LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

紐約 - 四月 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 P.M. AND) television event series to Tucson, 亞利桑那州. for the first-time ever on 星期四, 四月 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 英鎊) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) 和淘汰賽藝術家 瑞奇“的Gallero”帕拉西奧斯 (7-1).

本次活動, “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, 星期五, 四月 21, 在 11 P.M. CT.

在合作的主要事件, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) 和 Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 英鎊) 競賽.

從價格 $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, 本尼“兒子”馬德里 (9-3) 將在 Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) 在次中量級 (170 英鎊) 戰鬥, 和提交專家 蘭迪施泰因克 (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member 歐文“野獸”里維拉 (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

Additional matchups will be announced soon.

Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios

5英尺​​7, 29-year-old Salazar of Scottsdale, 亞利桑那州. 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 十一月 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

還 29 歲, 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 六月 12, 2015, and a stunning, 第一輪 (1:00) head kick knockout of 石磊戈麥斯 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) 作為一個職業拳擊手, Palacios has earned 5 他 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (牛逼)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

身高6英尺, 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 (拳) 的 Dano Moore 在十月 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO (拳) 的 Brendan Tierney 三月 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 他 15 職業生涯所贏得的方式 (牛逼)KO或提交.

Arizmendi is an 11-year veteran of the sport, and winner of his last two matchups. 在十月 3, 2015, he forced Brendan Tierney to retire after the second round (5:00) of action and, 三月 5, 2016, he took a unanimous decision from 用戶名Salantri.

班尼馬德里vs. Chad Dietmeyer

戰鬥在外面鳳凰, 亞利桑那州。, the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 他 9 professional career victories by way of (牛逼)KO或提交.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (後方裸體扼流圈) 的 傑夫·弗萊徹 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. 在他三月的最後一次出發 30, 2012, he faced his toughest test to date in UFC and DREAM veteran 安東尼奧·麥基, taking McKee the distance of their fight before finding himself on the losing end of a unanimous decision.

蘭迪施泰因克VS. Irwin Rivera

5尺9寸, 31-year-old Steinke of Payson, 亞利桑那州. will enter La Jaula for the first time after scoring back-to-back, first round submissions over just a two-week span, 上 羅賓森 和 Guillermo Pena 在十月 1, 2016 和十月 15, 2016, 分別.

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. 至今, three of his five career wins have come by way of (牛逼)KO或提交.