LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA AND ESPN LATIN AMERICA
ON الخميس, أبريل 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
نيويورك - أبريل 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, اريزونا. في الخميس, أبريل 20, live on Azteca America and ESPN Latin America (10 عصرا. و).
Among the matchups added to finalize the card are a welterweight (170 جنيه) showdown between a pair of undefeated, rising stars in دانيال رودريغيز (3-0) و جويل بطل (4-0), neither of whom have been taken the distance of a fight yet, as well as a women’s atomweight (105 جنيه) contest between unbeaten sensation Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella (2-0) and hard-nosed battler Stephanie “The Cyclone” Alba (3-1).
في وزن الديك (135 جنيه) main event of “Combate 13,” accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) of Scottsdale, اريزونا. will collide with knockout artist ريكي "إن غاليرو" بالاسيوس (7-1) البعثة, تكساس.
“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,"وقال الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة Combate الأمريكتين كامبل ماكلارين.
سعرها من $20, tickets for “Combate 13” are on sale at the Casino Del Sol box office (1-855-765-7829).
6 أقدام 1, 29-رودريغيز عاما, 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 يناير 21, the Alhambra, كاليفورنيا. resident scored a second round (3:55) منظمة الصحة العالمية (اللكمات) في Christian Gonzalez.
Also 6-foot-1 and 29 سنوات من العمر, Champion of Tucson has not been pushed past the second round of a fight yet. In his last start on October 1, 2016, وسجل جولة أولى (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 فبراير 25 where she submitted Miao Ding with an arm-triangle choke in the second round of a matchup contested at flyweight (125 جنيه), 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 بولينا "فايرفوكس" جرانادوس at “Combate 5” last مايو 9. Prior to the loss, Alba had gone unbeaten in her campaign as a professional.
وفي المباريات الأخرى, رينا فيكتور "كيليفرا" (8-3) وسيجتمع Andy “Golden Boy” Perez (7-3) في وزن الوسط.
The 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Reyna of Dallas, Texas has earned six of his eight professional career wins by way of (تي)KO أو تقديم, while Perez of Tucson, 5 أقدام و 9, 28-سنة, is looking to record his second straight victory after notching a first round (2:16) تسليم (المجردة الخلفي خنق) فوز Anthony Wray في أكتوبر 1, 2016.
Originally slated to face Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) of Palm Beach, فلوريدا., راندي Steinke (17-10) of Payson, اريزونا. will now square off with Urijah Faber-protégé إريك سانشيز (7-3) سكرامنتو, كاليفورنيا., while Rivera will do battle with unbeaten Kevin “Quicksand” Natividad (2-0) فينيكس, اريزونا.
The 5-foot-10, 26-year-old Sanchez is looking to bounce back quickly from a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of أندريس "الرصاصة" كوينتانا at Combate 11 في فبراير 16. Prior to the loss, the Team Alpha Male member held an unblemished, 2-0 record in La Jaula, القفص Combate الأمريكتين.
Originally from Hawaii, the 24-year-old Natividad owns two, first-round victories – a submission (المجردة الخلفي خنق) من Josue Rodriguez في 3:04 mark of the first frame in what was Natividad’s pro debut on November 19, 2016, and a TKO (اللكمات) من Jesse Ortiz that came at the 2:52 mark of the opening round of action on يناير 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, تكساس, and the second between Justin Rascon (2-1) of Tucson and Jose Palencia, الابن. (1-1) من تيمبي, اريزونا.
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In addition to Azteca America and ESPN Latin America, “Combate13” will air on TV Azteca in Mexico the following night, الجمعة, أبريل 21, في 11 عصرا. CT. 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. ريكي بالاسيوس
Middleweight Co-Main Event:
Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi
الديك: Irwin Rivera vs. Kevin Natividad
وزن الوسط: بيني مدريد مقابل. Chad Dietmeyer
وزن الوسط: Daniel Rodriguez vs. جويل بطل
وزن الذرات: Alesha Zappitella vs. Stephanie Alba
وزن الريشة: Erick Sanchez vs. راندي Steinke
وزن الوسط: Victor Reyna vs. Andy Perez
وزن الذبابة: Justin Rascon vs. جوزيه, Palencia, الابن.
وزن الذبابة: Arturo Guzman vs. Robert Caspar
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