LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK - Travanj 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 poslije podne. I) television event series to Tucson, Arizona. for the first-time ever on Četvrtak, Travanj 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 funti) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) i nokaut umjetnik Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (7-1).

Događaj, “Combate13,” will also be distributed live on ESPN Latin America and by UFC Fight Pass® as a video on demand. It will air on TV Azteca in Mexico, the following night, Petak, Travanj 21, na 11 poslije podne. CT.

U suradnji-glavni događaj, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) a Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 funti) borba.

Po cijeni od $20, tickets for “Combate13” are on sale at the Casino Del Sol box office (1-855-765-7829).

“We are excited to be bringing our live television series to a new market that has a reputation for being a great fight town filled with passionate fans and decorated combat sports athletes,” said Combate Americas President Alberto Rodriguez.

Also slated for action, Benny "Sin" u Madridu (9-3) održat će se na Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) u velter (170 funti) Bitka, i podnošenje stručnjak Randy Steinke (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

Dodatne Matchups će uskoro biti najavljen.

Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios

5-noga-7, 29-year-old Salazar of Scottsdale, Arizona. is a three-time Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC) veteran who will make his first start of 2017, and his first-ever in La Jaula.

In his last effort at WFF 32 studenog 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

Također 29 godina, the 5-foot-6 Palacios of Mission, Texas will put on the line a four-fight win streak that includes back-to-back finishes – a second round (3:14), one-punch knockout of Carlos Ricardo Diaz lipnja 12, 2015, and a stunning, Prvi krug (1:00) head kick knockout of Benji Gomez at “Combate2” on Sept. 17, 2015 – as well as a “Fight of the Month” nominated, unanimous decision conquest of Brandon Royval at “Combate7” on May 9, 2016.

Also unbeaten (2-0-1) kao profesionalni boksač, Palacios has earned 5 njegov 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

6-noga, 35-year-old Ortiz is riding a two-fight win streak after producing back-to-back stoppages in his last two appearances – a third round (4:45) TKO (punches) od Dano Moore listopada 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) TKO (punches) od Brendan Tierney ožujka 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 njegov 15 karijera pobjeda putem (T)KO ili podnesak.

Arizmendi is an 11-year veteran of the sport, and winner of his last two matchups. Listopada 3, 2015, he forced Brendan Tierney to retire after the second round (5:00) of action and, ožujka 5, 2016, he took a unanimous decision from Korisničko ime Salantri.

Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer

Fighting out of Phoenix, Arizona, 5-metar-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 njegov 9 professional career victories by way of (T)KO ili podnesak.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (stražnji goli gušiti) od Jeff Fletcher that came at the 1:26 mark of the opening round on September 18, 2015, and a knockout of Roberto Leon that occurred at the 1:10 mark of the first stanza of their matchup.

Dietmeyer is coming off a four-year layoff from competition. U svom posljednjem startu u ožujku 30, 2012, he faced his toughest test to date in UFC and DREAM veteran Antonio McKee, taking McKee the distance of their fight before finding himself on the losing end of a unanimous decision.

Randy Steinke vs. Irwin Rivera

5-noga-9, 31-year-old Steinke of Payson, Arizona. will enter La Jaula for the first time after scoring back-to-back, first round submissions over just a two-week span, na Ray Robinson a Guillermo Pena listopada 1, 2016 i listopad 15, 2016, odnosno.

Rivera is a 5-foot-6, 28-year-old native of Windsor, New York who relocated to South Florida to join the famed Blackzilians camp. Do danas, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO ili podnesak.