King of the Cage “Rise” Line Up

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King of the back will be back in southern New Mexico, on Friday July 11, at the Las Cruces, Convention Center, presenting “Rise”,headlined by a battle of Lightweights in search of their first pro win; as Steven Ortega from Las Cruces, New Mexico (Las Cruces Gracie Barra) meets Terrin Yazzie from Chinle, Arizona (Chinle, AZ. Blackwater MMA) .

Steve Ortega comes into this bout after 15 months on the sidelines, following a unanimous decision loss to Javier Palacios, at the first Triple A MMA event. Terrin Yazzie a 2 time KOTC vet is coming off a submission loss to Billy Moore.

The co-main event is a rematch between Fit NHB’s Tim Sosa and Las Cruces Gracie Barra’s Alan Lerma from a controversial Roctagon 30 split decision, won by Lerma.

Also on the pro portion of the card Judgment MMA’s John “Rock’emSock’em” Rozema coming off taking a few illegal knees to the face in a no contest against Brian Castillo, faces Red Spider MMA’s Adam McGurk, who has a pair of submission wins so far in his pro career.

Opening up the Pro card will be a collision of Flyweights making their pro debut’s with, Johnny Guillen taking on Joseph Veloz.
Pro Card
155-pounds: Steven Ortega 0-1 (Las Cruces) vs. Terrin Yazzie 0-1 (Arizona)
125-pounds: Alan Lerma 1-2 (Las Cruces) vs. Tim Sosa 0-2 (Albuquerque)
145-pounds: Adam McGurk 2-0 (El Paso) vs. John Rozema 1-0-0, 1 nc (Rio Rancho)
125-pounds: Johnny Guillen 2-3 (El Paso) vs. Joseph Veloz 2-5 (El Paso)

Amateur Bouts
135-pounds: Cristobal Chavez (El Paso) vs. Sammy Mendoza (Carlsbad)
220-pounds: Fred Rodriguez (El Paso) vs. Noah Earle (Las Cruces)
185-pounds: Alexander Marshall (Las Cruces) vs. Anthony DeVargas (Grants)
145-pounds: Mike Aguilar (Las Cruces) vs. Josh Salmon (Roswell)
145-pounds: Steve Ojeda (El Paso) vs. Kris Chee (Arizona)
125-pounds: Ivan Rios (Las Cruces) vs. Andy Salas (El Paso)
125-pounds: Mario Castillo (Las Cruces) vs. Robert Caro (Alamogordo)
155-pounds: Andy Varela (El Paso) vs. Robert Taylor (El Paso)
115-pounds: Sandra Jacquez (Las Cruces) vs. Diana Rodriguez (Las Cruces)
170-pounds: Juan Torres (Las Cruces) vs. Hosay Batts (El Paso)
Hvwy: Frisco Deleon (El Paso) vs. James Strickland (Las Cruces)
135-pounds: George Perez (El Paso) vs. Carlos Montano (Albuquerque)
145-pounds: Hector Lopez (El Paso) vs. Josh Gauna (Alamogordo)
135-pounds: Renee Lerma (Las Cruces) vs. Jesus Alaniz (El Paso)
155-pounds: Gabe Rodriguez (El Paso) vs. Rene Rangel (El Paso)
170-pounds: Jonathan Cardenas (Las Cruces) vs. Christopher Perez (El Paso)

Doors open at 6 PM MT With the first bout at 7 PM MT.Tickets are on sale now. For tickets visit www.kingofthecage.com or www.holdmyticket.com

*The professional records were obtained from mixedmartialarts.com

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