LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK – Апрел 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 Земле. ВА) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on Панҷшанбе, Апрел 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 мино) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) ва рассоми knockout Рикки "The Gallero" Palacios (7-1).

Дар ин чорабинӣ, “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, Ҷумъа, Апрел 21, дар 11 Земле. Ч..

Дар сурати ҳамкорӣ асосии, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) ва Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 мино) озмун.

Priced аз $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 «Писари" Реал Мадрид (9-3) бар мегирад Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) дар Welterweight (170 мино) мубориза, ва коршиноси пешниҳоди Ранди 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-пиёда-7, 29-year-old Salazar of Scottsdale, Ariz. is a three-time Ultimate Fighting Championship® (Хабиб) veteran who will make his first start of 2017, and his first-ever in La Jaula.

In his last effort at WFF 32 ноябр 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

Ҳамчунин 29 сола, 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 июн 12, 2015, and a stunning, Даври аввал (1:00) head kick knockout of Benji Гомес 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) ҳамчун муштзани касбӣ, Palacios has earned 5 аз худ 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

Дар 6-пиёда, 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) ТУТ (punches) аз Dano Moore октябр 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) ТУТ (punches) аз Brendan Tierney март 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 аз худ 15 такмили ихтисос Пирӯзии бо роҳи (T)KO ё пешниҳоди.

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

Benny Мадрид. Chad Dietmeyer

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

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (каломро пушти сар-бараҳна) аз Джефф 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.

Ранди Steinke новое. Irwin Rivera

Дар 5-пиёда-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, ба Рэй Робинсон ва Guillermo Pena октябр 1, 2016 ва октябр 15, 2016, мутаносибан.

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. То имрӯз, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO ё пешниҳоди.