{"id":6094,"date":"2019-06-06T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T00:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/?p=6094"},"modified":"2019-06-06T17:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T00:22:57","slug":"tucson-always-delivers-best-performances-inside-la-jaula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/tucson-always-delivers-best-performances-inside-la-jaula","title":{"rendered":"Tucson Always Delivers: Best performances Inside &#8220;La Jaula&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Combate Americas<\/strong> returns for the fourth time to <strong>Tucson<\/strong>, with a new, action-packed show, full of the best <strong>Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) talent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\">\u201cCombate Americas: Tucson Unbreakable, presented by Cricket Wireless\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>will take place tomorrow night at <strong>Casino del Sol<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Tucson<\/strong>, Arizona. It will be broadcast for the United States in Spanish on <strong>Univision<\/strong>\u00a0(12 am ET \/ PT) and UDN (12 am ET \/ 9 pm PT), and in English for the United States and Canada on\u00a0<strong>DAZN<\/strong>\u00a0(10 pm ET \/ 7 pm PT).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Combate Americas Presents Tucson Unbreakable\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mhhd8Ehv9ao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the main event, Mexican fighter and former Combate Americas&#8217; bantamweight champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/jose-alday\"><strong>Jose &#8220;El Pochito&#8221; Alday<\/strong><\/a>, make his return, as he faces Argentina&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/juan-pablo-gonzalez\"><strong>Juan &#8220;El Molo&#8221; Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> <\/a>in a 135-pound battle. In addition, renowned Mexican fighter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/rafa-garcia\"><strong>Rafa &#8220;Gifted&#8221; Garcia<\/strong><\/a> will put his undefeated record on the line against Arizona&#8217;s own, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/estevan-payan\">Esteban &#8220;El Terrible&#8221; Pay\u00e1n<\/a>,<\/strong> in the co-main event of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Casino del Sol<\/strong> has been home to a few of <strong>Combate Americas&#8217;<\/strong> best shows, where thousands of MMA fans have experienced some of the best fights, knockouts and submissions inside <strong>&#8220;La Jaula.&#8221;<\/strong> Here are some of the best moments from <strong>Tucson&#8217;s<\/strong> previous events.<\/p>\n<p>The first time <strong>Combate Americas<\/strong> came to Tucson was in 2017 with the clash between <strong>Ricky &#8220;El Gallero&#8221; Palacios<\/strong> and <strong>Rom\u00e1n &#8220;El Gallito&#8221; Salazar<\/strong>, agreed at 135 pounds. In this battle, Palacios, who at the time was one of the promotion&#8217;s most exciting fighters, managed to win by Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">RECAP: Ricky &quot;El Gallero&quot; Palacios vs. Roman &quot;El Gallito&quot; Salazar<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Combate13?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Combate13<\/a> | Tucson <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V3EzjeEYxw\">pic.twitter.com\/V3EzjeEYxw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Combate Global (@combateglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/combateglobal\/status\/855598060772175872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later in October 2018, Combate Americas returned with <strong>Combate Americas: Mexico vs. USA,<\/strong> a fight card with 5 out of 9 fights ending in finishes, where American fighters excelled. One of them was <strong>Anthony Birchak<\/strong>, who surprised everyone with a 51-second TKO over <strong>Adam Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, achieving the 3rd fastest-knockout in Combate Americas&#8217; history.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CombateAmericas\/videos\/1078502228994758\/<\/p>\n<p>Also, in that event, women surpassed expectations. Puerto Rican <strong>Amanda Serrano<\/strong> managed to defeat Mexican fighter <strong>Erendia Ordo\u00f1ez<\/strong>\u00a0with an extraordinary submission. Usually, we see submissions on the ground, especially the rear naked choke, however, Serrano applied the technique standing and got the win at 4:23 of the first round.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMA | Combate Tucson | Amanda Serrano vs Er\u00e9ndira Ordo\u00f1ez\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y9ez364kfG4?start=556&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another noteworthy performance that was <strong>David Michaud&#8217;s<\/strong> win over <strong>Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez Trevino<\/strong>, who dominated the entire fight from the first round until finishing the bout by TKO at the beginning of the second round.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CombateAmericas\/videos\/2093362337621632\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Combat Americas<\/strong> came back to <strong>Tucson<\/strong> earlier this year with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/tucson\"><strong>Combate 33: Alday vs. Lopez 2<\/strong><\/a>, a super exciting card which headlined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/jose-alday\"><strong>Alday<\/strong><\/a>. On that occasion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/fighters\/jose-alday\"><strong>Alday<\/strong> <\/a>fought to defend his bantamweight title against <strong>Gustavo Lopez<\/strong>, who managed to come out with the victory and the title. It was one of the most anticipated rematches of the year, and Lopez finished it by TKO in the first round and was crowned champion.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CombateAmericas\/videos\/855485874814713\/<\/p>\n<p>Some other fighters that had an excellent performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/tucson\"><strong>Combate 33<\/strong><\/a> included: <strong>Loai Abushaar<\/strong>, who defeated <strong>Bret Cooper<\/strong> by first-round submission, sinking in a beautiful guillotine less than 2 minutes into the first round. <strong>Jonathan Juvera<\/strong> took less than 3 minutes to defeat <strong>Simon Haig<\/strong> via TKO in a fast-pace and fun fight; <strong>Tanner Madl<\/strong> and <strong>Marisol Ruelas<\/strong> defeated <strong>Joshua McReynolds<\/strong> and <strong>Corrie Ward<\/strong> respectively, via submission.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CombateAmericas\/videos\/2275719152668631\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucson<\/strong> always exceeds expectations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.combateamericas.com\/en\/events\/combate-39\"><strong>\u00abCombat Americas: Tucson Unbreakable, presented by Cricket Wireless \u00bb<\/strong><\/a> will not be the exception, with a former champion who seeks to redeem himself, a Combate Americas&#8217; star seeking to continue his career undefeated, and warriors who seek to make their own name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combate Americas returns for the fourth time to Tucson, with a new, action-packed show, full of the best Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) talent. \u201cCombate Americas: Tucson Unbreakable, presented by Cricket Wireless\u201d\u00a0will take place tomorrow night at Casino del Sol\u00a0in\u00a0Tucson, Arizona. It will be broadcast for the United States in Spanish on Univision\u00a0(12 am ET \/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3449],"tags":[4922],"class_list":["post-6094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tucson-unbreakable","tag-tucson-unbreakable-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}