Tag: Brunno Ferreira

Brunno Ferreira puts ball back in Bo Nickal’s court for UFC Des Moines: ‘What’s up?’

Brunno Ferreira kept his perfect finish rate intact – but in a somewhat surprising manner – when he submitted Armen Petrosyan at UFC 313.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag] beat Armen Petrosyan with a second-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Take a look inside the fight with Ferreira, who kept his perfect finish rate intact – but in a somewhat surprising manner.

Brunno Ferreira def. Armen Petrosyan

Result: Brunno Ferreira def. Armen Petrosyan via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 1:27
Updated records: Ferreira (13-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC), Petrosyan (8-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Key stats: The pre-fight odds for Ferreira to win by submission were +800. It also was +2000 for either fighter to have a point deduction, which happened to Petrosyan in the first round.

Mar 8, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Brunno Ferreira (red gloves) fights Armen Petrosyan (blue gloves) during UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images

Ferreira on the fight’s key moment

“(Injuries are) part of the war. We expect this. This is what happens. We come in prepared for war, for anything. It doesn’t matter if I’m cut, if I’m hurt, if my legs are sore. We’re here to come out with a win. I didn’t even feel (the two low blows). I didn’t take my eyes off (the goal). I stayed calm and focused. At one point, he looked like he was prey during my hunting season, and I was not going to take my eyes off him.”

Ferreira on his improbable submission

“Someone owes me a Brazilian barbecue. This was my dream, to fight here at T-Mobile Arena. To be here, to be able to fight in the place I’ve always dreamt of, and to finish that way – I wanted to display my ground game, my grappling, and show that other element. I was very happy to get the win the way I wanted.”

Ferreira on what he wants next

“I’ve got a medical suspension, so I’m not going to do much until (that is over). But I’m not going to be idle. It’s not going to stop me. I’m going to be training something. I want to be active and all the boss has got to do is give me a call and I’ll be ready to fight anyone.

“For sure (I would fight Bo Nickal on May 3 in Iowa). This is a guy I called out before. I got no answer. I think now he just saw he’s got someone on his level – who’s got the grappling, who’s got the ground game, a judo black belt, a jiu-jitsu black belt, and a knockout artist. The ball is in his court. What’s up?”

Bo Nickal

To hear more from Ferreira, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 313.

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UFC 313 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Alex Pereira nets $42,000 for entering as champ

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out $32.5 million to athletes since its deal began with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 313 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $213,500.

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 313 took place at T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews/Disney+ and ESPN+.

The full UFC 313 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Iasmin Lucindo[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mauricio Ruffy[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]King Green[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Joshua Van[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rei Tsuruya[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Armen Petrosyan[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Carlos Leal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Alex Morono[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Mairon Santos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Francis Marshall[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Ozzy Diaz[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Djorden Santos[/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 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: $1,572,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $32,590,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 313.

UFC 313 video: Brunno Ferreira smoothly locks in armbar for submission win

Armbar finishes don’t get much smoother than Brunno Ferreira’s at UFC 313.

Armbar finishes don’t get much smoother than [autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]’s at UFC 313.

In the second round of their middleweight bout Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Ferreira (13-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) decided to shoot in for a takedown against [autotag]Armen Petrosyan[/autotag]. Ferreira secured it, dragged Petrosyan down, and quickly took his back. When he started to lose that position, though, Ferreira seamlessly transitioned to the armbar that quickly forced Petrosyan to tap out at the 4:27 mark of Round 2.

Check out the finish in the video below:

With the result “The Hulk” got back in the win column after suffering a submission loss to Abus Magomedov last October. Petrosyan (8-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) continued a skid by losing his third fight in a row.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 313 results include:

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Brunno Ferreira def. Armen Petrosyan at UFC 313: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Brunno Ferreira’s second-round submission win over Armen Petrosyan at UFC 313.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]’s second-round submission win over [autotag]Armen Petrosyan[/autotag] at UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Photos by Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA Today Sports; MMA Junkie; UFC)

UFC 308 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Ilia Topuria’s $42,000 leads card

Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway combined for $74,000 of the Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay for UFC 308.

ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 308 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $252,000.

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 308 took place at Etihad Arena on Yas Island. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN+

The full UFC 308 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Max Holloway[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Khamzat Chimaev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Aleksandar Rakic[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Shara Magomedov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Armen Petrosyan[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ibo Aslan[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Rafael Cerqueira[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Geoff Neal[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Rafael dos Anjos[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Mateusz Rebecki[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Myktybek Orolbai[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Abus Magomedov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Kennedy Nzechukwu[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Chris Barnett[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Farid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Victor Hugo[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ismail Naurdiev[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Rinat Fakhretdinov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Carlos Leal[/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 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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $6,896,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $29,633,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 308.

Abus Magomedov def. Brunno Ferreira at UFC 308: Best photos from Abu Dhabi

Check out the best photos from Abus Magomedov’s third-round submission win over Brunno Ferreira at UFC 308 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Abus Magomedov[/autotag]’s third-round submission win over [autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag] at UFC 308 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. (Photos by Craig Kidwell, special to MMA Junkie; MMA Junkie; UFC)

Dustin Stoltzfus reveals fractured face, nerve damage after Brunno Ferreira’s spinning elbow KO at UFC Louisville

Dustin Stoltzfus suffered some serious damage after UFC on ESPN 57.

[autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag] suffered some serious damage after UFC on ESPN 57.

Stoltzfus’ (15-6 MMA, 2-5 UFC) face was smashed courtesy of a spinning back elbow by [autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in their middleweight bout this past Saturday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

It was a wild first round where Stoltzfus was more than game to engage in a brawl with Ferreira. He had his moments, but with less than 10 seconds remaining in Round 1, Stoltzfus was sent crashing to the canvas by Ferreira, causing severe damage to his face.

Stoltzfus opened up on the loss in an Instagram post Sunday.

“Not too much to say here. I strayed from the game plan at the end of the round.

I feel like a fraud. I am better than this and I owe it to the amazing people who support me to do better. That being said, there are only so many spinning elbows to the face even my big ol’ head can take.

That being said: I’ve got a lot of healing to do. My face is fractured and I have some significant nerve damage. I don’t know when I’ll be back to training, let alone fighting.

Thankfully, the great people at the @ufc have always taken good care of me. I went out there to put on a show, now it’s time to put me back together and see what’s next.

Thank you all for the love, but I’ll probably be off socials for a while ✌️.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AcXstJwrO/

With the loss, Stoltzfus has split his past four appearances. Ferreira’s past six wins have come by first-round knockout.

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Brunno Ferreira calls for Bo Nickal after spinning-elbow KO at UFC on ESPN 57

Brunno Ferreirs wants to fight Bo Nickal following his spinning-elbow knockout win at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 57.

[autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag] had a big callout after his big knockout.

The Brazilian middleweight called for a fight against famed prospect [autotag]Bo Nickal[/autotag] following his impressive knockout win at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 57 at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Ferreira (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) put the lights out on Dustin Stoltzfus (15-6 MMA, 2-5 UFC) with a spinning back elbow in the first round of their main card bout.

With the attention of the crowd on him, Ferreira shot his shot at Nickal in his post-fight interview.

“I’ve shown my power in the division, but I come from judo,” Ferreira told commentator Paul Felder. “I’ve said this many times: I’m an excellent judoka, I’m a black belt, and a former athlete in Brazil’s national team. I want to issue the UFC a challenge: What do you guys think about judo vs. wrestling? Come on, Bo Nickal.”

Speaking backstage with the UFC, Ferreira said he expected the knockout win. His team saw an opening in preparation for Saturday.

“You can say that this knockout was really worked for – we really planned it,” Ferreira said. “We saw that he would come in, and he would throw his body a lot, so we knew that this and other strikes would work. But once the first one landed, I knew I could try it again and that it would land.”

Ferreira got a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus for his finish and leaves UFC on ESPN 57 with a smile on his face.

“I feel like it’s mission accomplished – the job has been done,” Ferreira said. “I went through injuries and everything the fighters go through to get here, so right now the feeling is mission accomplished.”

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UFC on ESPN 57 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Nassourdine Imavov nets $6k for main event

UFC on ESPN 57 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 57 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,500.

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 57 took place at the KFC Yum! Center. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 57 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Nassourdine Imavov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Dustin Jacoby[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Ricky Turcios[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Zach Reese[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Julian Marquez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Punahele Soriano[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Miguel Baeza[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Thiago Moises[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Carlos Prates[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Charlie Radtke[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Brad Katona[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jesse Butler[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Andrea Lee[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Daniel Marcos[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]John Castaneda[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Eduarda Moura[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Stamann[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Puja Tomar[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Rayanne dos Santos[/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 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 $4,570; 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 $57,000 while title challengers get $57,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-57 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,451,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $26,188,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 57.

UFC on ESPN 57 video: Brunno Ferreira smashes Dustin Stoltzfus with vicious spinning back elbow

Brunno Ferreira emerged from a wild first-round brawl at UFC on ESPN 57 after connecting with a pair of flush spinning back elbows.

With a nickname like “The Hulk,” [autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag] might not be the one to get into a wild brawl against inside the cage.

At UFC on ESPN 57 that’s exactly what Dustin Stoltzfus attempted to do, but ended up on the wrong end of a Ferreira (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) “Hulk smash” in the opening round of their bout at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Stoltzfus (15-6 MMA, 2-5 UFC) found himself on the wrong end of a spinning back elbow, resulting in a TKO stoppage at 4:51 of Round 1.

The fight quickly escalated from a few trading shots to a full-on wild brawl. Both middleweights landed heavy shots in the exchanges, but it would be Ferreira who connected with a pair of spinning back elbows to get the stoppage, the eighth such finish in UFC history.

Check out video of the finish below (via X):

Ferreira makes it two wins in a row, after stopping Phil Hawes in the first round of their January bout. All three of his victories have come in fourth minute of Round 1.

On the other end, Stoltzfus continues his trend of trading wins and losses over his past four fights as he struggles to gain momentum and string together a pair of wins.

Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 57 results include:

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