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USA Today
23-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC Fight Night 256 adds Melquizael Costa vs. Julian Erosa, Sodiq Yusuff vs. Mairon Santos
UFC Fight Night 256 adds Melquizael Costa vs. Julian Erosa, Sodiq Yusuff vs. Mairon Santos The UFC Fight Night 256 lineup on May 17 continues to fill out with the addition of two notable matchups. Melquizael Costa will take on Julian Erosa in a featherweight matchup, while Sodiq Yusuff and "The Ultimate Fighter 32" winner Mairon Santos clash in a lightweight contest at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (ESPN+). Two people with knowledge of the bookings told MMA Junkie of the matchups on Wednesday following initial reports from MMA Fighting and AG Fight. The people requested anonymity because UFC hasn't officially announced either matchup. Costa (23-7 MMA, 4-2 UFC) will make his third appearance of 2025 after picking up a decision over Christian Rodriguez in March and a submission of Andre Fili in February. Erosa (31-11 MMA, 9-7 UFC) will attempt to halt that momentum and extend his own after picking up three straight wins, all by finish, with the latest being a first-round TKO of Darren Elkins at UFC 314 this month. Yusuff (13-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) returns to action for the first time since a knockout loss to Diego Lopes at UFC 300. Due to the short-notice nature of the booking, his matchup against Santos (15-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who is coming off a controversial split decision over Francis Marshall at UFC 313 in March, will be contested at 155 pounds. The latest UFC Fight Night 256 lineup now includes:
USA Today
13-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Julian Erosa def. Darren Elkins at UFC 314: Best photos
Check out the best photos from Julian Erosa's first-round TKO win over Darren Elkins at UFC 314 at Kaseya Center in Miami. 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Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) fights against Darren Elkins (not… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) fights against Darren Elkins (not pictured) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Darren Elkins (red gloves) fights against Julian Erosa (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) reacts after defeating Darren Elkins… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) reacts after defeating Darren Elkins (not pictured) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) reacts after defeating Darren Elkins… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) reacts after defeating Darren Elkins (not pictured) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email MMA: UFC 314 - Elkins vs Erosa Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) reacts after defeating Darren Elkins… Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; Julian Erosa (blue gloves) reacts after defeating Darren Elkins (not pictured) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images more Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email
USA Today
01-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Julian Erosa knows better than to count on a bonus at UFC 314
Julian Erosa's been in the UFC long enough to have a few things figured out. Very few people in UFC history have walked away with double bonuses, regardless of how they came, but he's one of them. He's experienced that ultra-high on the bonus spectrum. And he's also had more than his fair share of wins that he figured an extra check was a sure thing, only to be unceremoniously snubbed. More than six years and 15 fights into his UFC career, Erosa (30-11 MMA, 8-7 UFC) said he knows better than to buy into the hype of saying his upcoming UFC 314 matchup against longtime UFC featherweight grinder Darren Elkins (29-11 MMA, 19-10 UFC) is one of those that has the ol' 'Fight of the Night written all over it' bouts. But when he was first coming into the promotion, paychecks were thinner – and the temptation was greater. 'When I first got into the UFC and you're making ($10,000 to show and $10,000 to win), when you take a $50,000 bonus, you're like, 'Holy sh*t – that's five times as much as I would make compared to my win money,'' Erosa told MMA Junkie Radio. 'So I was thinking about it quite a bit – especially coming off the the regional scene. I was doing really well (before I got to the UFC) – I was knocking people out, I was submitting a lot of people, I was having exciting fights. 'My style is tailor-made to get bonuses. All I've got to do is just do what I'm doing on the regional show in the UFC.'' The result wasn't good. After he got in with a knockout of Jamall Emmers on DWCS in 2018, he lost his first three UFC fights. He got bounced out of the promotion, but came back during COVID as a late fill-in and pulled off a major upset submission of Sean Woodson. After that, was when he learned those bonuses can't be counted on. 'When you're thinking about other things, like external variables like bonuses that you have no control over, it can get in the way of what you're (supposed to be) focused on,' Erosa said. 'For me, early on, it was a detriment to me winning fights, because first you've got to win a fight. Then if you get a bonus, it's a cherry on top. '… I did a jumping-knee knockout of Nate Landwehr – I didn't get a bonus. I did a D'Arce choke on Charles Jourdain and didn't get a bonus. Two guillotine (chokes) in my last two fights – no bonuses. I've been lucky that I got a double bonus against (Steven) Peterson (because Peterson missed weight), and Woodson, as well. I've just gotten past it. If I get a bonus, that's the cherry on top. I just want to go in there and win my fight, focus on that. And if you can get something extra, that's great.' Another thing Erosa said he's gotten a handle on is that bonuses might not always go to the most worthy recipients – at least based on general consensus metrics, given bonus worthiness is a subjective conversation. And in Miami at UFC 314 on April 12, there are fighters up and down the card who could snag one of the four coveted extra checks just on account of being a bigger name if everything else is equal. 'With this Miami card, you've just got to relinquish the fact that you might get a bonus,' Erosa said. 'I fought on the same card as Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker, and I already knew leading into that fight, 'Fight of the Night is already given out.' '… The thing with the bonus is, it's a little bit political in a sense. If you're a UFC favorite, if they like you, I think you're more apt to get bonuses – to a certain degree. … Sometimes the card is just on fire, and every single fight's insane. It's luck of the draw at that point. I honestly like to fight on Fight Nights because there's less fighters, less star power in those fights, and higher ability to get bonuses. … I'm going to just focus on my fight. If I get the bonus, I get it.' For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC 314.
