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UFC veterans in MMA and bareknuckle action Feb. 9-10

Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC is in Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night 235.

The event at the UFC Apex features a middleweight bout between [autotag]Jack Hermansson[/autotag] and [autotag]Joe Pyfer[/autotag].

Many other combat sports events are taking place that feature several familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing Feb. 9-10.

Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend’s competitors.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

UFC Fight Night 213 post-event facts: Arnold Allen makes history with 10-0 octagon start

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 213, where Arnold Allen became just the sixth in history to go 10-0 in the octagon.

The UFC closed its October schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 213, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

In the main event, [autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag] (19-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) kept his perfect octagon record intact when he picked up a second-round injury TKO win over [autotag]Calvin Kattar[/autotag] (23-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) in their featherweight bout.

For more on the numbers to come out of the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 213.

UFC Fight Night 213 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2022 total passes $7 million

UFC Fight Night 213 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 213 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $166,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 213 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Calvin Kattar[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Max Griffin[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Tim Means[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Waldo Cortes-Acosta[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Jared Vanderaa[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Josh Fremd[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Khalil Rountree[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Dustin Jacoby[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Roman Dolidze[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Phil Hawes[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Marcos Rogerio de Lima[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Andrei Arlovski[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Junyong Park[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Joseph Holmes[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Steve Garcia[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Carlos Mota[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Christian Rodriguez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Joshua Weems[/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 2137 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2131 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:

“UFC Fight Night 213: Kattar vs. Allen – $166,500
“UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev” – $306,500
“UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araujo” – $151,500
“UFC Fight Night 211: Dern vs. Yan” – $164,500
“UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song” – $202,000
“UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz” – $202,000
“UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa” – $155,000
“UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2” – $226,000
“UFC on ESPN 41: Vera vs. Cruz” – $195,000
“UFC on ESPN 40: Santos vs. Hill” – $140,000
“UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2” – $313,500
“UFC Fight Night 208: Blaydes vs. Aspinall” – $179,000
“UFC on ABC 3: Ortega vs. Rodriguez” – $179,000
“UFC on ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev” – $157,500
“UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier” – $362,500
“UFC on ESPN 38: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot” – $140,500
“UFC on ESPN 37: Kattar vs. Emmett” – $189,000
“UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka” – $258,000
“UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik” – $149,000
“UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira” – $127,000
“UFC on ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic” – $173,000
“UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje” – $320,000
“UFC on ESPN 35: Font vs. Vera” – $197,500
“UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade” – $149,500
“UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2” – $159,000
“UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie” – $293,500
“UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus” – $186,500
“UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall” – $154,500
“UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev” – $198,000
“UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal” – $236,000
“UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green” – $138,000
“UFC Fight Night 201: Walker vs. Hill” – $140,000
“UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2” – $282,500
“UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland” – $160,500
“UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane” – $241,000
“UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze” – $132,000

Year-to-date total: $7,095,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,273,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 213.

UFC Fight Night 213 play-by-play and live results

Check out live play-by-play and official results from UFC Fight Night 213 in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reported live from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 213 event, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

In the main event, Calvin Kattar (23-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) took on Arnold Allen (17-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) at featherweight. In the co-feature, Max Griffin (19-9 MMA, 7-7 UFC) met Tim Means (32-14-1 MMA, 14-11 UFC) at welterweight.

To discuss the show, be sure to check out our UFC Fight Night 213 discussion thread. You can also get behind-the-scenes coverage and other event notes from on-site reporter Ken Hathaway (@kenshathaway ) on Twitter.

UFC Fight Night 213: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Jared Vanderaa odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 213 odds and lines between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Jared Vanderaa, with MMA picks, tips and predictions.

In a heavyweight bout on the main card, Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Jared Vanderaa meet Saturday at UFC Fight Night 213 – also known as UFC on ESPN+ 71 or UFC Vegas 63 – at the UFC’s APEX Facility in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the UFC Fight Night 213: Cortes-Acosta vs. Vanderaa odds, and make our expert picks and predictions.

The fight can be viewed on ESPN+ with the prelims beginning at 4 p.m. ET and the main card at 7 p.m. ET.

The Dominican prospect Cortes-Acosta makes his UFC debut after dropping Danilo Suzart with a 1st-round KO/TKO win in August on Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 6, Week 2.

WCA is unbeaten across 7 career bouts with 4 KO/TKO wins, a submission via Kimura, and 2 unanimous-decision wins. One of the wins via UD came over Muhammed DeReese at Bellator 271.

The 30-year-old Vanderaa heads into this fight on a major 4-bout losing skid, including a KO/TKO loss to Chase Sherman last time out in July. His last victory came via unanimous decision over Justin Tafa on May 22, 2021. Vanderaa, a.k.a. “The Mountain”, has won just 1 of his 6 fights since arriving at the UFC level, and has looked more like a hill.

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UFC Fight Night 213: Cortes-Acosta vs. Vanderaa odds

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7 a.m. ET.

Fight result (2-way line): Cortes-Acosta -210 (bet $210 to win $100) | Vanderaa +160 (bet $100 to win $160)
Over/Under: 1.5 rounds (Over -160 | Under +115)
Will the fight go the distance? Yes (+165) | No (-240)

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UFC Fight Night 213: Cortes-Acosta vs. Vanderaa picks and predictions

Records: Cortes-Acosta (7-0-0) | Vanderaa (12-9-0)

Fight result (2-way line or moneyline)

The prospect Cortes-Acosta (-210) will cost you over 2 times your potential return in his UFC debut. While he is being set up for a victory against a skidding veteran, Vanderaa does know how to fight.

