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UFC on ESPN 68 post-event facts: Women get Fight of the Night after eight-month drought
UFC on ESPN 68 post-event facts: Women get Fight of the Night after eight-month drought The UFC's final event of May was one it will soon want to forget with UFC on ESPN 68 on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas being struck by disaster in more ways than one. After multiple cancellations leading into fight night, the original main event between Erin Blanchfield and Maycee Barber was called off due to a medical issue on Barber's side, leaving the card with just nine bouts. There were still some notable results to come out of the chaotic evening. For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie's post-event facts from UFC on ESPN 68. Event stats The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $121,500. Debuting fighters went 0-1 at the event. Ramiz Brahimaj, Jordan Leavitt, Alice Ardelean and Rayanne dos Santos earned $50,000 UFC on ESPN 68 fight-night bonuses. Ardelean and dos Santos are the first females to get Fight of the Night since September 2024. The UFC sold VIP tickets to fans for UFC on ESPN 68, but the promotion did not make public the total number of tickets sold or the gate. Betting favorites went 6-3 on the card. Betting favorites improved to 12-6 in UFC headliners this year. Total fight time for the nine-bout card was 1:36:45. Mateusz Gamrot def. Ludovit Klein Mateusz Gamrot (25-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) has completed 49 takedowns in UFC lightweight competition, the most among active fighters in the weight class. Ludovit Klein (23-5-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) has suffered two of his three UFC losses by decision. Ramiz Brahimaj def. Billy Ray Goff Brahimaj (12-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has earned all 12 of his career victories by stoppage. Billy Ray Goff (9-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career. Dustin Jacoby def. Bruno Lopes Dustin Jacoby (21-9-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) improved to 9-5-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in October 2020. Bruno Lopes (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by knockout. Ketlen Vieira def. Macy Chiasson Ketlen Vieira (15-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) has earned eight of her nine UFC victories by decision. Macy Chiasson (10-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) has suffered two of her four career losses by decision. Zachary Reese def. Dusko Todorovic Dusko Todorovic (12-6 MMA, 3-6 UFC) fell to 2-6 in his past eight fights after starting his career on a 11-fight winning streak. Allan Nascimento def. Jafel Filho Allan Nascimento (21-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by decision. Jordan Leavitt def. Kurt Holobaugh Leavitt (12-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has earned four of his five UFC victories by stoppage. Leavitt has earned seven of his nine career stoppage victories by submission. Bolaji Oki def. Michael Aswell Bolaji Oki (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by Michael Aswell (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by decision. Alice Ardelean def. Rayanne dos Santos Dos Santos' (14-9 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of her career. She hasn't earned a victory since May 2023. Dos Santos has suffered seven of her nine career losses by decision. UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
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3 days ago
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UFC on ESPN 68 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dustin Jacoby's $16,000 tops card
UFC on ESPN 68 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dustin Jacoby's $16,000 tops card LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 68 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $121,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC on ESPN 68 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+. The full UFC on ESPN 68 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Mateusz Gamrot: $11,000 def. Ludovit Klein: $11,000 Ramiz Brahimaj: $6,000 def. Billy Ray Goff: $4,000 Dustin Jacoby: $16,000 def. Bruno Lopes: $4,000 Ketlen Vieira: $11,000 def. Macy Chiasson: $11,000 Zachary Reese: $4,500 def. Dusko Todorovic: $6,000 Allan Nascimento: $4,500 def. Jafel Filho: $4,500 Jordan Leavitt: $6,000 def. Kurt Holobaugh: $6,000 Bolaji Oki: $4,000 def. Michael Aswell: $4,000 Alice Ardelean: $4,000 def. Rayanne dos Santos: $4,000 Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program's payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum's multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,680; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $32,000 while title challengers get $42,000. In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-68 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials. Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts: Year-to-date total: $2,902,500 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $33,920,000
USA Today
18-05-2025
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UFC Fight Night 256 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Gilbert Burns' $21,000 leads
UFC Fight Night 256 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Gilbert Burns' $21,000 leads LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 256 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $167,000. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC Fight Night 256 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+. The full UFC Fight Night 256 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Michael Morales: $6,000def. Gilbert Burns: $21,000 Mairon Santos: $4,000def. Sodiq Yusuff: $6,000 Nursulton Ruziboev: $4,500def. Dustin Stoltzfus: $6,000 Melquizael Costa: $6,000def. Julian Erosa: $16,000 Gabe Green: $6,000def. Matheus Camilo: $4,000 Jared Gordon: $16,000def. Thiago Moises: $11,000 Yadier del Valle: $4,000def. Connor Matthews: $4,000 Luana Santos: $4,500def. Tainara Lisboa: $4,000 Denise Gomes: $6,000def. Elise Reed: $6,000 HyunSung Park: $4,000def. Carlos Hernandez: $6,000 Tecia Pennington: $16,000def. Luana Pinheiro: $6,000 Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program's payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum's multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2561 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000. In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials. Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts: Year-to-date total: $3,258,500 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $34,276,000
USA Today
11-05-2025
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UFC 315 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Belal Muhammad, Valentina Shevchenko lead
