UFC Fight Night 216 post-event facts: Drew Dober ties Dustin Poirier’s knockout record

Drew Dober tied Dustin Poirier for the most knockout wins in UFC lightweight history with his finish of Bobby Green at UFC Vegas 66.

The UFC closed out its 2022 schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 216, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The main event of the 42nd and final fight card of the year saw [autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag] (16-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) squeak out a split decision win over [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag] (25-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) in a matchup of middleweight contenders.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 216.

UFC Fight Night 216 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: How much was paid in 2022 total?

UFC Fight Night 216 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 216 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $204,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 216 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Damir Ismagulov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Michal Oleksiejczuk[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Brundage[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Cory McKenna[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Cheyanne Vlismas[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jake Matthews[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Saidyokub Kakhramonov[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Rafa Garcia[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Hayisaer Maheshate[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Rinat Fakhretdinov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bryan Battle[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Manel Kape[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]David Dvorak[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sergey Morozov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Journey Newson[/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 2167 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2161 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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $8,351,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $14,529,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 216.

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UFC Fight Night 216 video: Hear from each winner backstage

Check out what the UFC Fight Night 216 winners had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 216 takes place Saturday with 13 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 216 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Oct. 3-9)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements 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 or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from Oct. 3-9.

UFC 275 post-event facts: Glover Teixeira taps for first time in 20-year career

The best facts and figures to come out of UFC 275, which saw NAME beat NAME in the main event.

UFC 275 went down Saturday in Singapore and the 11-fight card will go in the books as one of the best events of the year.

The headlining act produced a historic result. [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag] (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) came out on the winning end of a brutal battle with [autotag]Glover Teixeira[/autotag] (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) to claim the light heavyweight title with a fifth-round submission.

In the co-main event, [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag] (23-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) faced the toughest test of her women’s flyweight title reign. Brazilian challenger [autotag]Taila Santos[/autotag] (19-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) pushed the champion to a split decision\, but ultimately couldn’t claim the strap.

For more on the numbers behind the event, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts to come out of UFC 275.

UFC 275 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Joanna Jedrzejczyk takes hit with non-title bout

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 275 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $258,000.

SINGAPORE – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 275 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $258,000.

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 275 took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

The full UFC 275 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Glover Teixeira[/autotag]: $42,000
[autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag]: $42,000
[autotag]Taila Santos[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Joanna Jedrzejczyk[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Jake Matthews[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Andre Fialho[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jack Della Maddalena[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ramazan Emeev[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Josh Culibao[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Seungwoo Choi[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Hayisaer Maheshate[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Steve Garcia[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jacob Malkoun[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Kyung Ho Kang[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Danaa Batgerel[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Silvana Gomez Juarez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Na Liang[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Joselyne Edwards[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Ramona Pascual[/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 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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,705,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $9,872,500

UFC 275 bonuses: Promotion breaks tradition with number of $50,000 winners

If you got a finish, you got a bonus at UFC 275.

Traditionally, the UFC hands out a bonus each to the two athletes who compete in the Fight of the Night plus two Performance of the Night bonuses for a total of four. UFC 275 called for more than that, though.

The promotion announced after Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Singapore that every finisher earned an extra $50,000, including [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag] and [autotag]Glover Teixeira[/autotag], who were awarded the Fight of the Night bonus.

In addition to them, [autotag]Silvana Gomez Juarez[/autotag], [autotag]Hayisaer Maheshate[/autotag], [autotag]Jack Della Maddalena[/autotag],[autotag] Jake Matthews[/autotag], and [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] all were awarded Performance of the Night bonuses.

UFC 275 video: Hayisaer Maheshate starches Steve Garcia with perfect right hand while backpedaling

Watch Hayisaer Maheshate score a huge knockout in his promotional debut at UFC 275.

[autotag]Hayisaer Maheshate[/autotag]’s UFC debut was something special.

The Chinese fighter made a huge statement Saturday at UFC 275, putting away Steve Garcia in violent fashion on the preliminary card at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The official stoppage came at the 1:14 mark of Round 1.

It was a wild fight from start to finish.

Both Maheshate (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Garcia were hot right off the bat. The two traded shots and were on full offensive mode. After a couple of chaotic exchanges, Garcia rushed in on Maheshate. It was then that Maheshate countered with a powerful straight right hand while backpedaling as Garcia rushed in. The shot immediately sent Garcia face first to the canvas. No additional shots were needed.

Below you can watch Maheshate’s finish (via Twitter):

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The 22-year-old Maheshate, who was the first Chinese fighter signed through Dana White’s Contender Series, is on a seven-fight winning streak. He hasn’t lost since losing his professional debut back back in August 2019.

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