LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA AND ESPN LATIN AMERICA
ON Labone, APRIL 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 – April 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. ka Labone, April 20, live on Azteca America and ESPN Latin America (10 p.m. LE).
Among the matchups added to finalize the card are a welterweight (170 lik'hilograma tse) showdown between a pair of undefeated, rising stars in Daniel Rodriguez (3-0) le Joel Champion (4-0), neither of whom have been taken the distance of a fight yet, as well as a women’s atomweight (105 lik'hilograma tse) contest between unbeaten sensation Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella (2-0) and hard-nosed battler Stephanie “The Cyclone” Alba (3-1).
Ka bantamweight (135 lik'hilograma tse) main event of “Combate 13,” accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) of Scottsdale, Ariz. will collide with knockout artist Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (7-1) ea Mission, 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,"O ile a re Combate Amerika CEO Campbell McLaren.
Turu ho $20, tickets for “Combate 13” are on sale at the Casino Del Sol box office (1-855-765-7829).
Le 6, tsamaea ka maoto-1, 29-ea lilemo li 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 January 21, the Alhambra, Dorella. resident scored a second round (3:55) WHO (punches) ka Christian Gonzalez.
Also 6-foot-1 and 29 le lilemo li, Champion of Tucson has not been pushed past the second round of a fight yet. In his last start on October 1, 2016, o a recu e chitja ea pele (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 February 25 where she submitted Miao Ding with an arm-triangle choke in the second round of a matchup contested at flyweight (125 lik'hilograma tse), 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 Ka 9. Prior to the loss, Alba had gone unbeaten in her campaign as a professional.
Tse ling bohato, Victor “Kelevra” Reyna (8-3) tla kopana Andy “Golden Boy” Perez (7-3) kwa 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 kapa ho ikokobelletsa, while Perez of Tucson, le 5-maoto-9, 28-selemo se le seng, is looking to record his second straight victory after notching a first round (2:16) ho ikokobelletsa (ka morao-hlobotse a bipetsa) hlōla ka Anthony Wray ka October 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) ea Sacramento, Dorella., while Rivera will do battle with unbeaten Kevin “Quicksand” Natividad (2-0) ea 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 ka February 16. Prior to the loss, the Team Alpha Male member held an unblemished, 2-0 record in La Jaula, le Combate Amerika gorole.
Originally from Hawaii, the 24-year-old Natividad owns two, first-round victories – a submission (ka morao-hlobotse a bipetsa) ea Josue Rodriguez ka 3:04 mark of the first frame in what was Natividad’s pro debut on November 19, 2016, and a TKO (punches) ea Jesse Ortiz that came at the 2:52 mark of the opening round of action on January 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, Refresh. (1-1) ea Tempe, Ariz.
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In addition to Azteca America and ESPN Latin America, “Combate13” will air on TV Azteca in Mexico the following night, Labohlano, April 21, ka 11 p.m. 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. Ricky Palacios
Middleweight Co-Main Event:
Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi
Bantamweight: Irwin Rivera vs. Kevin Nativity
Welterweight: Benny Madrid vs.. Chad Dietmeyer
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Joel Champion
Atomweight: Alesha Zappitella vs. Stephanie Alba
Featherweight: Erick Sanchez vs. Randy Steinke
Welterweight: Victor Reyna vs. Andy Perez
Flyweight: Justin Rascon vs. Jose, Palencia, Refresh.
Flyweight: Arturo Guzman vs. Robert Caspar
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