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UFC Fight Night 185: Chris Daukaus post-fight interview

UFC Fight Night 185 video: Chris Daukaus runs through Aleksei Oleinik for first-round finish

Chris Daukaus thwarted Aleksei Oleinik’s grappling attempts at UFC Fight Night 185, and it set up a quick win.

[autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag] thwarted [autotag]Aleksei Oleinik[/autotag]’s grappling attempts at UFC Fight Night 185, and it set up a quick win for him.

Daukaus (11-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) earned a third consecutive first-round finish to start his UFC tenure Saturday when he landed heavy shots on Oleinik (59-15-1 MMA, 8-6 UFC) to force a standing TKO stoppage.

The Philadelphia-based police officer had talked prior to the event about putting together a run that would warrant a full-time move to fighting, and he took another step forward with the big win in the heavyweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Check out the replay below (via Twitter):

POURING IT ON! 💥@ChrisDaukausMMA gets an early TKO victory in RD 1! #UFCVegas19 pic.twitter.com/V96QbLmwlr

— UFC (@ufc) February 21, 2021

After the fight, Daukaus said he was proud of his performance and is looking to take another step forward next.

“Aleksei is a legend, and he showed why he’s a legend,” Daukaus said in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “I want to fight whoever is in front of me. Everyone is going to get it, so it doesn’t matter to me.”

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 185 results include:

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UFC Fight Night 185 predictions: Curtis Blaydes or Derrick Lewis in heavyweight clash?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 185 main card, featuring Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis at heavyweight.

	Blaydes vs. Lewis	Kunitskaya vs. Vieira	Minner vs. Rosa	Daukaus vs. Oleinik	Hawes vs. Imavov	Arlovski vs. Aspinall
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 12-11	Blaydes (58%)	Vieira (66%)	Rosa (78%)	Oleinik (66%)	Hawes (76%)	Aspinall (56%)
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 15-8 2017 Champion	Lewis	Vieira	Rosa	Oleinik	Imavov	Arlovski
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 15-8	Blaydes	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Imavov	Arlovski
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 15-8	Lewis	Vieira	Rosa	Oleinik	Hawes	Arlovski
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 14-9 2020 Champion	Lewis	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Hawes	Aspinall
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 14-9	Lewis	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Hawes	Aspinall
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 14-9 2014 Champion	Blaydes	Vieira	Rosa	Oleinik	Imavov	Aspinall
Simon Head @simonhead 2021: 12-11 2019 Champion*	Blaydes	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Hawes	Aspinall
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 12-11 2018 Champion	Lewis	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Hawes	Aspinall
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 11-12	Lewis	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Hawes	Aspinall
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 11-12	Blaydes	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Hawes	Aspinall
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 11-12	Blaydes	Vieira	Rosa	Oleinik	Hawes	Aspinall
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 11-12	Blaydes	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Hawes	Aspinall
Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 10-13	Blaydes	Vieira	Rosa	Daukaus	Imavov	Arlovski

The UFC stays in its home base this week with a key heavyweight bout atop the bill.

UFC Fight Night 185 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

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In the main event, [autotag]Curtis Blaydes[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) takes on former heavyweight title challenger [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag] (24-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC). The winner is expected to stay in the hunt for a title shot. Blaydes is the biggest favorite on the entire card at -450 at BetMGM, but he’s only got a narrow 7-6 picks lead from our 13 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts.

In the co-feature, [autotag]Yana Kunitskaya[/autotag] (13-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) takes on [autotag]Ketlen Vieira[/autotag] (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in a key women’s bantamweight fight. Vieira is a -275 favorite at the betting window, and she’s one of two unanimous picks on our main card at 13-0.

The other unanimous pick is [autotag]Charles Rosa[/autotag] (13-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) in his featherweight bout against [autotag]Darrick Minner[/autotag] (25-11 MMA, 1-1 UFC). Rosa only is a mild favorite at -190, but he’s got unanimous love from our staff members.

[autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag] (10-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is a 2-1 favorite in his heavyweight bout against [autotag]Aleksei Oleinik[/autotag] (59-14-1 MMA, 8-5 UFC), and he’s got a decent lead in the picks at 9-4.

The closest fight on the main card from an odds perspective is between [autotag]Phil Hawes[/autotag] (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and [autotag]Nassourdine Imavov[/autotag] (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at middleweight. Hawes is just a slight favorite at -125, but he’s got a sizable picks lead at 9-4.

And to open the main card, former heavyweight champion [autotag]Andrei Arlovski[/autotag] (30-19 MMA, 19-13 UFC) meets [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] (9-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC). Aspinall is a -250 favorite and has a 9-4 lead in the picks.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Blaydes (58 percent), Vieira (66 percent), Rosa (78 percent), Oleinik (66 percent), Hawes (76 percent) and Aspinall (56 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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With disdain for aspects of police job, Chris Daukaus targets full-time fighter status

Chris Daukaus hates chasing people with guns and seeks becoming a full-time fighter after UFC Fight Night 185.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag] answered media questions Thursday ahead of his bout at UFC Fight Night 185.

