Tag: Charles Johnson

UFC Fight Night 220 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Brendan Allen’s $11,000 tops card

UFC Fight Night 220 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 220 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $104,000.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 220 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Andre Muniz[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Augusto Sakai[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Don’Tale Mayes[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yohan Lainesse[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Trevor Peek[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Erick Gonzalez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gabriella Fernandes[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jordan Leavitt[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Victor Martinez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ode Osbourne[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Joe Solecki[/autotag]: $6,000
def.[autotag]Carl Deaton[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag][Nurullo Aliev[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Rafael Alves[/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 2207 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2201 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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $1,157,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $15,676,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 220.

Charles Johnson found out he’ll be a ‘girl dad’ in cage after UFC Fight Night 217 win

Charles Johnson found out in the cage that he’ll be the father to a baby girl after he knocked out Jimmy Flick at UFC Fight Night 217.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag] beat Jimmy Flick with a first-round TKO Saturday to open up the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 217 in Las Vegas.

Take a look inside the fight with Johnson, who picked up his second straight win after a loss to Muhammad Mokaev in his UFC debut in July 2022.

UFC Fight Night 217 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $14.5 million

UFC Fight Night 217 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 217 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $137,000.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 217 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Nassourdine Imavov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Damon Jackson[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Punahele Soriano[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Roman Kopylov[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Ketlen Vieira[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Raquel Pennington[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Claudio Ribeiro[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Javid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Mateus Mendonca[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Mateusz Rebecki[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Nick Fiore[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Allan Nascimento[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Carlos Hernandez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Dan Argueta[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Nick Aguirre[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jimmy Flick[/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 2177 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2171 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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

  • “UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000

Year-to-date total: $137,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $14,656,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 217.

UFC Fight Night 217 video: Hear from each winner backstage

Check out what the UFC Fight Night 217 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 217 took place Saturday with 11 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 217 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

Charles Johnson on Zhalgas Zhumagulov win at UFC Fight Night 215: ‘I felt like I won every round’

Charles Johnson thinks the judges got it right in his split decision win over Zhalgas Zhumagulov at UFC Fight Night 215.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag] thinks the judges got it right at UFC Fight Night 215.

Johnson (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) edged out Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-8 MMA, 1-5 UFC) by split decision this past Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It was a decision that reportedly caused Zhumagulov to retire out of frustration.

All but one media score submitted to MMA Decisions scored the bout for Zhumagulov, but Johnson thinks he did enough to win.

“I haven’t looked at social media, but I feel like – I don’t know,” Johnson told reporters, including MMA Junkie. “My coach said each round was close, but I felt like I won every round, honestly in my opinion. I didn’t feel like he did enough to win rounds. He was just throwing big shots, and sometimes they land. But it’s a five-minute round. So I don’t know. We’ll see.”

Johnson picked up his first UFC win after a rough debut against unbeaten prospect Muhammad Mokaev at UFC Fight Night 208 in March. He hopes for a quick turnaround to keep the momentum going.

“It’s great – I’m happy,” Johnson said on his first UFC win. “At the end of the day, that’s all that matters in this sport. I want to be active, so if you’re losing, they don’t really have any incentive to put you back in here.

“I think that (Tagir) Ulanbekov is a great fight for me, and I think Tim Elliott is a great fight for me, and I think anyone ranked is a good fight for me, honestly. I’m a champion before I got here. I’ll be a champion when I leave, and I’ve fought nothing but champions.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 215.

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UFC Fight Night 215 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Lowest payout in program history

UFC Fight Night 215 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 215 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $80,000.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 215 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Kennedy Nzechukwu[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ion Cutelaba[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Waldo Cortes-Acosta[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Chase Sherman[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Muslim Salikhov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Andre Fialho[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jack Della Maddalena[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Danny Roberts[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Zhalgas Zhumagulov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jennifer Maia[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Maryna Moroz[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Miles Johns[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Vince Morales[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ricky Turcios[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kevin Natividad[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Vanessa Demopoulos[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Maria Oliveira[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Brady Hiestand[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Fernie Garcia[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Natalia Silva[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Tereza Bleda[/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 and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts. 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: $7,634,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,812,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 215.

