LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA AND ESPN LATIN AMERICA
ЗА Четврток, Април 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 – Април 6, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today the completion of a stacked, 10-fight lineup for its “Combate 13” Mixed Martial Arts (МЛД) event at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Аризона. на Четврток, Април 20, live on Azteca America and ESPN Latin America (10 вечер. И).
Among the matchups added to finalize the card are a welterweight (170 фунти) showdown between a pair of undefeated, rising stars in Даниел Родригез (3-0) и Џоел шампион (4-0), neither of whom have been taken the distance of a fight yet, as well as a women’s atomweight (105 фунти) contest between unbeaten sensation Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella (2-0) and hard-nosed battler Stephanie “The Cyclone” Alba (3-1).
Во bantamweight (135 фунти) main event of “Combate 13,” accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) of Scottsdale, Аризона. will collide with knockout artist Рики "На Gallero" Паласиос (7-1) на мисијата, Тексас.
“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,", Рече извршниот директор на Combate Америка Кембел Мекларен.
Со цена од $20, tickets for “Combate 13” are on sale at the Casino Del Sol box office (1-855-765-7829).
На 6-метарски-1, 29-годишниот Родригез, 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 Јануари 21, the Alhambra, Калифорнија. resident scored a second round (3:55) СЗО (тупаници) на Кристијан Гонзалес.
Also 6-foot-1 and 29 години, Champion of Tucson has not been pushed past the second round of a fight yet. In his last start on October 1, 2016, тој го постигна првиот круг (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 Февруари 25 where she submitted Miao Ding with an arm-triangle choke in the second round of a matchup contested at flyweight (125 фунти), 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 Мај 9. Prior to the loss, Alba had gone unbeaten in her campaign as a professional.
Со други акција, Victor “Kelevra” Reyna (8-3) ќе се сретне Andy “Golden Boy” Perez (7-3) на боксер од полусредна категорија.
5-нога-11, 30-year-old Reyna of Dallas, Texas has earned six of his eight professional career wins by way of (Т)КО или поднесување, while Perez of Tucson, 5-метарски-9, 28-годишниот, is looking to record his second straight victory after notching a first round (2:16) поднесување (задните гол задави) придобијат Anthony Wray во октомври 1, 2016.
Originally slated to face Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) of Palm Beach, Флорида., Ренди Steinke (17-10) of Payson, Аризона. will now square off with Urijah Faber-protégé Ерик Санчез (7-3) на Сакраменто, Калифорнија., while Rivera will do battle with unbeaten Kevin “Quicksand” Natividad (2-0) на Феникс, Аризона.
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 на Февруари 16. Prior to the loss, the Team Alpha Male member held an unblemished, 2-0 record in La Jaula, градниот Combate Америка.
Originally from Hawaii, the 24-year-old Natividad owns two, first-round victories – a submission (задните гол задави) на Josue Rodriguez на 3:04 mark of the first frame in what was Natividad’s pro debut on November 19, 2016, and a TKO (тупаници) на Jesse Ortiz that came at the 2:52 mark of the opening round of action on Јануари 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, Тексас, and the second between Justin Rascon (2-1) of Tucson and Jose Palencia, Џуниор. (1-1) Темпи, Аризона.
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In addition to Azteca America and ESPN Latin America, “Combate13” will air on TV Azteca in Mexico the following night, Петок, Април 21, на 11 вечер. КТ. 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
Боксер од полусредна категорија: Бени Мадрид vs. Chad Dietmeyer
Боксер од полусредна категорија: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Џоел шампион
Atomweight: Alesha Zappitella vs. Stephanie Alba
Перолесна: Erick Sanchez vs. Ренди Steinke
Боксер од полусредна категорија: Victor Reyna vs. Andy Perez
Мува: Justin Rascon vs. Жозе, Palencia, Џуниор.
Мува: Arturo Guzman vs. Robert Caspar
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