UFC 315 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Belal Muhammad, Valentina Shevchenko lead MONTREAL – Fighters from Saturday's UFC 315 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $310,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC 315 took place at Bell Centre. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. The full UFC 315 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Jack Della Maddalena: $32,000def. Belal Muhammad: $42,000 Valentina Shevchenko: $42,000def. Manon Fiorot: $32,000 Aiemann Zahabi: $6,000def. Jose Aldo: $21,000 Natalia Silva: $6,000def. Alexa Grasso: $11,000 Benoit Saint Denis: $6,000def. Kyle Prepolec: $4,000 Mike Malott: $6,000def. Charlie Radtke: $4,500 Jasmine Jasudavicius: $6,000def. Jessica Andrade: $21,000 Modestas Bukauskas: $6,000def. Ion Cutelaba: $16,000 Navajo Stirling: $4,000def. Ivan Erslan: $4,000 Marc-Andre Barriault: $11,000def. Bruno Silva: $11,000 Daniel Santos: $4,500def. Jeong Yeong Lee: $4,500 Bekzat Almakhan: $4,000def. Brad Katona: $6,000 Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program's payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum's multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000. In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials. Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts: Year-to-date total: $3,091,500 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $34,109,000
USA Today
27-04-2025
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- USA Today
UFC on ESPN 66 post-event facts: Zhang Mingyang's streak continues at Anthony Smith's expense
UFC on ESPN 66 post-event facts: Zhang Mingyang's streak continues at Anthony Smith's expense Show Caption Hide Caption UFC Kansas City video: Dana White full post-fight interview UFC CEO Dana White spoke to reporters at the UFC on ESPN 66 post-fight press conference and talked Ian Machado Garry's win, the Du Plessis vs. Chimaev, Makhachev vs. Topuria, Jones vs. Aspinall and more. The UFC's return to Kansas City, Mo., delivered on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 66 at T-Mobile Center. In the main event, Ian Machado Garry (16-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) proved too much for Carlos Prates (21-7 MMA, 4-1 UFC) when put on a largely one-sided performance for a unanimous decision to put himself back in title contention at 170 pounds. For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie's post-event facts from UFC on ESPN 66. * * * * Event stats The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $201,500. Debuting fighters went 1-1 at the event. Randy Brown, Nicolas Dalby, Zhang Mingyang, Malcolm Wellmaker earned $50,000 UFC on ESPN 66 fight-night bonuses. UFC on ESPN 66 drew an announced attendance of 15,984 for a live gate of $2,204,307. Betting favorites went 12-1 on the card. One fight had even odds. Betting favorites improved to 9-5 in UFC headliners this year. Total fight time for the 14-bout card was 2:30:50. Ian Machado Garry def. Carlos Prates Machado Garry was successful in his first UFC main event. Prates had his 10-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since June 2019. Mingyang Zhang def. Anthony Smith Mingyang (19-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned all 19 of his career victories by stoppage. He's finished all of those wins in Round 1. Mingyang's three-fight UFC knockout streak is tied for the second-longest streak among active fighters on the roster behind Steve Garcia (five). Anthony Smith (37-22 MMA, 13-12 UFC) fell to 9-9 since he moved up to the UFC light heavyweight division in June 2018. Smith has suffered 17 of his 22 career losses by stoppage. David Onama def. Giga Chikadze Giga Chikadze (15-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) has suffered three of his four career losses by decision. That includes all three of his UFC defeats. Abus Magomedov def. Michel Pereira Michel Pereira (30-13 MMA, 9-4 UFC) fell to 3-2 since he moved up to the middleweight division in October 2023. Pereira has suffered nine of his 13 career losses by decision. That includes two of his four UFC defeats. Randy Brown def. Nicolas Dalby Brown (20-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) has earned 13 of his 20 career victories by stoppage. He's finished his opponent in seven of his 14 UFC wins. Dalby (23-6-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) fell to 6-3 with one no contest since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in September 2019. Dalby suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a knockout defeat. Ikram Aliskerov def. Andre Muniz Ikram Aliskerov (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC victories by knockout. Andre Muniz (24-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has suffered all seven of his career losses by stoppage. Muniz has suffered six of his seven career losses by knockout. Matt Schnell def. Jimmy Flick Matt Schnell (17-9 MMA, 7-7 UFC) has earned four of his seven UFC victories by decision. Evan Elder def. Gauge Young Evan Elder (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by decision. Gauge Young (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered two of his three career losses by decision. Chris Gutierrez def. John Castaneda Chris Gutierrez (22-6-2 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) has earned seven of his 10 UFC victories by decision. John Castaneda (21-8 MMA, 4-4 UFC) fell to 5-6 in his past 11 fights dating back to November 2017. Castaneda has suffered six of his eight career losses by decision. Da'Mon Blackshear def. Heili Alateng Heili Alateng (17-10-2 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his UFC losses by decision. Malcolm Wellmaker def. Cameron Saaiman Malcolm Wellmaker (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned seven of his nine career victories by stoppage. Cameron Saaiman (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has suffered three consecutive losses after starting his career 9-0. Saaiman has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout. Jaqueline Amorim def. Polyana Viana Jaqueline Amorim's (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak at strawweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Zhang Weili (five) and Virna Jandiroba (five). Amorim's three submission victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for the second-most in divisional history behind Mackenzie Dern (five). Amorim's four-fight UFC stoppage streak is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Garcia (five) and Jean Silva (five). Amorim has earned all 10 of her career victories by stoppage. She's finished eight of those wins by submission. Polyana Viana (13-8 MMA, 4-7 UFC) has suffered three of four of her career stoppage losses by submission. Timmy Cuamba def. Roberto Romero Timmy Cuamba (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has earned all five of his career stoppage victories by knockout. Roberto Romero (8-5-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout. Joselyne Edwards def. Chelsea Chandler Joselyne Edwards (15-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has earned 10 of her 15 career victories by stoppage. Chelsea Chandler (6-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of her career with a first-round TKO defeat. UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
