Danny Chavez vs. Jared Gordon set for UFC Fight Night on Feb. 20

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[autotag]Danny Chavez[/autotag] has his second UFC fight booked.

The Colombian fighter has been matched up against [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag] in a featherweight bout for at a UFC “Fight Night” event set for Feb. 20. The location for the event has yet to be announced.

Both camps confirmed the news online following an initial report by Club de las MMA.

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Chavez (11-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made his UFC debut in August and outpointed T.J. Brown at UFC 252. “The Colombian Warrior” will be looking to extend his winning streak to five.

Gordon (16-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will be trying to follow up on his decision win over Chris Fishgold in July. The 32-year-old was 1-3 before he picked up the dominant win over Fishgold.

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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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Danny Chavez says he had no first-time octagon jitters in UFC 252 win

Take a look inside Danny Chavez’s win over T.J. Brown at UFC 252 in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Danny Chavez[/autotag] beat T.J. Brown with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 252 in Las Vegas.

Take a look inside the fight with Chavez, who won for the fourth straight time.

Result: Danny Chavez def. TJ Brown via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Updated records: Chavez (11-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Brown (14-8 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Key stat: Chavez landed four takedowns in the fight.

Chavez on the fight’s key moment

“Me and my team, we always come up with a good game plan for the fights. The plan was to outbox him, to kick him, to be able to take his lead leg and to stop his lead leg. I think his experience helped him in the third round. In that third round, I was starting to fade away just in the middle of the round, and then as I got deeper into the round, I was able to overcome that.”

Chavez on being in the UFC

“I’ve been training for 14 years for this to happen. I’m fighting (in the UFC). It’s a great experience, a great moment. People talk about the jitters when they get into the octagon for the first time. I didn’t really feel that because I feel like my experience let me come in here and feel comfortable. I went against a very experienced guy and I feel great. I have a big supporting group – my team, my teammates, everybody from Latin America and Columbia. I feel amazing.”

Chavez on what he wants next

“I want to fight one more time before the year ends. That’s guaranteed. I’m not going to take so much time off.”

To hear more from Chavez, 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:

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

UFC 252: Danny Chavez post-fight interview

Danny Chavez talks to media after his UFC 252 victory

Danny Chavez talks to media after his UFC 252 victory