LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK – Tháng tư 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 giờ chiều. VÀ) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on Thứ năm, Tháng tư 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 pounds) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) và nghệ sĩ knockout Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (7-1).

Các sự kiện, “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, Thứ sáu, Tháng tư 21, tại 11 giờ chiều. CT.

Trong trường hợp chính, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) và Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 pounds) cuộc thi.

Giá từ $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 "Con" Madrid (9-3) sẽ đưa vào Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) ở một người nặng (170 pounds) trận đánh, và chuyên gia trình 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-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 vào ngày 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

Ngoài ra 29 tuổi, 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 vào ngày 12, 2015, and a stunning, vòng đầu tiên (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) như một võ sĩ quyền Anh chuyên nghiệp, Palacios has earned 5 của mình 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 (đấm) của Dano Moore vào ngày 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO (đấm) của Brendan Tierney vào ngày 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 của mình 15 sự nghiệp thắng bằng cách (T)KO hoặc trình.

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

Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer

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

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (phía sau naked sặc) của 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. Trong lần khởi đầu cuối cùng của anh ấy vào tháng 3 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, trên Ray Robinson và Guillermo Pena vào ngày 1, 2016 và tháng Mười 15, 2016, tương ứng.

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. Để ngày, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO hoặc trình.