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UFC Fight Night 216 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: How much was paid in 2022 total?

UFC Fight Night 216 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 216 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $204,500.

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 Fight Night 216 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 216 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Damir Ismagulov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Michal Oleksiejczuk[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Brundage[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Cory McKenna[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Cheyanne Vlismas[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jake Matthews[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Saidyokub Kakhramonov[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Rafa Garcia[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Hayisaer Maheshate[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Rinat Fakhretdinov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bryan Battle[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Manel Kape[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]David Dvorak[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sergey Morozov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Journey Newson[/autotag]: $4,500

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 2167 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2161 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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $8,351,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $14,529,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 216.

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UFC Fight Night 216 video: Alex Caceres lands beautiful head kick, pounds out Julian Erosa

Check out this brutal head kick finish from “Bruce Leeroy” Alex Caceres.

[autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag] added one to the highlight reel Saturday at the UFC Apex.

In a featherweight main card bout at UFC Fight Night 216, Caceres (20-13 MMA, 15-11 UFC) high-kicked his way to victory when he finished [autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag] (28-10 MMA, 6-6 UFC) at the 3:04 mark of Round 1.

After nearly three minutes of technical striking, Caceres ended the bout when he hid a kick behind his punch on the same side. When the punch missed, the kick was right there – and Erosa didn’t see it.

The kick floored Erosa, who tried to recover. As Erosa’s brain tried to unscramble, he was met with some follow-up punches from Caceres that finished the job with punches.

With the win, Caceres bounced back from a March loss to Sodiq Yusuff and moved to 6-1 in his most recent seven. A three-fight winning streak for Erosa came to an end.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 216 results include:

  • Alex Caceres def. Julian Erosa via knockout (head kick) – Round 1, 3:04
  • Drew Dober def. Bobby Green via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 2:45
  • Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Cody Brundage via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:16
  • Cory McKenna def. Cheyanne Vlismas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Matthew Semelsberger def. Jake Matthews via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Said Nurmagomedov def. Saidyokub Kakhramonov via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 3:50
  • Rafael Garcia def. Maheshate via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Bryan Battle via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
  • Manel Kape def. David Dvorak via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
  • Sergey Morozov def. Journey Newson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 216.

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UFC Fight Night 216 video: Hear from each winner backstage

Check out what the UFC Fight Night 216 winners had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 216 takes place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex.

You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 216 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

UFC Fight Night 216 predictions: Jared Cannonier or Sean Strickland in 2022’s finale?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 216 card din Las Vegas, which features Jared Cannonier vs. Sean Strickland.

Cannonier
vs.
Strickland		 Ismagulov
vs.
Tsarukyan		 Albazi
vs.
Costa		 Caceres
vs.
Erosa		 Dober
vs.
Green		 Brundage
vs.
Oleksiejczuk
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
192-116		 cannonier2022
Cannonier
(62%)		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan
(66%)		 albazi2022
Albazi
(85%)		 erosa2022
Erosa
(55%)		 dober2022
Dober
(66%)		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
(71%)
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
204-109
trophy copy 2018 Champion		 cannonier2022
Cannonier		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 erosa2022
Erosa		 dober2022
Dober		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
195-118		 cannonier2022
Cannonier		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 caceres2022
Caceres		 dober2022
Dober		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
193-120		 cannonier2022
Cannonier		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 erosa2022
Erosa		 green2022
Green		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
191-122		 cannonier2022
Cannonier		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 erosa2022
Erosa		 dober2022
Dober		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
191-122
trophy copy 2014 Champion		 strickland2022
Strickland		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 erosa2022
Erosa		 dober2022
Dober		 brundage2022
Brundage
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
189-124		 cannonier2022
Cannonier		 ismagulov2022
Ismagulov		 albazi2022
Albazi		 caceres2022
Caceres		 dober2022
Dober		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
188-125		 strickland2022
Strickland		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 erosa2022
Erosa		 dober2022
Dober		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
182-131
trophy copy 2017 Champion		 strickland2022
Strickland		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 erosa2022
Erosa		 green2022
Green		 brundage2022
Brundage
Nolan King
@mma_kings
180-133		 cannonier2022
Cannonier		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 caceres2022
Caceres		 green2022
Green		 oleksiejczuk2022
Oleksiejczuk
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
172-141		 strickland2022
Strickland		 tsarukyan2022
Tsarukyan		 albazi2022
Albazi		 erosa2022
Erosa		 green2022
Green		 brundage2022
Brundage
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
154-159		 noanswer2022
N/A		 noanswer2022
N/A		 noanswer2022
N/A		 noanswer2022
N/A		 noanswer2022
N/A		 noanswer2022
N/A

The UFC stays in its home base this week, and middleweights are atop the promotion’s final card of the year.