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Panthers great Charles Johnson calls Matt Rhule ‘petty’ for responding to Dan Orlovksy

Former Panthers DE Charles Johnson doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of Matt Rhule.

Former Carolina Panthers defensive end Charles Johnson is almost as good of a tweeter as he was a football player. And considering he collected the second-most sacks in franchise history—behind only future Hall of Famer Julius Peppers—that’s saying something.

The latest instance of Johnson’s Twitter prowess came on Friday night, when he questioned current head coach Matt Rhule’s response to ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky. Orlovksy, in an NFL Live segment that quickly made its rounds this past week, lambasted the Panthers offense for supposedly tipping off their plays.

Rhule, who would later be asked about the harsh criticism, provided a detailed and lengthy rebuttal to the ex-quarterback—something Johnson obviously didn’t think too highly of . . .

Unfortunately for Rhule, this sentiment has been echoed far before Johnson hit that tweet button. Carolina’s 0-2 start to the 2022 campaign has not only pushed them to the league’s longest active losing streak (nine), but they’re also a miserable 10-25 under Rhule.

Point proven, Chuck.

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UFC Fight Night 208 post-event facts: Molly McCann’s second spinning elbow makes history

Molly McCann owns two of six spinning elbow knockouts in UFC history after UFC Fight Night 208.

The UFC’s encore in London did not live up to the standards of its visit to the city earlier this year. Nine of the 14 bouts at UFC Fight Night 208 on Saturday at The O2 went to a decision.

The heavyweight main event capped off in disappointing fashion when [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) suffered a knee injury just 15 seconds into the fight, giving [autotag]Curtis Blaydes[/autotag] (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) a TKO victory.

For more on the numbers behind the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 208.

Muhammad Mokaev def. Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night 208: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Muhammad Mokaev’s unanimous decision win over Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night 208 in London.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Muhammad Mokaev[/autotag]’s unanimous decision win over [autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 208 at The O2 in London. (Photos by Per Haljestam, USA TODAY Sports)

UFC London’s Charles Johnson: People say Muhammad Mokaev fights like a veteran, but he ‘fights with his ego’

“He’s young and he fights that way sometimes. People say he fights like a veteran, but he fights with his ego.”

LONDON – [autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag] thinks [autotag]Muhammad Mokaev[/autotag] will be shooting for takedowns early in their fight.

Johnson (11-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) faces Mokaev (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 208 event, which takes place at The O2 in London. The card streams on ESPN+.

Mokaev is known for his elite grappling, but Johnson sees an overzealous approach from him and plans on making him pay on the feet.

“He’s young and he fights that way sometimes,” Johnson told MMA Junkie. “People say he fights like a veteran, but he fights with his ego. He comes forward, he’s a pressure fighter and I think there are some things in the fight we can take advantage of. I do expect him to come forward, but I do expect him to try and stand with me and it just takes one shot.

“So I feel like if anything doesn’t start going his way, he’ll start being very grapple-heavy. People go to where they’re comfortable. When they get in trouble, they go to what’s comfortable, so I expect that to happen pretty soon in this fight.”

Mokaev is one of the highest-touted prospects in the sport. An amateur champion, Mokaev burst onto the UFC scene in March when he took out Cody Durden in less than a minute. Johnson is aware of Mokaev and even recalls training with him a few years ago in Thailand.

“I’m familiar with him,” Johnson said. “It’s MMA, he’s a good wrestler, he’s a good martial artist and he’s got a lot of amateur experience, so I’m familiar with his story and we spent a very little bit of time which each other on the mats at Tiger Muay Thai. So I’ve seen him before.

“He was a good wrestler, good grappler, very control-oriented, and we did a little bit of standup and it wasn’t too much for anybody to hang their hat on. I got the better of him, but it’s been two years, so we’ll see.

“I think he does great for his age. I think he’s doing great, but he’s doing what he should do when you’ve been groomed for this. He’s been groomed to be what he is now. So I think he’s doing exactly what he should do, and that takes putting in a lot of work and effort. So I respect him, but I’m not surprised by what he’s doing. What he’s doing is what he should be doing.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 208.