LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK - Április 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 p.m. ÉS) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on Csütörtök, Április 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 font) showdown between accomplished veteran Római „El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) és kieséses művész Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (7-1).

Az esemény, “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, Péntek, Április 21, at 11 p.m. CT.

A co-main event, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) és Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 font) verseny.

Ára a $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 "The Son" Madrid (9-3) veszi át Csád Dietmeyer (8-1) egy váltósúlyú (170 font) csata, és benyújtása szakértő Randy Steinke (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member Irwin Rivera „A fenevad” (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

Additional matchups will be announced soon.

Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios

Az 5 láb-7, 29-year-old Salazar of Scottsdale, Ariz. 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 November 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar egyhangú döntés útján.

Is 29 éves kor, 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), együtéses kiütés Carlos Ricardo Diaz Június 12, 2015, and a stunning, első forduló (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) mint egy profi bokszoló, Palacios has earned 5 az ő 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

A 6 láb, 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) WHO (ütések) a Dano Moore Október 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO (ütések) a Brendan Tierney Március 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 az ő 15 karrier nyer útján (T)KO vagy benyújtása.

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

Benny Madrid vs. Csád Dietmeyer

Fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz., az 5 láb-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 az ő 9 professional career victories by way of (T)KO vagy benyújtása.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (hátsó meztelen fojtó) a 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. Utolsó rajtjában márciusban 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

Az 5 láb 9, 31-year-old Steinke of Payson, Ariz. will enter La Jaula for the first time after scoring back-to-back, first round submissions over just a two-week span, tovább Ray Robinson és Guillermo Pena Október 1, 2016 és októberben 15, 2016, illetőleg.

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. A mai napig, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO vagy benyújtása.