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UFC Fight Night 209 post-event facts: Ciryl Gane rebounds on home soil

Check out all the facts and figures from UFC Fight Night 209, which saw Ciryl Gane knock out Tai Tuivasa in the main event.

The UFC’s debut event in France was nothing short of spectacular on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 209 at Accor Arena in Paris being a memorable show.

The hometown hero emerged with a stellar win in the main event, as [autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag] (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) broke down and eventually finished [autotag]Tai Tuivasa[/autotag] (15-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) with a third-round knockout in the headlining act between heavyweight contenders.

For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 209.

UFC Fight Night 209 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Headliner Ciryl Gane nets $6k

UFC Fight Night 209 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

PARIS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 209 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $155,000.

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 209 took place at Accor Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 209 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Tai Tuivasa[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Nassourdine Imavov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Roman Kopylov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Alessio Di Chirico[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]William Gomis[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jarno Errens[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nathaniel Wood[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Abus Magomedov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Nasrat Haqparast[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]John Makdessi[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Fares Ziam[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Michal Figlak[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gabriel Miranda[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Christian Quinonez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Khalid Taha[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Stephanie Egger[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Ailin Perez[/autotag]: $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 2097 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2091 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: $5,969,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $12,136,500

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Benoit Saint-Denis def. Gabriel Miranda at UFC Fight Night 209: Best photos

Check out these photos from Benoit Saint-Denis’ victory over Gabriel Miranda at UFC Fight Night 209 in Paris.

Check out these photos from [autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag]’ TKO victory over Gabriel Miranda at UFC Fight Night 209 in Paris. (Photos by Per Haljestam, USA TODAY Sports)

UFC Fight Night 209 video: France’s Benoit Saint-Denis sends crowd into frenzy with TKO

France’s Benoit Saint-Denis got a hero’s reception from the Paris crowd at UFC Fight Night 209, and delivered with a TKO finish.

PARIS – France’s [autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag] got a hero’s reception at UFC Fight Night 209 in Paris, and he gave them good reason to cheer from the beginning of his fight to the end.

Saint-Denis (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) proved to be far too much for [autotag]Gabriel Miranda[/autotag] (16-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC) to handle in their lightweight bout at Accor Arena. He landed hard shots on his opponent early and often, and by the time the second round rolled around, needed just one impactful shot to get the TKO stoppage at the 0:16 mark of the stanza.

Check out the replay of Saint-Denis’ handiwork below (via Twitter):

After the fight, a jubilant Saint-Denis relished in the moment of an epic reaction from the crowd. He took the fight on short notice, but said there was no denying him inside the octagon.

“I only had three weeks to prepare for this and the crowd was absolutely amazing,” Saint-Denis told Michael Bisping through an interpreter during their post-fight interview. “With their energy it made those three weeks fly by, and I’m so happy.”

The latest UFC Fight Night 209 results include:

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UFC Fight Night 209: Best photos from Paris

Check out these photos from the fights at UFC Fight Night 209 in Paris, featuring Gane vs. Tuivasa, Whittaker vs. Vettori, and more.

Check out these photos from the fights at UFC Fight Night 209 at Accor Arena in Paris. (Photos by Per Haljestam, USA TODAY Sports)

(Gallery updated throughout the event.)

 

Benoit Saint-Denis aims to dictate the pace against Gabriel Miranda at UFC Paris: ‘I’m a complete MMA fighter’

Benoit Saint-Denis is confident he will control the fight against Gabriel Miranda at the UFC’s debut in France.

PARIS – [autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag] is confident he will control the fight against [autotag]Gabriel Miranda[/autotag].

Saint-Denis (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) faces newcomer Miranda (16-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 209 at Accor Arena in Paris. The card streams on ESPN+.

Although eight of Saint-Denis’ nine professional wins have come by submission, he doesn’t want to be labeled as a ground fighter. The Frenchman thinks he has the ability to compete wherever the fight ends up.

“I’m a complete MMA fighter,” Saint-Denis told reporters at Thursday’s UFC Fight Night 209 media day. “It will take place where I want it to take place because it’s the way I fight. I’m a pressure fighter, so we’ll see what he can do against that. Maybe he will weather the storm, maybe not – so we’ll see.”

After dropping his octagon debut to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC 267 in October 2021, Saint-Denis made his lightweight debut against Nikolas Stolze in June and had a standout showing when he submitted him in Round 2.

Although things didn’t go his way against dos Santos, Saint-Denis aspires to reach that level of competition again with a win over Miranda.

“I think it’s going to be a fight with a lot of engagement because we have similarities in some stuff,” Saint-Denis said. “But I’m going to do my job and do everything I can to extend my winning streak and to get closer to a callout with the top 15.

“The UFC gave me a top-15 (opponent) right away in the welterweight division, so there was an 8-kilogram difference between me and Elizeu. Now it won’t happen again. I’m in my weight class, so I’m going to do what I can to climb up the rankings and just to become something great in the lightweight division.”

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Christos Giagos out of UFC Paris after severing pinky tendon on broken toilet

Tough break for Christos Giagos, who had surgery because of an injury caused by a trashed toilet.

[autotag]Christos Giagos[/autotag] won’t be fighting at UFC Paris because of a freak injury.

On Monday, Giagos (19-10 MMA, 5-6 UFC) announced that he recently underwent surgery to repair a severed pinky tendon while he was cleaning his grill, and his hand sliced open on a broken toilet.

