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Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 236, which saw Rodolfo Vieira become the all-time octagon leader in arm-triangle choke wins.
The UFC’s lengthy stretch of events rolled on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 236 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
[autotag]Jack Hermansson[/autotag] (24-8 MMA, 11-6 UFC) emerged victorious in the main event when he scored an upset of [autotag]Joe Pyfer[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in their middleweight bout.
For more on the numbers from the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 236.
Dan Ige sees Diego Lopes, Brian Ortega or Yair Rodriguez as possible opponents for UFC’s debut at The Sphere for Mexican Independence Day.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag] has a ideal situation in mind for his next fight following a violent knockout win Saturday at UFC Fight Night 236.
Ige (18-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC) returned to the win column in emphatic fashion when he dropped and stopped Andre Fili (23-11 MMA, 12-10 UFC) for a first-round knockout in their featherweight co-headliner at the UFC Apex. The result got another Performance of the Night bonus for “50K” and proved once again he’s among the hardest hitters in the division.
On the heels of the highlight-reel performance, Ige said he intends to take several months off. His wife is close to giving birth to their second child, and Ige said he regrets not being around for the opening portion of his first child’s life, and won’t repeat that again.
He doesn’t mind putting his career on pause for family, though, because Ige already knows when he wants to be back. UFC is planning a mega-event at The Sphere in Las Vegas for Mexican Independence Day in September, and it’s a goal of Ige’s to be on that card.
“We’ll get back to work in maybe August or September,” Ige told MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight at UFC Fight Night 236. “Like I said at media day, I would love to fight at The Sphere.”
Ige, 32, is open to any matchup the UFC presents to him next, but he does see some realistic possibilities against ranked featherweights. He wants to see how some key upcoming fights play out, but there are two in particular that would be fitting for a Noche UFC fight card.
“There’s multiple options,” Ige said. “If (Diego) Lopes gets through Sodiq (Yusuff), that could be a good one, or I could take out the loser of maybe (Brian) Ortega and Yair (Rodriguez) – one of those guys depending how their fight goes in Mexico City. I know they’re going to want to stack it for Mexican Independence Day with a bunch of Mexicans, but I’ve got a left hook like a Mexican, too.”
For now, Ige is enjoying the fruits of his labor. He said he took no joy out of knockout out Fili, who is a former training partner and someone he has formed a bond with. He knows it’s all business inside the octagon, however, and he did what the job requires.
“I’ve had visions,” Ige said. “I’ve had dreams of knocking him out, but you can’t just expect to knock the guy out and it doesn’t happen. But it did tonight, and it felt nice and I definitely dreamed that one.”
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 236.
UFC Fight Night 236 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 236 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $236,500.
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 Fight Night 236 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 236 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Jack Hermansson[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Joe Pyfer[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Robert Bryczek[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Gregory Rodrigues[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Brad Tavares[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Michael Johnson[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Darrius Flowers[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Rodolfo Vieira[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Armen Petrosyan[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Carlos Prates[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Bolaji Oki[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Tim Cuamba[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Loma Lookboonmee[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Bruna Brasil[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Devin Clark[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Max Griffin[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Jeremiah Wells[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Bogdan Guskov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Zac Pauga[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Hyder Amil[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Fernie Garcia[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Daniel Marcos[/autotag]: $4,000
vs. [autotag]Aori Qileng[/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 2361 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: $850,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $23,557,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 236.
Check out what the UFC Fight Night 236 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.
LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 236 took place Saturday with 14 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 236 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 236.
Dan Ige picked up a vicious knockout in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 236 by landing a crushing right hand on Andre Fili.
[autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag] was hoping for a quick night at the office, and his wish was granted.
In the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 236 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Ige (18-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC) met Andre Fili in what promised to be an exciting featherweight bout. It proved to be exactly that for as long as it lasted, because Ige closed the show just 2:43 into Round 1 by knocking out Fili (23-11 MMA, 12-10 UFC).
The two featherweights provided a fast pace from the start. Both darted in and out with quick movements as they searched for openings. As Fili threw out a pawing left jab, Ige came over the top with a powerful right hand that sent Fili crashing to the mat. Ige walked in and put in one more right hand to his downed opponent for good measure, and then walked off in celebration.
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— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) February 11, 2024
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The result marks a return to the win column for Ige, who had a two-fight winning streak snapped by Bryce Mitchell in September. Prior to that, “50K” Ige knocked out Damon Jackson and picked up a unanimous decision win over Nate Landwehr.
Perhaps more importantly than exiting the cage unscathed with another highlight reel moment, Ige can turn his focus to family, as his wife is due to give birth at any moment.
