UFC Fight Night 192 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Anthony Smith’s $16k tops card

UFC Fight Night 192 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 192 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $162,000.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 192 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Anthony Smith[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ion Cutelaba[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Devin Clark[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Ariane Lipski[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Mandy Bohm[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Christos Giagos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Tony Gravely[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Antonio Arroyo[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Tafon Nchukwi[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Mike Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Raquel Pennington[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Pannie Kianzad[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Rong Zhu[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Brandon Jenkins[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]JP Buys[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Sarah Alpar[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Carlston Harris[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Impa Kasanganay[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Gustavo Lopez[/autotag]: $4,500
vs. [autotag]Heili Alateng[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Hannah Goldy[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Emily Whitmire[/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 $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 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,592,500
Program-to-date total: $3,592,500

Brandon Jenkins replaces COVID-positive Dakota Bush at UFC Fight Night 192 vs. Zhu Rong

COVID-19 has impacted Saturday’s UFC event.

UFC Fight Night 192 has been hit with a change caused by COVID-19.

Lightweight [autotag]Dakota Bush[/autotag], who was set to compete in his second promotional bout Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas vs. [autotag]Zhu Rong[/autotag], has tested positive for the virus and is out of the fight. Stepping in his place will be [autotag]Brandon Jenkins[/autotag], a fighter coming off a brutal flying knee knockout last month at 2021 PFL Playoffs 3.

Two people with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

Jenkins (15-7 MMA, 0-0 UFC) enters his UFC debut on a three-fight winning streak, which includes the aforementioned knockout of UFC alum Jacob Kilburn, as well as a violent spinning back elbow KO against Jordan Hinman in November.

The youngest fighter on the UFC roster, Rong (17-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) enters the fight coming off an unsuccessful promotional debut. At UFC 261 in April, Rong lost a unanimous decision to Kazula Vargas. The defeat snapped a 10-fight winning streak for the 21-year-old.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night 192 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Anthony Smith vs. Ryan Spann
  • Devin Clark vs. Ion Cutelaba
  • Nikolas Motta vs. Cameron VanCamp
  • Mandy Bohm vs. Ariane Lipski
  • Christos Giagos vs. Arman Tsarukyan
  • Antonio Arroyo vs. Joaquin Buckley

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

  • Tafon Nchukwi vs. Mike Rodriguez
  • Pannie Kianzad vs. Raquel Pennington
  • Tony Gravely vs. Nate Maness
  • Brandon Jenkins vs. Rong Zhu
  • JP Buys vs. Montel Jackson
  • Sarah Alpar vs. Erin Blanchfield
  • Carlston Harris vs. Impa Kasanganay
  • Heili Alateng vs. Gustavo Lopez
  • Hannah Goldy vs. Emily Whitmire

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PFL video: Brandon Jenkins bowls over UFC alum Jacob Kilburn with switch flying knee knockout

Nicknamed “The Human Highlight Reel,” Brandon Jenkins proved to be just that in his PFL debut.

[autotag]Brandon Jenkins[/autotag] grinded for eight years on the regional scene, so when he appeared in a major promotion for the first time Friday, he made the most of the opportunity.

In the first fight of 2021 PFL Playoffs 3, Jenkins (15-7) competed in a non-tournament showcase bout against UFC alum Jacob Kilburn (8-5) and scored a switch flying knee knockout at 2:56 of Round 1.

The bout served as the first fight of the preliminary card for the event, which took place at Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., and streamed on ESPN+.

“I hope so,” Jenkins said, when asked by post-fight interviewer Sean O’Connell if he thinks he punched his ticket onto the 2022 season roster. “I think I made a good first impression. … He has a nasty three-two. He likes to do a check-hook. What I did was I threw a naked kick. He checked it and then I looked low and I kneed high. I looked low, I threw the same kick, but I switched in the middle and threw the knee. Because he likes to throw the check hook and kind of put his hook behind his bicep.”

With the win, Jenkins, 29, extends his winning streak to three – a stretch of time that also includes a spinning back-elbow knockout in November 2020.  Meanwhile, Kilburn falls to 0-3 in his last three including losses to Austin Lingo and Billy Quarantillo in the UFC.

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2021 PFL Playoffs 3 live and official results

Follow along with live and official results of 2021 PFL Playoffs 3 featuring Brendan Loughnane vs. Movlid Khaybulaev in the main event.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – 2021 PFL Playoffs 3 takes place at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Friday and you can follow along with live and official results on MMA Junkie.

The main card airs on ESPN 2 and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET following prelims exclusively on ESPN+ starting at 7 p.m. ET.

The final week of the PFL Playoffs will determine the finalists for the featherweight and light heavyweight seasons.

In the main event, [autotag]Brendan Loughnane[/autotag] (21-3) takes on undefeated [autotag]Movlid Khaybulaev[/autotag] (17-0-1) in a semifinal matchup of the 145-pound season. The other semifinal bout takes place in the co-main event, as former UFC fighter [autotag]Chris Wade[/autotag] (19-6) takes on [autotag]Bubba Jenkins[/autotag] (16-4).

The semifinals of the PFL light heavyweight season take place on the main card with [autotag]Antonio Carlos Junior[/autotag] (11-5) taking on 2019 PFL champion Emiliano Sordi (23-8-1), and [autotag]Cezar Ferreira[/autotag] (14-9) facing [autotag]Marthin Hamlet[/autotag] (7-2).

The full 2021 PFL Playoffs 3 results are below:

Main Card (ESPN2, ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Brendan Loughnane vs. Movlid Khaybulaev
  • Chris Wade vs. Bubba Jenkins
  • Antonio Carlos Junior  vs. Emiliano Sordi
  • Cezar Ferreira vs. Marthin Hamlet

Preliminary card (ESPN+)

  • Sheymon Moraes vs. Lazar Stojadinovic
  • Chris Camozzi vs. Cory Hendricks
  • Anthony Dizy  vs. Jesse Stirn
  • Jason Knight vs. Bobby Moffett
  • Alejandro Flores vs. Carl Deaton III
  • Brandon Jenkins vs. Jacob Kilburn

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Video: 2021 PFL Playoffs 3 cermonial weigh-ins (5 p.m. ET)

Watch the 2021 PFL Playoffs 3 weigh-ins live at 5:00 p.m. ET.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – The last week of the 2021 PFL playoffs is underway, and you catch the weigh-ins for the event on MMA Junkie.

All 20 competitors are set to step on the scale to make the required limit for their respective bouts at Thursday’s 2021 PFL Playoffs 3 weigh-ins at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

In the main event, Brendan Loughnane takes on undefeated Movlid Khaybulaev in a semifinal matchup of the featherweight season. The other bout of the 145-pounds season goes down in the co-main event, as former UFC fighter Chris Wade takes on Bubba Jenkins.

Additionally, the semifinals of the PFL light heavyweight season go down on the main card with Antonio Carlos Junior taking on 2019 PFL champion Emiliano Sordi, and Cezar Ferreira facing Marthin Hamlet.

Watch the live weigh-ins in the video above.

Main Card (ESPN2, ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Brendan Loughnane vs. Movlid Khaybulaev
  • Chris Wade vs. Bubba Jenkins
  • Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Emiliano Sordi
  • Cezar Ferreira vs. Marthin Hamlet

Preliminary card (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)

  • Sheymon Moraes vs. Lazar Stojadinovic
  • Chris Camozzi vs. Cory Hendricks
  • Anthony Dizy vs. Jesse Stirn
  • Jason Knight vs. Bobby Moffett
  • Alejandro Flores vs. Carl Deaton III
  • Brandon Jenkins vs. Jacob Kilburn