Daukaus (10-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who meets Aleksei Oleinik (59-14-1 MMA, 8-5 UFC) in a heavyweight matchup, discussed balancing his fighting career with being a police officer, his hope to eventually become a full-time fighter, facing the most experienced opponent of his career and much more.

UFC Fight Night 185 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

Watch the video above to see Daukaus’ full pre-fight availability.

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UFC Fight Night 185: Darrick Minner media day interview

Darrick Minner talks to the media pre-fight at UFC Fight Night 185 before his featherweight bout against Charles Rosa on Saturday in Las Vegas.

Aleksei Oleinik vs. Chris Daukaus added to UFC Fight Night on Feb. 20

A heavyweight bout between Aleksei Oleinik and Chris Daukaus is set.

[autotag]Aleksei Oleinik[/autotag] has a return date for 2021.

The heavyweight veteran will meet [autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag] on Feb. 20 at UFC Fight Night. The location for the event has yet to be announced by the UFC. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following an initial report from Russian Instagram account JACO UFC 2.

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Oleinik (59-14-1 MMA, 8-5 UFC) last fought in August, when he suffered a second-round TKO loss to Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC Fight Night 174. The defeat snapped a two-fight winning streak for the Russian.

Meanwhile, Daukaus (10-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) looks to continue his unbeaten run in the UFC sine joining the organization in 2018. The 31-year-old holds back-to-back wins over Parker Porter and Rodrigo Nascimento.

With this addition, the updated Feb. 20 lineup includes:

Chris Daukaus vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Danny Chavez vs. Jared Gordon

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UFC on ESPN+ 37 medical suspensions: Cory Sandhagen’s win comes with a potential cost

Cory Sandhagen was victorious in the UFC on ESPN+ 37 main event, but his win came at a cost.

[autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag] was victorious in the UFC on ESPN+ 37 main event, but his win came at a cost.

Taking on fellow top bantamweight contender [autotag]Marlon Moraes[/autotag] on Saturday, Sandhagen (13-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) picked up a second-round TKO via a spinning wheel kick and punches. Against Moraes (23-7-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC), however, Sandhagen sustained an eye injury that could put him out of action for 180 days.

On Monday, MMA Junkie obtained the full list of suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com, the Association of Boxing Commissions’ official record keeper.

Also receiving potential six-month suspensions are [autotag]Tom Breese[/autotag], [autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag], [autotag]Impa Kasanganay[/autotag], [autotag]Tony Kelley[/autotag], and [autotag]Omar Morales[/autotag] for injuries suffered in their fights Saturday.

UFC on ESPN+ 37 took place at Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The event streamed on ESPN+.

Below is the full list of UFC on ESPN+ 37 medical suspensions:

Cory Sandhagen: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by an ophthalmologist; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
Marlon Moraes: Suspended 45 days for TKO with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Edson Barboza[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Makwan Amirkhani[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for “hard bout” with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for “hard bout” with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days for a right eyebrow laceration with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days for a knockout with no contact for 45 days.
[autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Alan Baudot[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for TKO with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for left eyelid laceration with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Tom Breese: Suspended 180 days or until right knee MRI and left tibia/fibula x-rays are cleared by a doctor; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]K.B. Bhullar[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days for TKO with no contact for 30 days.
[autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Rodrigo Nascimento: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by an ophthalmologist; Also suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days for right scalp laceration.
[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Impa Kasanganay: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by an ophthalmologist; Also suspended 60 days for knockout with no contact for 45 days.
Tony Kelley: Suspended 180 days or until right elbow MRI is and right tibia/fibula x-ray are cleared by doctor; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Ali Alqaisi[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Giga Chikadze[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Omar Morales: Suspended 180 days or until right elbow MRI, left tibia/fibula X-ray, and left ankle X-ray are cleared by a doctor; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Tracy Cortez[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Stephanie Egger[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for right eyebrow laceration with no contact for 21 days.

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UFC 252 medical suspensions: Stipe Miocic, Daniel Cormier both need eye clearance

Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier both need to have issues with their left eyes checked out following their trilogy bout at UFC 252

[autotag]Stipe Miocic[/autotag] and [autotag]Daniel Cormier[/autotag] both need to have issues with their left eyes checked out following their heavyweight title trilogy bout at UFC 252 on Saturday.

MMA Junkie obtained the full list from the Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday. Fighters can return sooner than the duration of their suspension if cleared by a doctor.

Miocic (20-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) and Cormier (22-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) had a grueling five-round fight in the headliner of the event at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with Miocic keeping the belt. A second-round eye poke on Cormier apparently tore his cornea, and that’s one of the issues “DC” will need checked out post-fight. Miocic, meanwhile, needs hie eye examined, too.

Outside of the main event, bantamweight prospect [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) faces the longest medical suspension. He hurt his leg in a first-round TKO loss in the co-main event, and will need his ankle cleared, otherwise he’s out until February 2021.

