Former WWE heavyweight champion takes on new moniker
“El Presidente” as well as executive role with the
leading Hispanic MMA sports franchise
NEW YORK, 10월 11 - Combate 아메리카, 최고의 히스패닉 격투기 (MMA) 스포츠 프랜차이즈, today announced that it has named multiple-time professional world wrestling champion and former Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) star Alberto “El Presidente” Rodriguez, formerly known as Alberto Del Rio and Alberto El Patrόn, as its president.
A former WWE 세계 헤비급 챔피언, 로드리게스, the son of Lucha Libre legend Dos Caras, 미스터, also competed in 14 professional MMA bouts – 2 of them under the promotion of former Japanese juggernaut PRIDE Fighting Championships – 사이에 2001 과 2010, as Alberto “Dos Caras, Jr.” Rodriguez. He compiled an overall record of 9-5 스포츠의, 와 7 of his victories coming by way of submission.
In his new executive role with Combate Americas, “El Presidente” will be actively involved in all aspects of athlete relations and development, from recruitment to enhancing their showmanship skills.
“A storied fighter, with a following throughout Mexico and the U.S., Alberto brings a tremendous amount of knowledge of what it means to be in competition, coupled with an ability to communicate his passion for the sport, to his new role,” said Campbell McLaren, Combate Americas founder and CEO. “From working with Alberto in the past, we have gotten to know him very well, and are thrilled to have him on our team in an executive capacity.”
“I am excited to enter a new chapter in my career in combat sports, and to have the opportunity to spearhead the Combate Americas mission of delivering to fight fans everywhere, an authentic and first-rate Hispanic MMA product,”Rodriguez가 말했습니다..
Following in his father’s footsteps, Rodriguez made his professional wrestling debut in 2000, eventually signing with the WWE where he took on the “Del Rio” name and became the league’s only competitor in history to win both the “Royal Rumble” and the “Money in the Bank” ladder match in the same calendar year – 2011.
Over the course of two tenures with the WWE, Rodriguez faced and defeated a collection of top rival champions and other superstars in the sport, including fellow Mexican hero Rey Mysterio, John Cena, Dolph Ziggler and Randy Orton.
As a member of the Mexican National Greco-Roman wrestling team in the late ‘90s, Rodriguez won the Central American and Caribbean Games in his weight division three times.
Rodriguez will make his public debut as “El Presidente” this week, during the first-ever Combate Americas live event in New York on 금요일, 10월. 14 베로나 스톤 리조트 카지노를 켜기에서.
The seven-bout, "전투 아메리카: Empire Rising” card will be headlined by the league’s first world championship showdown in history – a bantamweight (135 파운드) title fight between ferocious rising stars John “Sexy Mexy” Castaneda (11-2) 맨 케이토의, 부터. and Gustavo Lopez (6-1) 라스 베이거스의, 네바다. 를 통해 야키 마, 빨래.