“I was getting some cleaning done and while wiping down a piece of my grill in the trash my hand hit a broken porcelain toilet and gashed my hand open, cutting a tendon in my pinky,” Giagos wrote Monday on Instagram. “Unfortunately, due to the severity of the injury I had to pull out of my upcoming fight in Paris. I was praying the damage wasn’t bad so I could still take the fight, but that wasn’t the case.

“I went to a hand specialist today to check the damage and had to undergo a minor surgery to reattach my pinky tendon. My focus is to get healed up as fast as possible. As much as this pains me, the only thing I have control over is how quickly I get back.”

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Giagos, 32, was expected to face [autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag] (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at the UFC Fight Night event Sept. 3. It’s unclear if Saint-Denis will remain on the card.

With the change, the UFC Paris lineup includes:

  • Ciryl Gane vs. Tai Tuivasa
  • Marvin Vettori vs. Robert Whittaker
  • Joaquin Buckley vs. Nassourdine Imavov
  • Zarah Fairn vs. Ailin Perez
  • Alessio Di Chirico vs. Roman Kopylov
  • Nasrat Haqparast vs. John Makdessi
  • Joel Alvarez vs. Magomed Mustafaev
  • Taylor Lapilus vs. Khalid Taha
  • Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
  • Benoit Saint-Denis vs. TBA
  • Darian Weeks vs. TBA

UFC Fight Night 207 video: Benoit Saint-Denis mauls Niklas Stolze en route to choke

Benoit Saint-Denis showed what he’s capable off with a full training camp against Niklas Stolze at UFC Fight Night 207.

[autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag] showed what he’s capable of with a full training camp against [autotag]Niklas Stolze[/autotag] UFC Fight Night 207.

After dropping his octagon debut on short notice earlier this year, Saint-Denis (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) got the opportunity to show what he’s all about in a welterweight bout against Stolze (12-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC) on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

He did just that, threatening with all types of submission before finally locking in the rear-naked choke and getting the tap at the 1:32 mark of Round 2.

Watch the highlights of Saint-Denis’ first UFC win below (via Twitter):

Following the win, Saint-Denis said he’s here to be a problem for everyone at 155 pounds, and he wants a quick turnaround at UFC’s July 23 event in London.

“Give me UFC London guys,” Saint-Denis said in his post-fight interview with Paul Felder. “Before Paris I get married one week before, so I can’t get drunk for my wedding. Give me UFC London and I will put so much pressure. I thank the UFC for the opportunity.”

Up-to-the-minute results of UFC Fight Night 207 include:

UFC 267 medical suspensions: Glover Teixeira among six facing potential six-month terms

Six fighters were suspended for 180 days due to injuries sustained in Abu Dhabi.

Glover Teixeira lived out a championship dream at UFC 267, but it came with a price.

After the UFC light heavyweight title was wrapped around his waist for the first time, a goal he’d chased for two decades, Teixeira was handed a six-month suspension by the commissioning regulatory body for a right shoulder injury.

MMA Junkie obtained a list of medical suspensions Tuesday from MixedMartialArts.com, the official record keeper of the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC).

UFC 267 took place Saturday, Oct. 30 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

Teixeira wasn’t the only one handed a potential 180-day suspension. Preliminary card fighters Albert Duraev, Benoit St-Denis, Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, Michal Oleksiejczuk, and Allan Nascimento were also given six-month terms.

Scroll below to see a complete list of UFC 267 suspensions below. It’s important to note fighters can become eligible to return to competition prior to suspension completion if they are cleared by a physician.

UFC 267: Benoit Saint-Denis’ manager irate with referee’s handling of eye poke in Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos loss

Benoit Saint-Denis’ manager is not happy with Vyacheslav Kiselev’s refereeing at UFC 267, but not for the same reasons as most.

[autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag]’ manager is not happy with Vyacheslav Kiselev’s refereeing at UFC 267, but not for the same reasons as most.

Saint-Denis (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) dropped a lopsided unanimous decision to [autotag]Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos[/autotag] this past Saturday and took an incredible amount of damage.

The Frenchman was rocked by a dos Santos right hand in the second round and took an array of unanswered punches. While Saint-Denis showed plenty of heart by somehow staying on his feet, commentators Daniel Cormier and Paul Felder were losing their minds at how Kiselev didn’t stop the fight.

But the punishment didn’t stop there. Less than a minute into the third round, Saint-Denis was poked in the eye and Kiselev only gave him 45 seconds to recover, despite Saint-Denis claiming he couldn’t see.

And that’s what his manager, Guillaume Peltier, was more upset about than anything else.

“To tell the truth, whether or not to stop the fight (in the second round) is not really what gives me a bitter taste,” Peltier told MMA Junkie. “Where I am angry is the finger in the eye. We know the rules. We know that if the fighter can no longer see, the doctor must intervene. Benoit has said several times that he can no longer see. We also in the area shouted it and yet the referee made him go back to the fight while Benoit tells him that he can’t see. This is unacceptable and played an important role in the third round. Regardless, we are proud of Benoit. We know our axis of work.”

Peltier admitted Saint-Denis’ corner could have stopped the fight at the end of Round 2, but knowing his fighter, he knew he could keep fighting until the end.

“It’s a complicated subject because on one hand, I would like to say that (Kiselev) should have stopped the fight in the second round,” Peltier said. “But on the other hand, the fight proves the opposite. If the fight was finished by TKO in Round 3, we too could have stopped the fight before. But we know Benoit and we know his ability to go through hell and come back, and that’s what he did – he came back in the third round.”

Kiselev, who was scheduled to referee the main card opener between Magomed Ankalaev and Volkan Oezdemir, was pulled from his assignment after what happened in the dos Santos vs. Saint-Denis bout.

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