LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK - Duben 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 p.m. A) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on Čtvrtek, Duben 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 liber) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) a knockout umělec Ricky "The Gallero" Palacios (7-1).

Událost, “Combate13,” will also be distributed live on ESPN Latin America and by UFC Fight Pass® as a video on demand. It will air on TV Azteca in Mexico, the following night, Pátek, Duben 21, na 11 p.m. CT.

V co-hlavní události, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) a Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 liber) soutěž.

Ceny od $20, tickets for “Combate13” are on sale at the Casino Del Sol box office (1-855-765-7829).

“We are excited to be bringing our live television series to a new market that has a reputation for being a great fight town filled with passionate fans and decorated combat sports athletes,” said Combate Americas President Alberto Rodriguez.

Also slated for action, Benny "Syn" Madrid (9-3) bude mít na Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) v welterweight (170 liber) bitva, a podrobení expert Randy Steinke (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

Additional matchups will be announced soon.

Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios

5-foot-7, 29-year-old Salazar of Scottsdale, Ariz. is a three-time Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC) veteran who will make his first start of 2017, and his first-ever in La Jaula.

In his last effort at WFF 32 listopadu 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar cestou jednomyslným rozhodnutím.

Také 29 let, the 5-foot-6 Palacios of Mission, Texas will put on the line a four-fight win streak that includes back-to-back finishes – a second round (3:14), one-punch knockout of Carlos Ricardo Diaz června 12, 2015, and a stunning, První kolo (1:00) head kick knockout of Benji Gomez at “Combate2” on Sept. 17, 2015 – as well as a “Fight of the Month” nominated, unanimous decision conquest of Brandon Royval at “Combate7” on May 9, 2016.

Also unbeaten (2-0-1) jako profesionální boxer, Palacios has earned 5 z jeho 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (T)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

6-noha, 35-year-old Ortiz is riding a two-fight win streak after producing back-to-back stoppages in his last two appearances – a third round (4:45) WHO (údery) na Dano Moore října 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO (údery) na Brendan Tierney března 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 z jeho 15 kariéra vyhraje prostřednictvím (T)KO nebo podání.

Arizmendi is an 11-year veteran of the sport, and winner of his last two matchups. Října 3, 2015, he forced Brendan Tierney to retire after the second round (5:00) of action and, března 5, 2016, he took a unanimous decision from Uživatelské jméno Salantri.

Benny Madrid vs.. Chad Dietmeyer

Bojují out of Phoenix, Ariz., the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 z jeho 9 professional career victories by way of (T)KO nebo podání.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (zadní nahý tlumivka) na Jeff Fletcher that came at the 1:26 mark of the opening round on September 18, 2015, and a knockout of Roberto Leon that occurred at the 1:10 mark of the first stanza of their matchup.

Dietmeyer is coming off a four-year layoff from competition. Ve svém posledním startu na březen 30, 2012, he faced his toughest test to date in UFC and DREAM veteran Antonio McKee, taking McKee the distance of their fight before finding himself on the losing end of a unanimous decision.

Randy Steinke vs. Irwin Rivera

5-foot-9, 31-year-old Steinke of Payson, Ariz. will enter La Jaula for the first time after scoring back-to-back, first round submissions over just a two-week span, na Ray Robinson a Guillermo Pena října 1, 2016 a říjen 15, 2016, příslušně.

Rivera is a 5-foot-6, 28-year-old native of Windsor, New York who relocated to South Florida to join the famed Blackzilians camp. K dnešnímu dni, three of his five career wins have come by way of (T)KO nebo podání.