The Dating Game that had aired on Telemundo as part of a failed programming revamp in 1998 in an attempt to counterprogram its rival, Univision . In addition, mun2 ran blocks of programming from

81-669: A Spanish-language simulcast partner for years following its 2001 purchase of the network, but this did not occur until the Premier League agreement. Since the Liga MX Torneo Guard1anes 2020, Universo airs the home matches of Club Deportivo Guadalajara in that tournament as part of the Telemundo Deportes division alongside Telemundo and its sister streaming service Peacock . Roman Salazar Roman Salazar (born February 21, 1988)

108-478: A five-year broadcasting partnership with Univision, with a plan to produce 150 televised events. It was also announced the organization would be branded as Combate Global going forward. In June of that year, Combate Global announced that CBS Sports , through CBS Sports Network and Paramount Plus , would become the English language home for Combate Global. After increased ratings, Univision Communications bought

135-554: A half-hour sports news program that aired on Sunday evenings. The network held English-language rights to a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match between the United States and Mexico on August 12, 2009. mun2 offered a free preview for the day of the match. On July 23, 2013, NBC Sports announced that Telemundo and mun2 would broadcast NASCAR events in Spanish in beginning in 2015, as part of NBC's new rights deal to cover

162-594: A mix of shows presented in English, dubbed into Spanish and incorporating Spanish language subtitles , and programs presented interchangeably in both languages. Music programming on the network during its existence as mun2 usually consisted of a mix of music videos in English and Spanish from a variety of genres. In early April 2009, mun2 introduced two new music video-oriented shows called Indie y Nuevo (a program focusing more on independent artists, which has since been cancelled) and The Urban Tip (focusing on R&B , rap and reggaeton videos). In late December 2009,

189-2681: A significant equity stake in Combate Global the following month. In 2024, Combate's English language programming moved exclusively Fuse Media 's namesake cable channel . In addition, Combate Global's library content would begin streaming on the company's El Rey Rebel FAST channel. Combate Americas: Level vs. Arzeno December 12, 2013 - Magic City Casino, Miami, Florida, United States Main Event: Rene Martinez vs. Alan Arzeno Combate Americas: Alvarez vs Patterson September 17, 2015 - The D Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Main Event: Gustavo Lopez vs. Mauricio Diaz Combate Americas: Hollywood December 16, 2015 - Florentine Gardens, Hollywood, California, United States Main Event: John Castañeda vs. Federico Lopez Combate 5 April 18, 2016 - The Exchange, Los Angeles, California, USA Main Event: Erick Sanchez vs. Mike Segura Combate 6 April 26, 2016 - The Exchange, Los Angeles, California, United States Main Event: John Castaneda vs. Gabriel Solorio Combate 7 May 9, 2016 - The Exchange, Los Angeles, California, United States Main Event: Ricky Palacios vs. Brandon Royval Combate 8 August 11, 2016 - The Exchange, Los Angeles, California, United States Main Event: John Castaneda vs. Angel Cruz Combate 9: Empire Rising October 14, 2016 - Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, United States Main Event: John Castaneda vs. Gustavo Lopez Combate 10 January 19, 2017 - El Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico Main Event: Gustavo Lopez vs. Steve Swanson Combate 11 February 16, 2017 - Burbank, California, United States Main Event: Danny Ramirez vs. Erick Gonzalez Combate 12 March 30, 2017 - Fausto Gutierrez Moreno Municipal Auditorium, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Main Event: Marcelo Rojo vs. Ivan Hernandez Flores Combate 13 April 20, 2017 - Casino Del Sol Resort, Tucson, Arizona, United States Main Event: Ricky Palacios vs. Roman Salazar Mun2 Universo

216-675: Is an American pay television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises subsidiary of NBCUniversal . The network serves as a companion cable channel to the NBCUniversal's flagship broadcast television network NBC and, to some extent, its Spanish network Telemundo . Aimed at Hispanic Adults between the ages of 18 and 49, the majority of its programming – which is tailored toward bilingual audiences – consists mainly of sports, scripted and reality series , and music programming. The network

243-556: Is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Bantamweight division of Bellator . Born and raised in raised in the small town of Mammoth, Arizona , Salazar worked for a while after finishing high school as a cable technician before shifting his focus to mixed martial arts. Salazar began competing in amateur fights in 2007 as a lightweight before turning professional in 2009. He competed in several different regional promotions across Arizona where he

270-603: Is headquartered in Miami Springs, Florida , while its master control operations are housed at the CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey , which serves as master control facilities for most of NBCUniversal's cable networks. The network was founded by Empresas 1BC as GEMS Televisión . In 2001, the network was acquired by Telemundo and re-branded as mun2 . The network

297-648: The 2013–14 season . Through NBC's rights agreement with the NFL, mun2 carried its first Spanish simulcast of an NFL game, airing a Thanksgiving matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers on November 27, 2014; the re-branded channel has served as the Spanish-language broadcaster of the Super Bowl during years NBC holds the rights. NBC had proposed using Telemundo to act as

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324-606: The Home Shopping Network 's Spanish language network Home Shopping Español (HSE) daily from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time . In 2002, NBC acquired Telemundo and mun2 from Sony Pictures and Liberty Media, and on August 2, 2004, General Electric , then-owners of NBC, acquired an 80% stake in Universal Pictures , merging it with NBC to form NBCUniversal , which was later acquired by Comcast in 2011. The network's most well known series