“She’s probably in labor right now, so I had to make that one quick,” Ige told Daniel Cormier during his post-fight interview.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 236 results include:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 236.
Ahead of UFC Fight Night 236, watch Dan Ige put away Damon Jackson with a nasty walk-off knockout.
[autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag] sure knows how to snap a losing streak with style.
Back in January 2023, the UFC featherweight veteran stopped a three-fight losing skid with one of his most impressive career knockouts. Ige (17-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) put the lights out on Damon Jackson with a nasty walk-off. The finish earned Ige a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus.
You can watch Ige’s impressive finish in the video above.
Ige returns to the octagon this Saturday in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 236, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. He takes on fellow veteran Andre Fili (23-10 MMA, 11-9 UFC) in a featherweight bout.
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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 236.
Dan Ige is hoping a potentially once-in-a-career opportunity will give him an extra boost this week.
[autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag] is hoping a potentially once-in-a-career opportunity will give him an extra boost this week.
Ige (17-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) takes on Andre Fili (23-10 MMA, 11-9 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 236 (ESPN+) featherweight co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A couple fights prior to that, fellow Hawaiian Brad Tavares will fight Gregory Rodrigues. The chance to fight on the same show is a unique one for the friends.
Ige gave Tavares much credit for helping him get on his feet when he first moved to Las Vegas to train.
“When I moved to Vegas, Brad was the first guy – he opened up his couch. I had no money. I slept on his couch,” Ige said at Wednesday’s media day. “(I) literally walked into his house, spilled my whole jar of chia seeds all over the house, and he is like, ‘What the f*ck are chia seeds?’ I’m like, ‘Ah, dude, they’re healthy. I don’t know.’ And he’s like, ‘You f*cking dumbass. You spilled chia seeds everywhere.’ I’m pretty sure he still has chia seeds in his house.
“Me and Brad are on the (video game joy)sticks every night. That’s my self care. It’s nice to reminisce and just look back at those little things and just make each other laugh and think about the good times, because the good times always last. I’m grateful. I may never, ever get a chance to compete on the same card with him again, so I’m taking it all in and we’re looking to go out there and do some big things.”
Ige was set to fight Lerone Murphy, but now meets Fili, who stepped up on about three weeks’ notice for the fight. He’ll be trying to bounce back from a decision loss to Bryce Mitchell in September 2023 that snapped a two-fight winning streak.
Ige is a -175 betting favorite against Fili, who is working off a first-round knockout of Lucas Almeida less than two months ago.
Check out Ige’s full interview in the video above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 236.
Andre Fili sees nothing but incentives in his short-notice opportunity vs. Dan Ige.
[autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag] sees nothing but incentives in his short-notice opportunity against [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag].
Fili (23-10 MMA, 11-9 UFC) replaced Lerone Murphy on about three weeks’ notice to take on Ige (17-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 236 (ESPN+) co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Fili is coming off a first-round TKO of Lucas Almeida this past December at UFC 296 and is happy to kick off 2024 with a big opportunity against top 15-ranked featherweight Ige.
“I have the utmost respect for him, and it wasn’t a fight I was hunting,” Fili said at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 236 media day. “I wasn’t calling him out. They presented the fight, and I took it. It’s time to get paid and it’s time to get a big win.
“It’s time to get these big opportunities rolling and keep this momentum going. I’m incredibly excited. It’s a great opponent, it’s a great card, it’s a great everything, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”
Fili, 33, still has aspirations of becoming UFC champion. He will look to string together a winning streak for the first time since 2019.
“All these fights are a chance at development, at growth, at testing yourself, at challenging yourself, at overcoming those challenges,” Fili said. “That’s what excited me. Also, getting f*cking paid excited me. So running up two checks back-to-back at the beginning of the year and still having time to fight two more times this year, that really excited me.
“It’s a great matchup, but I’m just so focused on myself it kind of doesn’t matter who it is. My last fight, I was basically the first fight on the card, now I’m the co-main event. Who cares? A fight’s a fight, and I’m here to win a bunch of money, get a number next to my name, and most of all, just make myself and the people around me proud.”
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The best facts about UFC Fight Night 236, where Brad Tavares can tie multiple key records in middleweight and overall UFC history.
The UFC continues its busy February schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 236, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+.
For the third straight event, middleweights take stage in the headliner as [autotag]Jack Hermansson[/autotag] (23-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC) returns from a career-long layoff to share the octagon with the surging [autotag]Joe Pyfer[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in a five-round bout.
For more on the numbers behind the main event, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC Fight Night 235.
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Check out the UFC, PFL, and Bellator fights that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.
MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.
But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.
Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL, and Bellator.
Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Jan. 15-21.
