LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

ເມືອງ​ນີວ​ຢອກ - ເດືອນ​ເມ​ສາ 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 p.m. ແລະ) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on ວັນ​ພະ​ຫັດ, ເດືອນ​ເມ​ສາ 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 ປອນ) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) ແລະ​ຈິດ​ຕະ​ນາ​ການ knockout Ricky "Gallero ໄດ້​" Palacios (7-1).

ເຫດ​ການ​ດັ່ງ​ກ່າວ, “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, ວັນ​ສຸກ, ເດືອນ​ເມ​ສາ 21, ຢູ່​ໃນ 11 p.m. CT.

ໃນ​ກໍ​ລະ​ນີ​ການ​ຮ່ວມ​ມື​ຕົ້ນ​ຕໍ​ຂອງ​ການ, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) ແລະ Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 ປອນ) ການ​ແຂ່ງ​ຂັນ.

ລາ​ຄາ​ຈາກ $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 "ພຣະ​ບຸດ​ຈະ​" Madrid (9-3) ຈະ​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) ໃນ welterweight ເປັນ (170 ປອນ) ຮົບ, ແລະຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານການຍື່ນສະເຫນີ 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. Ricky Palacios

5 ຕີນ 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 ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

ນອກ​ຈາກ​ນີ້​ຍັງ 29 ປີ​ຂອງ​ການ​ອາ​ຍຸ​ສູງ​ສຸດ, 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 ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມິ​ຖຸ​ນາ 12, 2015, and a stunning, ຕະ​ຫຼອດ​ທໍາ​ອິດ (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) ເປັນ​ນັກ​ມວຍ​ມື​ອາ​ຊີບ, Palacios has earned 5 ຂອງ​ລາວ 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

6 ຕີນ, 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 (ດີ​ໃຈ​ຫລາຍ) ຂອງ Dano Moore ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ຕຸ​ລາ 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO (ດີ​ໃຈ​ຫລາຍ) ຂອງ Brendan Tierney ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມີ​ນາ 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 ຂອງ​ລາວ 15 ການ​ເຮັດ​ວຽກ​ທີ່​ຊະ​ນະ​ດ້ວຍ​ວິ​ທີ​ການ​ຂອງ (T)KO ຫລື​ສົ່ງ.

Arizmendi is an 11-year veteran of the sport, and winner of his last two matchups. ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ຕຸ​ລາ 3, 2015, he forced Brendan Tierney to retire after the second round (5:00) of action and, ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມີ​ນາ 5, 2016, he took a unanimous decision from ຊື່ຜູ້ໃຊ້ Salantri.

Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer

Fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz​​​., the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 ຂອງ​ລາວ 9 professional career victories by way of (T)KO ຫລື​ສົ່ງ.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (choke ຫລັງ​, naked) ຂອງ 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 ຕີນ 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, ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ Ray Robinson ແລະ Guillermo Pena ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ຕຸ​ລາ 1, 2016 ແລະ​ເດືອນ​ຕຸ​ລາ 15, 2016, ຕາມ​ລໍາ​ດັບ.

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. ກັບ​ວັນ​ທີ, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO ຫລື​ສົ່ງ.