LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK – අප්රේල් 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 ප.ව.. සහ) television event series to Tucson, Ariz. for the first-time ever on බ්රහස්පතින්දා, අප්රේල් 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 රාත්තල්) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) සහ පිලිමළුන් පිටුදැකීම කලාකරුවෙකු රිකී "මෙම Gallero" Palacios (7-1).

මෙම අවස්ථාව, “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, සිකුරාදා, අප්රේල් 21, දී 11 ප.ව.. සී.ටී..

සම ප්රධාන උත්සවය දී, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) හා Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 රාත්තල්) තරගයට.

සිට ඒවා මිල $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, පවුලේ අන්තේවාසිකයන්ට "පුත්රයා" මැඩ්රිඩ් (9-3) පැවැත්වේ Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) එය welterweight දී (170 රාත්තල්) සටන, හා ඉදිරිපත් විශේෂඥ රැන්ඩි Steinke (17-10-1) will face off with aggressive-minded, Blackzilians camp member Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (5-2) in another bantamweight contest.

අතිරේක matchups ඉක්මනින් ප්රකාශයට පත් කිරීමට නියමිතය.

Roman Salazar vs. Ricky Palacios

5 අඩි-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 නොවැම්බර් මස 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar ඒකමතික තීරණය අනුව.

එසේම 29 වයස අවුරුදු, 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 ජුනි 12, 2015, and a stunning, පළමු වටයේ (1:00) head kick knockout of Benji ගෝමස් 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) වෘත්තීය බොක්සිං ලෙස, Palacios has earned 5 ඔහුගේ 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (ටී)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

ඒ අනුව මෙම 6 අඩි, 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, (හැලහැප්පිලි අස්සේ) පිළිබඳ Dano Moore ඔක්තෝබර් මස 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) WHO, (හැලහැප්පිලි අස්සේ) පිළිබඳ Brendan Tierney මාර්තු 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 ඔහුගේ 15 වෘත්තීය මාර්ගයෙන් දිනයි (ටී)Ko හෝ ඉදිරිපත්.

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

පවුලේ අන්තේවාසිකයන්ට මැඩ්රිඩ් එදිරිව. Chad Dietmeyer

Fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz., the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 ඔහුගේ 9 professional career victories by way of (ටී)Ko හෝ ඉදිරිපත්.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (පසුපස නග්න දෙපා හිරවන) පිළිබඳ ජෙෆ් ෆ්ලෙචර් 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. In his last start on March 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.

රැන්ඩි Steinke එදිරිව. Irwin Rivera

අඩි 5--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, මත රේ රොබින්සන් හා Guillermo Pena ඔක්තෝබර් මස 1, 2016 සහ ඔක්තෝබර් 15, 2016, පිළිවෙලින්.

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. අදට, three of his five career wins have come by way of (ටී)Ko හෝ ඉදිරිපත්.