Tag: Billy Quarantillo

Billy Quarantillo seeks Hall of Fame type-fight vs. Cub Swanson at UFC on ESPN 63

Billy Quarantillo sees Cub Swanson as the perfect dance partner to deliver a memorable fight at UFC Tampa.

[autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag] sees [autotag]Cub Swanson[/autotag] as the perfect dance partner to deliver a memorable fight.

Quarantillo (18-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) meets Swanson (29-14 MMA, 14-10 UFC) in a featherweight bout Dec. 14 at UFC on ESPN 63 from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. Swanson was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame for his all-out war against Doo Ho Choi in December 2016, and Quarantillo hopes they can replicate that fight.

“When people ask me, ‘Are you excited for this fight?’ Yeah, I’m excited, but I know the type of violence he brings. I know the type of violence I bring,” Quarantillo told MMA Junkie Radio. “He’s in the Hall of Fame for – that’s how exciting he is. He had such an exciting fight that it put him in the Hall of Fame, and that’s the type of fights I want to have.

“I want to have that fight where after, people remember it for the rest of their lives. I definitely think we could get the bonus. We’re both coming off of losses, we both need a win, so that’s the most important thing. But I think with both of our styles, I don’t think there’s a way it’s going to be a boring fight.”

Swanson, 41, has seen mixed results in his past six outings, but Quarantillo isn’t taking that into account. He still views Swanson as a dangerous threat.

“I know how good he looked in his last two fights. He arguably won both of his last two fights against Andre Fili, against ‘Mean’ Hakeem,'” Quarantillo said. “Both two really good fighters. So there’s no point in me faking it. He knows what he got himself into fighting me. He probably only has a few fights left, so I’m sure he’s going to give it everything he has.

“I actually remember when he fought Kron Gracie in Tampa, he had a really good fight against him, and it’s just a huge opportunity for me. I’m excited. Leading up to the fight, I’m going to give him all the respect because he earned it. He’s literally a Hall of Fame fighter already, but when it comes to fight night, I’m going to do exactly what he’s going to do, and I’m going to try to put his lights out in front of everyone.”

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UFC Tampa adds Billy Quarantillo vs. Cub Swanson

A featherweight banger is headed to Florida.

UFC featherweight veterans will collide as part of the promotion’s final 2024 event.

Tampa-area resident [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag] will face UFC Hall of Fame fight combatant [autotag]Cub Swanson[/autotag] at the Dec. 14 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.

Quarantillo (18-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) announced the bout on social media Oct. 4 with Swanson (29-14 MMA, 14-10 UFC) confirming Thursday.

Quarantillo, 35, has alternated wins and losses in his most recent eight outings. He most recently fought in March, when he lost by submission to Youssef Zalal. It was the first submission loss of his career.

The results for Swanson, 40, have been similarly consistently inconsistent. He’s alternated wins and losses over his most recent six, having most recently dropped a split decision to Andre Fili. The June bout earned them Fight of the Night honors.

With the addition, the UFC Tampa lineup includes:

  • Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
  • Dustin Jacoby vs. Vitor Petrino
  • Tracy Cortez vs. Miranda Maverick
  • Manel Kape vs. Bruno Silva
  • Billy Quarantillo vs. Cub Swanson
  • Josefine Knutsson vs. Piera Rodriguez
  • Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos
  • Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras

UFC on ESPN 53 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event combines for $22,000

UFC on ESPN 53 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 on ESPN 53 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $148,000.

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 on ESPN 53 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 53 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Amanda Ribas[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Karl Williams[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Justin Tafa[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Edmen Shahbazyan[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]AJ Dobson[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Payton Talbott[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cameron Saaiman[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Fernando Padilla[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Luis Pajuelo[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Trey Ogden[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Kurt Holobaugh[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Ricardo Ramos[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Miles Johns[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Gibson[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jarno Errens[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Steven Nguyen[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Dariya Zheleznyakova[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Montserrat Rendon[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Andre Lima[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Igor Severino[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Mick Parkin[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Mohammed Usman[/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 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 $4,530; 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 $53,000 while title challengers get $53,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-53 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $1,669,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,406,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 53.

UFC on ESPN 53 video: Youssef Zalal thrives in octagon return, becomes first to tap Billy Quarantillo

After his first octagon run ended in a four-fight winless skid, Youssef Zalal returned with a statement performance at UFC on ESPN 53.

[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag] promised a better version of himself for his second stint under the UFC banner, and things got off to a promising start Saturday at UFC on ESPN 53 when he submitted [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag].

Zalal (14-5-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) saw his first run with the company end in August 2022 on a four-fight winless skid. He worked his way back, then thrived with the new opportunity when he threatened Quarantillo repeatedly with submissions until he finally locked in a rear-naked choke that got the tap at the 1:50 mark of Round 2 at the UFC Apex.

Check out the replay of Zalal’s handiwork below (via X):

Zalal, 27, was overcome with joy in the aftermath of becoming the first person to submit Quarantillo in MMA competition. He has big plans moving forward, and intends to live up to the career goals he set for himself from the outset.