351-652: The Telemundo Deportes branch of the NBC Sports Group . Since the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup , Universo is the Spanish-language cable rightsholder of FIFA tournaments through 2026 . In January 2010, NBC Universal announced that the channel would continue to broadcast Mexican soccer games (under the brand Fútbol Mexicano ); most of the games aired to date were English-language telecasts of matches featured on Telemundo's Fútbol Estelar broadcasts. In February 2010, mun2 debuted mun2 Sports Arena ,

378-453: The #1 show among all Hispanic cable networks in every key demographic during its Sunday night premiere. The series on-demand traffic increased, with over eight million video streams on mun2.tv, and over one million video on demand views. On December 24, 2014, NBCUniversal announced that it would relaunch mun2 as NBC Universo on February 1, 2015, to coincide with the network's Spanish-language broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX . The relaunch of

405-548: The coveted 18-49 age group, on the Univision and Univision Deportes Network simulcast. The broadcast drew a bigger audiance than Bellator 197 , which aired in primetime on Paramount Network . The Facebook LIVE stream of the Combate ESTRELLAS I preliminary card delivered over 294,000 streams. In Mexico , the event delivered over 4 million live broadcast television viewers on Azteca 7 . Airing exclusively on UDN in

432-471: The midnight ET slot the following Friday, April 20, “Combate ESTRELLAS II” delivered another 200,000 total viewers, a 10 percent increase from the first installment of the two-part, “Combate ESTRELLAS” live event series. Of the total UDN viewers for “Combate ESTRELLAS II,” 67 percent were in the 18-49 age group. The Facebook LIVE stream garnered over 630,000 streams, more than doubling the online audience from ESTRELLAS I. In March 2021, Combate Americas announced

459-511: The network dropped its overnight block of infomercials that aired daily from 3:00 to 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and replaced it with additional music video programming either in the form of Reventon Mix (focusing on contemporary Latin party music) or Morning Breath (featuring a selection of videos from various artists). In January 2010, the network also began broadcasting a weekly block of feature films on Friday nights. Universo broadcasts Spanish-language sports programming in conjunction with

486-518: The network the following year. The network's programming was aimed towards women of Hispanic or Latin origin. In 2001, GEMS was purchased by the Telemundo Communications Group (then a joint venture led by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media ), and revamped its programming format to target younger viewers; it was renamed mun2 , a name chosen to reflect the "two worlds" that Latino Americans live in (the name being

513-537: The network under the NBC name and peacock logo was designed to reflect the broadcaster's commitment to the Spanish-language television market. Eight months prior to the relaunching announcement, at NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprises and Content's upfront presentation at New York City 's Frederick P. Rose Hall on May 13, 2014, the company announced that NBC Universo would be revamping its programming. The new line-up would increase its focus on sports coverage (which included

540-507: The non-Executive Chairman of the board. In 2018, Combate announced a live Programming Agreement with Univision Deportes . “Combate ESTRELLAS I” and “Combate ESTRELLAS II”, respectively broadcast on Friday, April 13 and Friday, April 20, would be the first live televised MMA events to air on the main Univision broadcast network and Univision Deportes. “Combate ESTRELLAS I” delivered a total of 583,000 persons 2+, including 296,000 adults in

567-486: The re-organization of Telemundo's sports division as Telemundo Deportes , a branch of the English-language NBC Sports division), primarily in preparation for its broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics and its assumption of Spanish-language cable rights to FIFA tournaments (such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup ), which began with the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup . In February 2017, the channel's name

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594-642: The second half of the Cup Series and Xfinity Series season. As a prelude to the new contract, mun2 broadcast the opening event of the Toyota Series —NASCAR's Mexican series, at Phoenix International Raceway during the weekend of The Profit on CNBC 500 on February 28, 2014. Through NBC Sports' contract to televise the Premier League , the network began airing Spanish-language simulcasts of select matches broadcast in English on NBCSN with

621-529: The series, while Daddy Yankee served as the first commissioner of Combate. The series culminated with Ismael Leon being crowned the featherweight champion, and Danny Morales winning the welterweight bracket. Combate Americas was the winner of the Imagen Award for “Best Reality or Variety Series”. The show also won the 2014 Cable Fax Award for "Best Show or Series Reality/Competition/Game Show". In 2017, Trenton Thunder Co-owner Joe Plumeri became

648-639: Was able to compile a record of 9 - 2. On the heels of his first round submission victory over Jose Carbajal in September 2014, Salazar signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship . Salazar made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement against Mitch Gagnon on October 4, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 54 , filling in for an injured Rob Font. He lost the fight via submission in the first round. Salazar faced Norifumi Yamamoto on February 28, 2015, at UFC 184 . The bout

675-616: Was renamed NBC Universo in February 2015 to align it with Telemundo's sister English-language network NBC. As of November 2023 , Universo is available to approximately 22,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2016 peak of 45,000,000 households. The network was launched on October 10, 1993, as GEMS Televisión , under founding owner Empresas 1BC . Cable television provider Cox Cable (now Cox Communications ) acquired an ownership interest in

702-587: Was shortened to Universo as part of a brand refresh. Universo's programming consists of sports, original scripted drama series, reality series largely centered on popular Hispanic celebrities, movies, and music videos and music-related magazine programming; it also broadcasts series originating from Telemundo and networks operated as part of sister division NBCUniversal Cable , made up of original series from sister networks Syfy and USA Network , which incorporated Spanish subtitles. To reflect its audience, Universo does not exclusively air programming in Spanish, airing

729-415: Was the candid reality series I Love Jenni , which featured the life of banda / ranchero singer Jenni Rivera . After her death in a plane crash near Monterrey on December 9, 2012, the final season of the series earned the highest season average of any mun2 original program in its history, reaching a total of 5.5 million people across all of its telecasts during the season's 18-week run. It also ranked as

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