LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK - Nisan 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 um. VE) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on Perşembe, Nisan 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 kilo) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) ve nakavt sanatçısı Ricky "Gallero" Palacios (7-1).

olay, “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, Cuma, Nisan 21, at 11 um. BT.

Eş-ana olay, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) ve Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 kilo) yarışma.

Fiyatlı $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 "Oğlum" Madrid (9-3) alacak Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) Bir welterweight içinde (170 kilo) savaş, ve gönderme uzmanı Randy Steinke (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member Irwin “Canavar” Rivera (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

Ek matchups yakında ilan edilecek.

Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios

5-ayak-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 Kasım'da 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar oybirliği ile kararla.

Ayrıca 29 yaş, 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 Haziran 12, 2015, and a stunning, İlk tur (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) Profesyonel bir boksör olarak, Palacios has earned 5 ve onun 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

6-ayak, 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) DSÖ (yumruklar) arasında Dano Moore Ekim 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) DSÖ (yumruklar) arasında Brendan Tierney Mart 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 ve onun 15 kariyer yoluyla kazanır (T)KO veya teslim.

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

Vs Benny Madrid. Chad Dietmeyer

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

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (Arka çıplak bobini) arasında 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. Mart'ta yaptığı son başlangıçtan içinde 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-ayak-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, üzerinde Ray Robinson ve Guillermo Pena Ekim 1, 2016 ve Ekim 15, 2016, sırasıyla.

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. Bugüne kadar, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO veya teslim.