UFC Fight Night 216 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, recent title challenger [autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) takes on [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag] (25-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC). The fight nearly is a pick’em at Tipico Sportsbook. Cannonier is the slight favorite at -115; the comeback on Strickland is -105. Our 10 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have Cannonier with a narrow 6-4 picks lead.

In the co-feature, [autotag]Damir Ismagulov[/autotag] (24-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) meets [autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag] (18-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) at lightweight. Tsarukyan is a -190 betting favorite and a near-unanimous pick at 9-1.

Also on the main card, our lone unanimous pick is [autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag] (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in his flyweight bout against [autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Albazi is the biggest favorite on the entire card at -450.

[autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag] (19-13 MMA, 14-11 UFC) takes on [autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag] (28-9 MMA, 6-5 UFC) in a featherweight fight. Erosa is a mild favorite at -170 and has a 7-3 lead in the picks.

[autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag] (25-11 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and [autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag] (29-13-1 MMA, 10-8-1 UFC) clash in a fight between longtime UFC lightweights. Dober is a -150 favorite, but he has just a slim 6-4 lead in the picks.

And to open the main card, [autotag]Cody Brundage[/autotag] (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) takes on [autotag]Michal Oleksiejczuk[/autotag] (17-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) at middleweight. Oleksiejczuk is a big -280 favorite, but three of our pickers are taking Brundage in an upset.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Cannonier (62 percent), Tsarukyan (66 percent), Albazi (85 percent), Erosa (55 percent), Dober (66 percent) and Oleksiejczuk (71 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 216.

UFC’s Julian Erosa says there will be ‘no stagnant time’ in Alex Caceres fight, expects ‘all action’

Julian Erosa doesn’t see how his UFC Fight Night 216 bout with Alex Caceres won’t deliver.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag] doesn’t see how his fight with [autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag] won’t deliver.

Erosa (28-9 MMA, 6-5 UFC) meets Caceres (19-13 MMA, 14-11 UFC) on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 216 main card at the UFC Apex. The card streams on ESPN+. It’s a bout Erosa has wanted for a while and stylistically he likes how he matches up with Caceres.

“I’ve been asking for this fight for a while mainly just because I think it’s a fun one,” Erosa told MMA Junkie and other reporters at UFC Fight Night 216 media day on Wednesday. “He likes to stand and trade, and he’s very creative on the feet, and I feel like I’m pretty unorthodox on the feet, as well. We’re both decent grapplers, as well. So I feel like anywhere this fight takes place, there will be no stagnant time. It’s gonna be all action for 15 minutes or just someone gets finished.”

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Erosa is enjoying his best octagon run having won three straight, most recently upsetting Hakeem Dawodu at UFC 279. With Caceres winning five of his past six, Erosa thinks the winner could end up in the UFC’s featherweight rankings.

“I just figured it would be a good matchup after my last win, and he lost his last fight, so I feel like we’re kind of hovering around that same area,” Erosa explained. “It’ll be kind of the guy who wins this kind of hits that 15 spot maybe.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 216.

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UFC’s Alex Caceres has considered move to Power Slap, dismisses concerns over brain health

Slap fighting isn’t good for brain health, according to health professionals, but Alex Caceres says “neither is eating bad food.”

LAS VEGAS – If UFC president Dana White approaches [autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag] about participating in his slap fighting league, he just might do it.

Caceres, who meets Julian Erosa in a featherweight bout Saturday at UFC Fight Night 216 at the UFC Apex, told reporters Wednesday that he’d be open to a move to Power Slap.

“I have considered it,” Caceres said during UFC Fight Night 216 media day. “I think it’s hilarious, it’s cool. I don’t know, it’s funny. It’s pain tolerance. I’m pretty sure that’s what it’s mostly about. I figure I have pretty big hands. I know I’m like one of the only 145ers who wears large gloves in the UFC. I think I could be pretty decent at slapping somebody.”

