LIVE ON AZTECA AMERICA

NEW YORK – اپریل 3, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it will bring its live Azteca America (10 بجے. AND) television event series to Tucson, ایریزونا. for the first-time ever on جمعرات, اپریل 20 with a stacked, 11-bout card at Casino Del Sol, headlined by a bantamweight (135 پاؤنڈ) showdown between accomplished veteran Roman “El Gallito” Salazar (10-5-1) اور ناک آؤٹ آرٹسٹ رکی "Gallero" Palacios میں (7-1).

واقعہ, “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, جمعہ, اپریل 21, میں 11 بجے. CT.

شریک اہم ایونٹ میں, prolific finishers and Tucson rivals Kobe “The Stunna” Ortiz (15-5) اور Eddie “Crazy Face” Arizmendi (17-7) will collide in a middleweight (185 پاؤنڈ) مقابلہ.

سے قیمت $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, بینی "بیٹا" میڈرڈ (9-3) پر لے جائے گا Chad Dietmeyer (8-1) ایک ویلٹر ویٹ میں (170 پاؤنڈ) جنگ, اور جمع کرانے کے ماہر رینڈی 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 فٹ 7, 29-year-old Salazar of Scottsdale, ایریزونا. 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 نومبر 19, 2016, Salazar defeated Gilberto Aguilar by way of unanimous decision.

اس کے علاوہ 29 عمر کے سال, 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 جون 12, 2015, and a stunning, پہلے راؤنڈ (1:00) head kick knockout of Benji کی Gomez کے 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) ایک پیشہ ور باکسر کے طور پر, Palacios has earned 5 کی اس کی 7 professional MMA career wins by way of (ٹی)KO.

Kobe Ortiz vs. Eddie Arizmendi

6 فٹ, 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) ڈبلیو ایچ او (punches کے) کے Dano Moore اکتوبر 3, 2015, and a third round (:24) ڈبلیو ایچ او (punches کے) کے Brendan Tierney مارچ 20, 2016.

Ortiz has notched 12 کی اس کی 15 کیریئر کی راہ کی طرف کی جیت (ٹی)KO یا جمع کرانے.

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

بنام بینی میڈرڈ. Chad Dietmeyer

Fighting out of Phoenix, ایریزونا., the 5-foot-10, 36-year-old Madrid has earned 8 کی اس کی 9 professional career victories by way of (ٹی)KO یا جمع کرانے.

Madrid will step into La Jaula after back-to-back, first round wins – a submission (پیچھے ننگے گلا گھونٹنا) کے جیف فلیچر 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 انتونیو میککی, taking McKee the distance of their fight before finding himself on the losing end of a unanimous decision.

رینڈی Steinke بمقابلہ. Irwin Rivera

5 فٹ 9, 31-year-old Steinke of Payson, ایریزونا. will enter La Jaula for the first time after scoring back-to-back, first round submissions over just a two-week span, پر رے رابنسن اور Guillermo Pena اکتوبر 1, 2016 اور اکتوبر 15, 2016, بالترتیب.

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. آج کی تاریخ, three of his five career wins have come by way of (ٹی)KO یا جمع کرانے.