As previously reported, the former UFC light heavyweight champion will face former WWE Superstar and current Combate Americas executive Alberto Rodriguez - better known by his pro-wrestling monikers “Alberto Del Rio,” or “Alberto El Patron,” as he is being billed for this bout - at a show at Payne Arena in Hidalgo, Texas, on Dec. 7.
The bout was officially announced on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday and confirmed by a Combate Americas official.
Ortiz, 44, signed with the promotion in April, and soon a matchup between the two was in the works.