Caceres apparently hadn’t considered criticisms of slap fighting raised by doctors and health professionals.

“What are the criticisms?” he asked.

Chief among them is the nature of the competition, which calls for repeated full-forced, open-hand slaps to the face between two opponents. This led one doctor, Brian Sutterer, to deem slap fighting “as risky of a sport as possible” for brain injuries. He takes issue with participants not being able to defend themselves, unlike in MMA, and can’t understand why any athletic commission would sanction slap fighting as the Nevada Athletic Commission did to accommodate Power Slap events at the UFC Apex.

When it was mentioned that slap fighting isn’t good for brain health, Caceres responded, “Neither is smoking cigarettes, neither is working in factory plants, neither is eating bad food or getting punched in the head for a living like I do. I mean, a lot of things are dangerous. Sitting still is dangerous. Being too sedentary can mess up your brain. So, yeah, take your chances. It’s your life.”

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Caceres (19-13 MMA, 14-11 UFC) hopes to get back on track vs. Erosa (28-9 MMA, 6-5 UFC) after losing a unanimous decision to Sodiq Yusuff in his most recent bout, which snapped a five-fight winning streak.

You can watch his full UFC Fight Night 216 media day session in the video above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 216.

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Oct. 31-Nov. 6)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from Oct. 31-Nov. 6.

UFC Fight Night 203 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $7.5 million

The UFC paid out just shy of $200,000 to the athletes at UFC Fight Night 203 under its Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay program.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 203 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $198,000.

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 203 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 203 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Thiago Santos[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Song Yadong[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marlon Moraes[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Sodiq Yusuff[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Khalil Rountree[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Karl Roberson[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]A.J. Fletcher[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]JJ Aldrich[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Javid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Trevin Jones[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Damon Jackson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kamuela Kirk[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Sabina Mazo[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Cody Brundage[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dalcha Lungiambula[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Guido Cannetti[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kris Moutinho[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Azamat Murzakanov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Tafon Nchukwi[/autotag]: $4,500

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 2037 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2031 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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $1,528,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $7,695,500

UFC Fight Night 203 pre-event facts: Can Marlon Moraes buck his brutal skid?

The best facts and figures about UFC Fight Night 203, which features Thiago Santos vs. Magomed Ankalaev in the main event.

The UFC schedule rolls on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 203 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card streams on ESPN+.

A clash of light heavyweight contenders gets the spotlight in the main event. Former title challenger [autotag]Thiago Santos[/autotag] (22-9 MMA, 14-8 UFC) get back on a winning streak when he takes on [autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag] (16-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC), who is riding the longest active run of octagon victories of any fighter in his weight class.

For more on the numbers behind the headliners, as well as the rest of the card, check below for 45 pre-event facts about UFC Fight Night 203.

Alex Caceres vs. Sodiq Yusuff in the works for UFC event March 12

Featherweight contenders have been added to the lone March event at the UFC Apex.

Two featherweight contenders have agreed to fight March 12.

Longtime UFC fighter [autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag] will face off against [autotag]Sodiq Yusuff[/autotag] at the UFC Fight Night event, which is expected to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Two people with knowledge of the targeted booking confirmed Monday to MMA Junkie that verbal agreements are in place but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. News of the matchup first surfaced in a recent interview Caceres did with The Schmo.

Caceres (18-12 MMA, 13-10 UFC) joined the UFC in 2011. Despite his longevity, he’s on the longest winning streak of his professional career having racked up consecutive victories over Steven Peterson, Chase Hooper, Austin Springer, Kevin Croom, and Seung Woo Choi.

Yusuff (11-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) will look to bounce back from his first promotional loss, an April 2021 unanimous decision defeat to Arnold Allen. Prior to the loss, Yusuff defeated Suman Mokhtarian, Sheymon Moraes, Gabriel Benitez, and Andre Fili to kick off his UFC tenure.

With the addition the UFC Fight Night lineup for March 12 includes:

  • Magomed Ankalaev vs. Thiago Santos
  • Marlon Moraes vs. Yadong Song
  • Alex Pereira vs. Bruno Silva
  • Guido Cannetti vs. Kris Moutinho
  • Javid Basharat vs. Trevin Jones
  • Cody Brundage vs. Dalcha Lungiambula
  • Josh Culibao vs. Damon Jackson
  • Mandy Bohm vs. Sabina Mazo
  • Alex Caceres vs. Sodiq Yusuff

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