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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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UFC on ESPN 22 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event nets $32,000

UFC on ESPN 22 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 22 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $142,500.

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 22 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 22 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Kelvin Gastelum[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Andrei Arlovski[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Chase Sherman[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Jacob Malkoun[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Luis Pena[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Alex Munoz[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Tracy Cortez[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Justine Kish[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Alexandr Romanov[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Juan Espino[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jessica Penne[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Loopy Godinez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Bartosz Fabinski[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Gerald Meerschaert[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Austin Hubbard[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Dakota Bush[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Tony Gravely[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Anthony Birchak[/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:

  • “UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $142,500
  • “UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland” – $182,500

Year-to-date total: $325,000
Program-to-date total: $325,000

LFA 98 results: Josh Fremd earns middleweight title shot with massive knockout

Josh Fremd punched his ticket to an LFA middleweight title fight with a highlight-reel knockout in the main event of LFA 98 on Friday.

[autotag]Josh Fremd[/autotag] is the first man to advance to the finals of the LFA middleweight tournament.

Fremd (7-1) scored a brutal first-round knockout of [autotag]Bruno Oliveira[/autotag] (7-3) in Friday’s LFA 98 headliner, solidifying his spot in the championship round of the four-man grand prix.

LFA 98 took place at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan. The entire card streams on UFC Fight Pass.

Fremd wasted no time locking up Oliveira with a trip takedown and planting him on his back inside the first 30 seconds of the fight. The Brazilian stayed patient, and climbed back to his feet to break away into striking range.

The pair threw some blows back-and-forth, but then Fremd found his desired target. Fremd scored with a clean left hook that instantly rocked and dropped Oliveira. Fremd pounced with a few hammerfists on the ground, and the referee dove in to halt the action.

An ecstatic, who trains out of Factory X in Colorado, reveled in the biggest victory of his career.

“This is the biggest win of my career,” Fremd said in his post-fight interview with Alan Jouban. “You don’t know my striking, you don’t know my boxing. I’ve always had (power), I just haven’t shown it.”

Fremd now moves on to an opportunity to fight for the vacant LFA middleweight title later this year. He will fight the winner of Anthony Adams (8-2) and Gregory Rodrigues (7-3), who will meet in the other semifinal bout at LFA 100 on Feb. 19.

“Both of those guys that are in that fight,” Fremd said. “I look forward to fighting either one of them. No preference.”

Full LFA 98 results included:

  • Josh Fremd def. Bruno Oliveira via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:37
  • [autotag]Lucas Clay[/autotag] def. [autotag]J.J. Okanovich[/autotag] via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • [autotag]Richard Palencia[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jeimeson Saudino[/autotag] via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
  • [autotag]Dakota Bush[/autotag] def. [autotag]Austin Clem[/autotag] via TKO (head kick, punches) – Round 1, 0:57
  • [autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag] def. [autotag]Vanessa Grimes[/autotag] via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:07
  • [autotag]Joshua DaSilveira[/autotag] def. [autotag]Matt Paul[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:46
  • [autotag]Zac Pauga[/autotag] def. [autotag]Ashby Thomas[/autotag] via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:21

LFA 92 results: Askar Askar beats Kevin Wirth in one-sided main event

Askar Askar successfully rebounded from his first career loss with a dominant performance against Kevin Wirth in the LFA 92 main event.

[autotag]Askar Askar[/autotag] successfully rebounded from his first career loss with a dominant performance against [autotag]Kevin Wirth[/autotag] in Friday’s LFA 92 main event.

Askar (11-1) used a mixed arsenal of offense to overwhelm Wirth (8-2) over the course of three rounds in the bantamweight headliner, which took place at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan. The final scores from the judges were 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.

Askar shot for an early takedown that was unsuccessful. After that, he quickly found his range and began to pick Wirth apart. He landed a number of clean punches before a right hand dropped worth to his butt. Askar jumped on top and started to chip away at his opponent on the mat. He couldn’t get the finish, and eventually Wirth recovered enough to get back to his feet.

The pressure continued from Askar on his feet until he overcommitted on a punch that led him into a takedown from Wirth. Askar immediately attacked with an armbar, though, that he used to scramble back up to his feet. Wirth did his best to work behind the jab , but he wasn’t able to land anything to sway an obvious first round away from Askar.

The pressure continued from Askar to begin the second frame. He landed good striking combinations before completing a takedown roughly 30 seconds in. Askar burned a few minutes off the clock working from inside the guard, but then Wirth got himself upright. A cut opened up around Wirth’s left eye, but he reacted well and landed his best punch of the fight with a counter left hand. He couldn’t get Askar off his rhythm, though, and it was another clear round.

With the edge on the scorecards, Askar came to close the fight out strong. He stuck to his game plan of walking forward and mixing up his punches and kicks, while Wirth looked to find an opening to turn the tide of the contest. Askar put an exclamation point on it with just over three minutes remaining, though, picking his opponent up and slamming him to the canvas then riding out the clock to seal the fight in his favor.

“I need more time in the cage,” Askar said in his post-fight interview with Pat Miletich. “Obviously with this COVID thing it’s been putting everyone’s career on hold, so I hope I can get back in the cage soon. Obviously being in the gym is great, but you need to be in that cage.”

Full LFA 92 results included:

  • Askar Askar def. Kevin Wirth via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
  • [autotag]Antonio dos Santos Jr[/autotag]. def. Andre Fialho via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
  • [autotag]Dakota Bush[/autotag] def. [autotag]Brian Del Rosario[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:38
  • [autotag]Ricky Furar[/autotag] def. [autotag]Jacob Thrall[/autotag] via TKO (knee injury) – Round 3, 1:08
  • [autotag]Rodney Kealohi[/autotag] def. [autotag]Mefi Monterroso[/autotag] via TKO (knee, punches) – Round 1, 0:30
  • [autotag]Viecheslav Borshchev[/autotag] def. [autotag]Ali Zebian[/autotag] via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
  • [autotag]Christian Natividad[/autotag] def. [autotag]Jose Holguin[/autotag] via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:29