“I’m really too good,” Zalal said in his post-fight interview with Paul Felder. “The first time I was in the UFC, I told you guys I would be a world champion and will be a world champion. I just didn’t have the confidence.”

Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 53 results include:

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Billy Quarantillo appreciates Youssef Zalal’s skills, but has clear idea of UFC on ESPN 53 plan

Billy Quarantillo thinks he has his UFC on ESPN 53 opponent figured out.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag] has visions. He’s in them. He’s looking into the mirror to see a little bit clearer … and he thinks he has his next opponent figured out.

Quarantillo (18-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) takes on Youssef Zalal (13-5-1 MMA, 3-3-1 UFC) in a featherweight fight on the UFC on ESPN 53 main card Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Quarantillo was scheduled to fight Gabriel Miranda until he pulled out, so Zalal answering the call kept him on the card.

“I looked up his record. I watched some of his fights back. He was someone that I remembered in 2019, 2020, that I thought we were going to get matched up,” Quarantillo said at Wednesday’s media day.
I think we were both 3-0 at one point. Then I forgot about him because he wasn’t in the league (yet).”

They didn’t cross paths in Zalal’s first stint in the promotion, which included seven fights – but a four-fight winless skid to close it out. But he’s back in the UFC after three straight first-round finishes outside the organization.

Quarantillo said he doesn’t see any areas he’ll be lacking come fight night.

“As an opponent, I think he’s got a lot of skills. I don’t think this is a great matchup for him, though,” Quarantillo said. “He was talking about how he felt like he beat (new featherweight champion) Ilia Topuria (in 2020). I did not score it for him at all. He got taken down five times. He hasn’t beaten anyone with a winning record in the UFC. I think he’s 0-3-1 in his last four UFC fights. I do respect his skill set and I do know he’s entering his prime. He’s only 27. I have a lot of respect for him and everyone at his gym, but I see it a little more clear than other people see it, and I think I see it more clear than he sees how his career’s gone so far.”

Check out Quarantillo’s full media day interview in the video above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 53.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Jan. 15-21)

Check out the UFC, PFL, and Bellator fights 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, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Jan. 15-21.

Bill Algeo tells Billy Quarantillo to ‘shut the f*ck up’: ‘We’ll fight at some point’

Bill Algeo sees a fight with Billy Quarantillo happening, but on his terms.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Bill Algeo[/autotag] sees a fight with [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag] happening, but on his terms.

Algeo (18-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) called out Quarantillo amongst other names after defeating Alexander Hernandez (14-7 MMA, 6-6 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 229 main card opener at the UFC Apex.

Quarantillo (18-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) was quick to respond, suggesting December for a potential fight.

“I’m downnnnnn… didn’t take much damage down for December? @ElSenorPerfecto.”

“Tell him to shut the f*ck up,” Algeo told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference. “We’ll fight when we need to. I think he’s fighting Nate Landwehr – I thought I saw that, or at least they’re chirping at each other.

“We were supposed to fight before, so that’s why this fight makes sense. We both fought Alexander Hernandez. He finished him before I did, but I landed a lot more strikes because I also fought double the amount of time, but whatever. We’ll fight at some point.”

Algeo has now won four of his past five, but isn’t concerned with his placement in the featherweight division. He just wants to continue putting on entertaining fights and cashing in extra paychecks.

“Just keeps me moving up the chain,” Algeo said. “It just cements my job as a UFC fighter. As long as I can keep having good fights and keep making money, I’m happy. I don’t really care about numbers too much or belts or anything like that.

“I’m just here to provide for my family, my future kids, and just continue to make a name for myself, grow my student base, grow my fanbase, and just really prove to myself the things I’m working on are working. Stay at it. Let’s go.”

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UFC on ESPN 50 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jessica Andrade’s $21,000 tops card

UFC on ESPN 50 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 50 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $170,500.

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 50 took place at Bridgestone Arena. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 50 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Rob Font[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Dustin Jacoby[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Kennedy Nzechukwu[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Diego Lopes[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gavin Tucker[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tanner Boser[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Aleksa Camur[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Kyler Phillips[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Carlston Harris[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Jeremiah Wells[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Damon Jackson[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sean Woodson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Dennis Buzukja[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Asu Almabaev[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ode Osbourne[/autotag]: $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 $50,000 while title challengers get $50,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-50 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $5,222,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,811,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 50.

UFC on ESPN 50 play-by-play and live results

Check out live play-by-play and official results from UFC on ESPN 50 in Nashville, Tenn.

UFC on ESPN 50 took place Saturday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

In the main event, Cory Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) took on Rob Font (20-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC) in a key bantamweight fight. In the co-feature, former women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade (24-12 MMA, 15-10 UFC) meets unbeaten contender Tatiana Suarez (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC).

Check out round-by-round updates below.

Enjoy the fights, everyone.

Billy Quarantillo def. Damon Jackson at UFC on ESPN 50: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Billy Quarantillo’s unanimous decision win over Damon Jackson at UFC on ESPN 50 in Nashville.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag]’s unanimous decision win over [autotag]Damon Jackson[/autotag] at UFC on ESPN 50 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. (Photos by Christopher Hanewinckel, USA TODAY Sports)