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UFC on ABC 4 predictions: Can Jairzinho Rozenstruik upset Jailton Almeida in Charlotte?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC on ABC 4 main card in Charlotte, N.C.

	Rozenstruik vs. Almeida	Smith vs. Walker	Garry vs. Rodriguez	Potieria vs. Ulberg	Means vs. Morono
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 66-49	Almeida (77%)	Walker (50.1%)	Garry (61%)	Ulberg (83%)	Morono (77%)
Matt Erickson @MattE 75-40	Almeida	Walker	Garry	Ulberg	Morono
Simon Samano @SJSamano 73-42	Almeida	Walker	Garry	Ulberg	Morono
Nolan King @mma_kings 71-44	Almeida	Smith	Rodriguez	Ulberg	Morono
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 70-45	Almeida	Smith	Garry	Ulberg	Morono
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 70-45	Almeida	Smith	Garry	Ulberg	Means
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 68-47 2014 Champion	Almeida	Smith	Rodriguez	Ulberg	Morono
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway -65-50 2018, 2022 Champion	Almeida	Smith	Rodriguez	Ulberg	Morono
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 65-50	Rozenstruik	Walker	Garry	Ulberg	Means
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 63-52	Almeida	Walker	Garry	Ulberg	Means
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 62-53	Almeida	Walker	Garry	Ulberg	Morono
Brian Garcia @thegoze 62-53 2017 Champion	Rozenstruik	Smith	Garry	Potieria	Morono

The UFC is back on the road this week for a rare daytime event in North Carolina, and heavyweights top the lineup.

UFC on ABC 4 takes place Saturday at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. The main card airs on ABC at 3 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ that start early at 11:30 a.m.

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

In the main event, [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) takes on [autotag]Jailton Almeida[/autotag] (18-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at heavyweight. Almeida is more than a 5-1 favorite at some sportsbooks, and he’s got a big lead in the picks from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, who have it as a blowout for Almeida at 9-2.

In the co-feature, the closest fight on the main card from a betting perspective is between former light heavyweight title challenger [autotag]Anthony Smith[/autotag] (36-17 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and [autotag]Johnny Walker[/autotag] (20-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC). The fight nearly is a pick’em at the betting window, and it’s close with our staff members, too, who have Smith with the smallest possible edge at 6-5.

Also on the main card, up-and-coming Irish welterweight [autotag]Ian Machado Garry[/autotag] (11-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) puts his unbeaten record on the line against his most accomplished opponent yet, [autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag] (17-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC). Garry is about a -250 favorite and he has a big 8-3 picks lead.

[autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag] (19-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) meets [autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag] (7-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a light heavyweight fight that has Ulberg as a big betting favorite at -450. He’s got a near-unanimous lead in the picks, too – just one of our staff members has Potieria in an upset.

And to open the main card, [autotag]Tim Means[/autotag] (32-14-1 MMA, 14-11 UFC) takes on [autotag]Alex Morono[/autotag] (22-8 MMA, 11-5 UFC) at welterweight. Morono is more than a 2-1 favorite and he has a big 8-3 lead in the picks.

In the MMA Junkie consensus picks, Almeida (77 percent), Walker (50.1 percent), Garry (61 percent), Ulberg (83 percent) and Morono (77 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ABC 4.

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (March 27-April 2)

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 March 27-April 2.

UFC books Carlos Ulberg vs. Ihor Potieria for May 13 event

Rising light heavyweight contenders Carlos Ulberg and Ihor Potieria will meet in May.

Rising light heavyweight contenders [autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag] and [autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag] will meet in May.

Ulberg (6-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) takes on Potieria (19-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at a UFC event on May 13 that does not yet have an announced venue or location. Two people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie on Tuesday. They asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

The matchup was first reported by MMA Mania.

Ulberg has won three straight, including two by knockout. The City Kickboxing fighter is coming off a first-round knockout of Nicolae Negumereanu at UFC 281 this past November.

Potieria has split his first two UFC appearances. After he was stopped by Negumereanu in his promotional debut, the Dana White’s Contender Series signee rebounded with a first-round knockout of former light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua at UFC 283 in January.

With the addition, the lineup for the UFC Fight Night event on May 13 includes:

Anthony Smith vs. Johnny Walker
Jailton Almeida vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill
Ian Machado Garry vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Tim Means vs. Alex Morono
Ihor Potieria vs. Carlos Ulberg

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Ihor Potieria said at 16 he’d fight ‘Shogun’ Rua one day, then sent him into retirement at UFC 283

Ihor Potieria sent former champion and all-time legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua into retirement with a loss at UFC 283 in Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO – [autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag] beat Mauricio Rua with a first-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 283 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

Take a look inside the fight with Potieria, who sent former champion and all-time legend “Shogun” into retirement with a loss.

