LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA
BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT:
ROMAN “EL GALLITO” SALAZAR VS. RICKY “EL GALLERO” PALACIOS
Middleweight Co-Main Event:
Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz vs. Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi
Aktar:
Welterweight: Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer
Bantamweight: Randy Steinke vs. Irwin Rivera
Tickets for “Combate13” on sale now
NEW YORK – April 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 p.m. U) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on Il-Ħamis, April 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 liri) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) u artist eliminatorja Ricky "Il-Gallero" Palacios (7-1).
L-avveniment, “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, Il-ġimgħa, April 21, fi 11 p.m. CT.
Fil-każ ta 'ko-prinċipali, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) u Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 liri) konkors.
Pprezzati minn $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 "Il-Iben" Madrid (9-3) se tieħu fuq Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) fil-welterweight (170 liri) battalja, u espert sottomissjoni 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
Il 5--marda 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 ta 'Novembru 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.
Wkoll 29 sena, 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 dwar Ġunju 12, 2015, and a stunning, ewwel rawnd (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) bħala boxer professjonali, Palacios has earned 5 ta 'dmirijietu 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.
Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi
Il 6-marda, 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 (puntelli) ta Dano Moore Ottubru 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO (puntelli) ta Brendan Tierney dwar Marzu 20, 2016.
Ortiz has notched 12 ta 'dmirijietu 15 karriera jirbaħ permezz ta ' (T)KO jew is-sottomissjoni.
Arizmendi is an 11-year veteran of the sport, and winner of his last two matchups. Fuq Ottubru 3, 2015, he forced Brendan Tierney to retire after the second round (5:00) of action and, dwar Marzu 5, 2016, he took a unanimous decision from Username Salantri.
Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer
Fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz., the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 ta 'dmirijietu 9 professional career victories by way of (T)KO jew is-sottomissjoni.
Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (ċowk wara-naked) ta 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. 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.
Randy Steinke vs. Irwin Rivera
Il-5-marda ta '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, fuq Ray Robinson u Guillermo Pena Ottubru 1, 2016 u Ottubru 15, 2016, rispettivament.
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. Sal-lum, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO jew is-sottomissjoni. |