King of the Cage “Rise” Line Up
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