UFC 283 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $15 million

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 283 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $359,500.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 283 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $359,500.

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 283 took place at Jeunesse Arena in Brazil. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC and ESPN+.

The full UFC 283 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jamahal Hill[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Glover Teixeira[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Lauren Murphy[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Johnny Walker[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Paul Craig[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Mauricio Rua[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gregory Rodrigues[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Thiago Moises[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Melquizael Costa[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Gabriel Bonfim[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Mounir Lazzez[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jailton Almeida[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Shamil Abdurakhimov[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Cody Stamann[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Luan Lacerda[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ismael Bonfim[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Nicolas Dalby[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Warlley Alves[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Josiane Nunes[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Zarah Fairn[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Daniel Marcos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Saimon Oliveira[/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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

“UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill” – $359,500
“UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000

Year-to-date total: $496,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $15,015,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 283.

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UFC 283 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

Check out what the UFC 283 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event in Rio de Janeiro.

RIO DE JANEIRO – UFC 283 took place Saturday with 15 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner and guest fighter interviews from Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

You can hear from all the UFC 283 winners and more by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

Ihor Potieria was in disbelief when he got call to fight legend ‘Shogun’ Rua

Ihor Potieria feels blessed to be fighting ‘Shogun’ Rua.

RIO DE JANEIRO – [autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag] knows he’s fighting someone that’s in the MMA history books.

The UFC rookie is taking on one of the most respected and legendary names still active in MMA – [autotag]Mauricio Rua[/autotag]. Potieria (18-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is scheduled to take on ‘Shogun’ (27-13-1 MMA, 11-11-1 UFC) in the final preliminary bout of UFC 283 on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It’s Rua’s retirement fight from MMA.

Potieria admitted at Wednesday’s media day that he was in disbelief when he got the call to fight a living legend, it took him a while to process the idea.

“I was actually sleeping and my manager Ali Abdelaziz called me and said, ‘You’re fighting ‘Shogun,”” Potieria said recalling the moment he found out he was fighting the Brazilian. “I was kind of sleeping still and said, ‘Wait, who is that?,’ and then once I came to it, I realized, ‘No way God gave me such a chance to fight such a legend.'”

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Potieria, 26, has been watching Rua fight since he was a young teenager. He’s very grateful to get the opportunity to share the cage with a former UFC champion and Pride FC star. He once joked about potentially fighting ‘Shogun’ when he was young and he think it’s crazy that came to fruition.

“I was 16 years old when I started training and maybe after like a month of training, I saw a video on YouTube that said, ‘The most dangerous fighter in the world,’ and it said ‘Shogun’ Rua,” Potieria said. “I was messing with my boys and I said maybe one day I’ll fight him. And they were like, ‘Yeah, right. You’ve been training for four months. Slow down.’

“But eventually, with the right training and if you keep going, you create these opportunities for yourself. With God’s help and with the right energy, it is me now who has to fight him on Saturday, and I’m very happy for this chance.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 283.

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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.

Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua returns against Ihor Potieria at UFC 283 in Brazil

Mauricio Rua will return in his home country in what could be his final fight.

[autotag]Mauricio Rua[/autotag] will return in his home country in what could be his final fight.

“Shogun” (27-12-1 MMA, 11-10-1 UFC) meets [autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag] (18-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC 283, which takes place on Jan. 21 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie but asked to remain anonymous because the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. MMA Mania was first to report the news.

Rua, 40, will look to rebound from back-to-back losses to Paul Craig and Ovince Saint Preux. Prior to that, the former PRIDE and UFC light heavyweight champion defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira for a third time. Heading into his fight with Saint Preux in May, Rua hinted at two final fights before retirement. If that’s the case, UFC 283 could mark the last fight of his career.

Meanwhile, Contender Series graduate Potieria will be in search of his first UFC win. The 26-year-old Ukrainian fighter dropped his octagon debut to Nicolae Negumereanu by knockout at UFC 277 in July.

With the addition, the current UFC 283 lineup includes:

Champion Deiveson Figueiredo vs. interim champion Brandon Moreno – for flyweight title
Gabriel Bonfim vs. Mounir Lazzez
Zarah Fairn vs. Josiane Nunes
Gregory Rodrigues vs. Brad Tavares
Ihor Potieria vs. Mauricio Rua

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