LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK – აპრილი 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 საათამდე. და) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on ხუთშაბათი, აპრილი 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 ფუნტი) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) და ნოკაუტით მხატვარი Ricky "The gallero" Palacios (7-1).

ღონისძიება, “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, პარასკევი, აპრილი 21, at 11 საათამდე. CT.

ამ თანამშრომლობის ძირითადი ღონისძიება, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) და Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 ფუნტი) კონკურსი.

Priced დან $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 ალბერტო როდრიგესი.

Also slated for action, Benny "ძე" მადრიდის (9-3) მიიღებს Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) წელს welterweight (170 ფუნტი) ბრძოლა, და წარდგენის ექსპერტი Randy Steinke (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

Additional matchups will be announced soon.

Roman Salazar vs. რიკი პალასიოსი

5-foot-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 ნოემბერი 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

ასევე 29 წლის ასაკიდან, 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 ივნისს 12, 2015, and a stunning, პირველი რაუნდი (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) როგორც პროფესიონალი მოკრივე, Palacios has earned 5 მისი 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) WHO (punches) საქართველოს Dano Moore ოქტომბერი 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO (punches) საქართველოს Brendan Tierney მარტს 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 მისი 15 კარიერა იგებს გზით (T)KO ან წარდგინების.

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

Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer

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

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (უკანა შიშველი choke) საქართველოს 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-foot-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, on Ray Robinson და Guillermo Pena ოქტომბერი 1, 2016 და ოქტომბერში 15, 2016, შესაბამისად.

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. თარიღი, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO ან წარდგინების.