LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK – Април 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 вечер. И) television event series to Tucson, Аризона. for the first-time ever on Четврток, Април 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 фунти) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) и нокаут уметник Рики "На Gallero" Паласиос (7-1).

Настанот, “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, Петок, Април 21, на 11 вечер. КТ.

Во ко-главен настан, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) и Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 фунти) натпревар.

Со цена од $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, Бени "Синот" Мадрид (9-3) ќе ги преземе за Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) во велтер категорија (170 фунти) битка, и стручни поднесување Ренди 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

На 5-метарски-7, 29-year-old Salazar of Scottsdale, Аризона. 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 ноември 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

Исто така, 29 години, 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 јуни 12, 2015, and a stunning, Првиот круг (1:00) head kick knockout of Benji Гомез 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) како професионален боксер, Palacios has earned 5 на неговата 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (Т)КО.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

На 6-метарски, 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) СЗО (тупаници) на Dano Moore во октомври 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) СЗО (тупаници) на Брендан Tierney на март 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 на неговата 15 во кариерата победи по пат на (Т)КО или поднесување.

Arizmendi is an 11-year veteran of the sport, and winner of his last two matchups. Во октомври 3, 2015, he forced Брендан Tierney to retire after the second round (5:00) of action and, на март 5, 2016, he took a unanimous decision from Корисничко име Salantri.

Бени Мадрид vs. Chad Dietmeyer

Fighting out of Phoenix, Аризона., the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 на неговата 9 professional career victories by way of (Т)КО или поднесување.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (задните гол задави) на Џеф Флечер 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.

Ренди Steinke vs. Irwin Rivera

На 5-метарски-9, 31-year-old Steinke of Payson, Аризона. will enter La Jaula for the first time after scoring back-to-back, first round submissions over just a two-week span, на Реј Робинсон и Guillermo Pena во октомври 1, 2016 и октомври 15, 2016, соодветно.

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. До денес, three of his five career wins have come by way of (Т)КО или поднесување.