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Complete UFC 252 medical suspensions included:

Stipe Miocic: Must have retinal specialist clearance on left eye; minimum suspension until 9/30/20, no contact until 9/15/20
Daniel Cormier: Must have left eye cleared by an ophthalmologist or no contest until 2/12/21. Minimum suspension until 9/30/20, no contact until 9/15/20
[autotag]Marlon Vera:[/autotag] No suspension
Sean O’Malley: Must have orthopedic doctor clearance on right ankle or no contest until 2/12/21. Minimum suspension until 9/30/20, no contact until 9/15/20
[autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]Junior Dos Santos[/autotag]: Must have laceration under left eye cleared by a doctor or no contest until 10/15/20, no contact until 9/30/20
[autotag]Daniel Pineda[/autotag]: Suspended until 9/30/20, no contact until 9/15/20 due to left eyebrow laceration
[autotag]Herbert Burns[/autotag]: Suspended until 9/30/20, no contact until 9/15/20 due to right eyebrow laceration
[autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]John Dodson[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]Vinc Pichel[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag]: Must have cut on bridge of nose cleared by doctor or no contest until 9/30/20, no contact until 9/15/20
[autotag]Virna Jandiroba[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]Felice Herrig[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]Danny Chavez[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]TJ Brown[/autotag]: Must have left orbital fracture cleared by an ophthalmologist or no contest until 2/12/21. Minimum suspension until 9/15/20 with no contact until 9/6/20
Livinha Souza: No suspension
[autotag]Ashley Yoder[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag]: No suspension
[autotag]Parker Porter[/autotag]: Suspended until 9/15/20, no contact until 9/6/20
[autotag]Kai Kamaka[/autotag]: Must have facial lacerations cleared by doctor or no contest until 9/30/20, no contact until 9/15/20
[autotag]Tony Kelley[/autotag]: Suspended until 9/15/20, no contact until 9/6/20 due to forehead laceration

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Chris Daukaus revels in UFC 252 win after long road to the promotion

Take a look inside Chris Daukaus’ TKO of Parker Porter at UFC 252 in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag] beat Parker Porter with a first-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 252 in Las Vegas.

Take a look inside the fight with Daukaus, who won his UFC debut and had his sixth straight victory by knockout.

Result: Chris Daukaus def. Parker Porter via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:28
Updated records: Daukaus (9-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Porter (10-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Key stat: Daukaus outstruck Porter 45-18.

Daukaus on the fight’s key moment

“You obviously game plan for every opponent, so we (saw) that he was going to throw a little bit wild punches – big overhand followed by a big left. So we stayed tight – everything down the middle.”

Daukaus on dropping weight for the fight

“It feels great to get something I’ve been working for for close to 10 years now, so I couldn’t be happier with the results. That’s just things we worked on. … I knew he was going to be fast, so I dropped a lot of weight for this fight – just changing the diet, changing everything. So I knew that I was faster than him and I knew I could definitely land with a simple 1-2 down the middle.”

Daukaus on what he wants next

“I’ll get back in as soon as I can – get cleared with medicals, get cleared with work, get cleared with the UFC, and whoever wants to throw down in the cage, I’m down.”

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

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UFC 252 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Daniel Cormier takes home $30k for final fight

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 252 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $201,000.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 252 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $201,000.

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 252 took place at UFC Apex. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 252 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Stipe Miocic[/autotag]: $40,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Cormier[/autotag]: $30,000

[autotag]Marlon Vera[/autotag]: $10,000
def. [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Junior Dos Santos[/autotag]: $20,000

[autotag]Daniel Pineda[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Herbert Burns[/autotag]: $3,500

[autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]John Dodson[/autotag]: $15,000

[autotag]Vinc Pichel[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag]: $20,000

[autotag]Virna Jandiroba[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Felice Herrig[/autotag]: $5,000

[autotag]Danny Chavez[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]TJ Brown[/autotag]: $3,500

[autotag]Livinha Souza[/autotag]: $4,000
def.[autotag]Ashley Yoder[/autotag]: $5,000

[autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Parker Porter[/autotag]: $3,500

[autotag]Kai Kamaka[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Tony Kelley[/autotag]: $3,500

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’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 $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,000; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.

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 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

“UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3” – $201,000
“UFC on ESPN+ 32: Lewis vs. Oleinik” – $162,000
“UFC on ESPN+ 31: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan” – $103,500
“UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Till” – $209,500
“UFC on ESPN+ 30: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2” – $165,000
“UFC on ESPN 13: Kattar vs. Ige” – $97,000
“UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal” – $305,500
“UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov” – $178,500
“UFC on ESPN 10: Eye vs. Calvillo” – $95,000
“UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer” – $266,000
“UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns” – $114,500
“UFC on ESPN 8: Overeem vs. Harris” – $184,500
“UFC on ESPN+ 29: Smith vs. Teixeira” – $166,000
“UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje” – $305,500
“UFC on ESPN+ 28: Lee vs. Oliveira” – $209,500
“UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero” – $257,000
“UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo” – $119,500
“UFC on ESPN+ 26: Felder vs. Hooker” – $130,000
“UFC on ESPN+ 25: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2” – $186,500
“UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes” – $243,000
“UFC on ESPN+ 24: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos” – $169,000
“UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy” – $165,000

Year-to-date total: $3,964,000
2019 total: $7,370,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $34,968,500