La Velada del Año: The Biggest Streamers Sporting Event of the Year

The famous Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos returned to perform the la Velada del año, which became a milestone for this sport worldwide. In this show, various public figures face each other, from youtubers, streamers, influencers and singers, who are invited to change their lifestyle for several months, in order to put up a fight worthy of all viewers and be as good as possible to professional competence.

La Velada del año 3 will go down in history as one with the most difficulties. Over the months, the event organizers had many mishaps to carry out this event. From injuries, internal problems and cancellation of fighters, were some of the problems that had to be solved.

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Despite this, this Evening of the year again broke audience records and will be remembered as one of the most epic for what was seen in their combats. Over 7 hours, Twitch recorded more than 3 million viewers at this event, adding to the large number of fans who gathered at the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid.

In addition to having six fights, this event had the participation of a select group of musical artists, which gave it a plus compared to other sporting events. Estopa, María Becerra, Eladio Carrión, Rosario Flores, Nicki Nicole, Milo J, Duki, Feid, Quevedo and Ozuna turned this Sports Evening into a true concert, worthy of the great festivals.

Abraham Mateo vs. Ampeter

This was the first fight of the night, in which the singer Abraham Mateo was victorious, to everyone's surprise. Despite having only a few weeks to prepare for this Velada del año, the Spanish singer-songwriter demonstrated his love for the sport, taking this fight by split decision of the judges.

Queen of the night

The Mexican Samantha Treviño Rivera, better known as 'Rivers', was in charge of taking all eyes on this Velada del año. In the second match, she faced off against Marina Rivera, in a match in which both influencers showed all their commitment to this sport. Despite the fact that everyone gave the Mexican wrestler the winner, the judges made the controversial decision to give the Spanish the victory, an aspect that generated many altercations on social networks.

The surprise of the night came when Rivers made the determination to hold a second match, an aspect that she gave after the absence of one of the agreed fighters. In her second fight of the night, the Mexican showed all her mettle and courage, aspects that allowed her to fully win, an aspect that led her to be considered the most outstanding boxer of the entire event.

Luzu vs. fernanfloo

This was one of the most anticipated fights of the night, since Fernanfloo is listed as one of the most important youtubers in the history of this platform. In this fight, he faced his friend Luzu, who already knew what it was like to be in an Evening of the Year, remembering his participation in the one held in 2022.

Here again the judges of the event gave something to talk about, since, despite the fact that the Spanish Luzu was the one who gave the most blows and was the freshest during the fight, the referees made the determination to give the Salvadoran the winner. At the end of the fight, both downplayed the result, giving each other a hug that moved the entire public.

Misho vs. Shelao

The disappointment of the Velada del año came with this fight. This ended in less than two minutes, since the boxer Misho suffered an injury to his arm, which prevented him from continuing the fight, thus giving Shelao the victory. Despite this disappointing result, both reached an agreement to be present at the Velada del año 4, this being a rematch for both of them.

Coscu vs. Germán Garmendia

The main event was between Coscu and Germán Garmendia, boxers who from the first moment heated up the atmosphere of the fight. Being the main fight, both proved to be up to the task to finish this event, so this fight was the only one that ended by technical KO, a result that was a surprise for everyone. The Argentinian Coscu landed three straight blows on the Chilean, who could not recover from this aspect and saw how his hopes of winning came to an end.

Other controversies

Being such a big event in boxing, several professional athletes charged against the organization and especially against the fans of the Velada del año. One of the statements that had the most repercussions was that of Lara Fernández, a professional Muay Thai fighter, who currently competes in the One Championship atomweight category.

Through her social networks, the Spaniard commented that “Let's see if you stop so much Ibai la Velada del año 3 and attend, pay to see us and help real athletes and not people playing the clown. We work it day by day, without help, without any recognition and now a guy with money comes to organize evenings and people see him and pay to go see him”.

Despite these statements, the truth is that the Velada del año 3 is one of the most important sporting events of the year, which always makes it clear that they do not try to match professional performance, since their only objective is to entertain all their viewers.