LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA AND ESPN LATIN AMERICA
RAU Thursday, PLAUB HLI 20
Undefeated welterweights Daniel Rodriguez and Joel Champion face off
Unbeaten Alesha Zappitella faces Stephanie Alba
in women’s atomweight matchup
Tickets for “Combate 13” on sale now
NEW YORK – Plaub Hlis Ntuj 6, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today the completion of a stacked, 10-fight lineup for its “Combate 13” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz. rau Thursday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 20, live on Azteca America and ESPN Latin America (10 p.m. THIAB).
Among the matchups added to finalize the card are a welterweight (170 phaus) showdown between a pair of undefeated, rising stars in Daniel Rodriguez (3-0) thiab Joel zus (4-0), neither of whom have been taken the distance of a fight yet, as well as a women’s atomweight (105 phaus) contest between unbeaten sensation Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella (2-0) and hard-nosed battler Stephanie “The Cyclone” Alba (3-1).
Nyob rau hauv lub bantamweight (135 phaus) main event of “Combate 13,” accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) of Scottsdale, Ariz. will collide with knockout artist Ricky "Lub Gallero" Palacios (7-1) ntawm lub hom phiaj, Texas.
“We have a fantastic lineup of fights assembled, and we are excited about bringing the Combate Americas live television series to Arizona for the first time ever,"Hais tias Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren.
Luv nqi los ntawm $20, tickets for “Combate 13” are on sale at the Casino Del Sol box office (1-855-765-7829).
Lub 6-taw-1, 29-xyoo-laus Rodriguez, who recently signed an exclusive, multi-fight contract with Combate Americas, has notched all three of his professional wins to date inside of two rounds. In his last effort on Lub ib hlis ntuj 21, the Alhambra, California. resident scored a second round (3:55) LEEJ TWG (punches) rau Christian Gonzalez.
Also 6-foot-1 and 29 xyoo ntawm hnub nyoog, Champion of Tucson has not been pushed past the second round of a fight yet. In his last start on October 1, 2016, nws tua nkag ib tug thawj round (4:13) knockout on Chris Collins.
Zappitella is a 4-foot-11, 22-year-old resident of Brighton, Michigan and decorated amateur wrestler, who is coming off an extraordinary victory in Sanya, China on Lub ob hlis ntuj 25 where she submitted Miao Ding with an arm-triangle choke in the second round of a matchup contested at flyweight (125 phaus), two weight classes above Zappitella’s natural fighting weight.
The 4-foot-11, 34-year-old Alba of Houston, Texas will look to return to the win column after suffering a split decision defeat at the hands of old rival Paulina “Firefox” Granados at “Combate 5” last Tej zaum 9. Prior to the loss, Alba had gone unbeaten in her campaign as a professional.
Nyob rau hauv lwm yam, Victor “Kelevra” Reyna (8-3) yuav ua tau raws li Andy “Golden Boy” Perez (7-3) ntawm welterweight.
The 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Reyna of Dallas, Texas has earned six of his eight professional career wins by way of (T)KO los yog cuav, while Perez of Tucson, ib tug 5-taw-9, 28-xyoo-laus, is looking to record his second straight victory after notching a first round (2:16) cuav (rear-liab qab caj pas) yeej tshaj Anthony Wray on Lub kaum hli ntuj 1, 2016.
Originally slated to face Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) of Palm Beach, Fla., Randy Steinke (17-10) of Payson, Ariz. will now square off with Urijah Faber-protégé Erick Sanchez (7-3) ntawm Sacramento, California., while Rivera will do battle with unbeaten Kevin “Quicksand” Natividad (2-0) ntawm Phoenix, Ariz.
The 5-foot-10, 26-year-old Sanchez is looking to bounce back quickly from a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Andres “The Bullet” Quintana at Combate 11 rau Lub ob hlis ntuj 16. Prior to the loss, the Team Alpha Male member held an unblemished, 2-0 record in La Jaula, lub Combate Americas tawb.
Originally from Hawaii, the 24-year-old Natividad owns two, first-round victories – a submission (rear-liab qab caj pas) ntawm Josue Rodriguez nyob rau ntawm lub 3:04 mark of the first frame in what was Natividad’s pro debut on November 19, 2016, and a TKO (punches) ntawm Jesse Ortiz that came at the 2:52 mark of the opening round of action on Lub ib hlis ntuj 28.
Natividad turned professional after amassing a perfect amateur record of 6-0. Five of his amateur victories came by way of TKO or submission.
The “Combate 13” preliminary bout card will also feature two flyweight matchups – the first between Arturo Guzman (0-1) of Tucson and Robert Caspar (0-0) of Copperas Grove, Texas, and the second between Justin Rascon (2-1) of Tucson and Jose Palencia, Jr. (1-1) ntawm Tempe, Ariz.
To location what station Azteca America airs on in your market, you can log onto the network’s channel finder.
In addition to Azteca America and ESPN Latin America, “Combate13” will air on TV Azteca in Mexico the following night, Friday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 21, ntawm 11 p.m. I. It will be distributed by UFC Fight Pass® as a video on demand.
Complete “Combate Americas: Combate 13” Fight Card
Bantamweight Main Event:
Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios
Middleweight Co-Main Event:
Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi
Bantamweight: Irwin Rivera vs. Kevin Natividad
Welterweight: Benny Madrid vs. Chad Dietmeyer
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Joel zus
Atomweight: Alesha Zappitella vs. Stephanie Alba
Featherweight: Erick Sanchez vs. Randy Steinke
Welterweight: Victor Reyna vs. Andy Perez
Flyweight: Justin Rascon vs. Jose, Palencia, Jr.
Flyweight: Arturo Guzman vs. Robert Caspar
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