LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

ՆՅՈՒ ՅՈՐՔ - Ապրիլ 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 կեսօրից. ՈՒ) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on Հինգշաբթի, Ապրիլ 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 ֆունտ) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) եւ նոկաուտով նկարիչ Ricky "The gallero» Palacios (7-1).

The Միջոցառումը, “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, Ուրբաթ, Ապրիլ 21, ի 11 կեսօրից. CT.

Ի համատեղ հիմնական միջոցառմանը, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) իսկ Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 ֆունտ) մրցույթ.

Գներով սկսած $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) կունենա Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) է Welterweight (170 ֆունտ) պայքար, եւ ներկայացում փորձագետ Randy Steinke (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

Լրացուցիչ matchups կհայտարարվի շուտով.

Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios

5-ոտքով-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 թվականի նոյեմբերի 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

Նույնպես 29 տարեկան, 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 թվականի հունիսի 12, 2015, and a stunning, առաջին փուլը (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) որպես պրոֆեսիոնալ բռնցքամարտիկ, Palacios has earned 5 իր 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

6-FOOT, 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) ԱՀԿ- (punches) Հյուրատետր Dano Moore թվականի հոկտեմբերի 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) ԱՀԿ- (punches) Հյուրատետր Brendan Tierney թվականի մարտի 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 իր 15 կարիերայի հաղթում ճանապարհով (T)KO կամ ներկայացում.

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

Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer

Fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz., the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 իր 9 professional career victories by way of (T)KO կամ ներկայացում.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (հետեւի մերկ խեղդել) Հյուրատետր 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. In his last start on March 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-ոտքով-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, վրա Ray Robinson իսկ Guillermo Pena թվականի հոկտեմբերի 1, 2016 եւ հոկտեմբեր 15, 2016, համապատասխանաբար.

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. Մինչ օրս, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO կամ ներկայացում.