Vanderaa has 5.23 significant strikes landed per minute in his career and holds a 2-inch reach advantage. The American will make him work, but Cortes-Acosta will come away with the win.

PASS.

Over/Under (O/U)

OVER 1.5 ROUNDS (-160) is the best wager on the board in this fight. Cortes-Acosta is a big-time puncher with 3 consecutive victories via KO/TKO, with 5 finishes in his 7 career bouts. However, facing a veteran like Vanderaa will be his toughest challenge yet. Yes, Vanderaa is 1-5 in his past 6 fights, but he won’t go down easily. He has gone Over 1.5 Rounds in 5 of his 6 fights at the UFC, and this will be no exception.

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UFC Fight Night 213 predictions: Who’s picking Calvin Kattar to stop Arnold Allen’s run?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 213 main card, which features Calvin Kattar vs. Arnold Allen in Las Vegas.

	Kattar vs. Allen	Griffin vs. Means	Cortes-Acosta vs. Vanderaa	Fremd vs. Gore	Jacoby vs. Rountree
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 167-100	Allen (56%)	Griffin (58%)	Cortes-Acosta (81%)	Fremd (66%)	Jacoby (66%)
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 179-93 2018 Champion	Allen	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Rountree
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 172-100	Allen	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Rountree
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 170-102	Allen	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Rountree
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 169-103	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Jacoby
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 169-103 2014 Champion	Allen	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 166-106	Allen	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
Simon Samano @SJSamano 165-107	Allen	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
Brian Garcia @thegoze 159-113 2017 Champion	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Jacoby
Nolan King @mma_kings 159-113	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 152-120	Kattar	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Jacoby
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 133-138	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby

The UFC is back in its Las Vegas home base this week with an intriguing featherweight matchup at the top of the bill.

UFC Fight Night 213 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

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

In the main event, [autotag]Calvin Kattar[/autotag] (23-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) takes on [autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag] (16-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) at 145 pounds. The fight is a virtual pick’em at Tipico Sportsbook. Allen is at -115; Kattar is at -110, and our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are split, too. They have Allen with the narrowest possible 6-5 picks lead.

In the co-feature, [autotag]Max Griffin[/autotag] (18-9 MMA, 6-7 UFC) meets [autotag]Tim Means[/autotag] (32-13-1 MMA, 14-10 UFC) at welterweight. Griffin is a 2-1 betting favorite and has a 7-4 picks lead.

Also on the main card, [autotag]Waldo Cortes-Acosta[/autotag] (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is our only unanimous pick in his official UFC debut against [autotag]Jared Vanderaa[/autotag] (12-9 MMA, 1-5 UFC), who has dropped four straight. Although Cortes-Acosta only is a 2-1 favorite, he has an 11-0 picks shutout.

[autotag]Josh Fremd[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) meets [autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag] (3-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout that has Fremd a -170 favorite at the betting window. Our pickers think it’s close, though, and have Fremd with just a slim 6-5 lead.

And to open the main card, [autotag]Dustin Jacoby[/autotag] (18-5-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) is nearly a 2-1 favorite at light heavyweight against [autotag]Khalil Rountree[/autotag] (10-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC). Three of our pickers are going with Rountree in an upset.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Allen (56 percent), Griffin (58 percent), Cortes-Acosta (81 percent), Fremd (66 percent) and Jacoby (66 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 213.

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Jared Vanderaa focused on winning, not UFC contract: ‘If this doesn’t go well, I’m actually happy with training again’

Jared Vanderaa knows his back is against the wall at UFC Fight Night 213, but isn’t concerned about the future or his contract.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Jared Vanderaa[/autotag] knows his back is against the wall at UFC Fight Night 213, but isn’t concerned about the future.

If Vanderaa (12-9 MMA, 1-5 UFC) loses to Waldo Cortes-Acosta (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, he thinks his UFC tenure more than likely will come to an end.

But having gone through a love-hate relationship with fighting and a recent camp change, Vanderaa is just happy to be enjoying the sport again.

“Honestly, I haven’t really thought about it that much,” Vanderaa told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s pre-fight news conference. “I’ve been really serious about training, falling in love with the sport again that – I’m at a point where if this does not go well, I’m actually happy with training again. I think I will just continue fighting one way or another and just work my way back here. But I just want to win so much that I’ve kind of forgotten the contract. Plus, I think I’m cute enough to get another contract.”

Vanderaa is on a four-fight skid. He’ll be at peace if he loses to Cortes-Acosta, but only if he knows he gave it his all.

“You can’t hate on you going out there giving 120 percent and still coming up short,” Vanderaa said. “But what I will find failure in is if I give like 80 percent and I come up short, and I come up short by a point or something. That, to me, is failure. If I go in there and do everything I can, attempt and I fail – fine. I just cannot go over there and just question myself, ‘What if?’ Because if that’s the case, I might as well just leave out the front door f*cking right now.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 213.

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UFC on ESPN 39 post-event facts: Ricky Turcios’ rough striking numbers enter record books

Ricky Turcios landed just 11.5 percent of his strike attempts at UFC on ESPN 39, putting him in the record books for the wrong reasons.

After International Fight Week took over the MMA world, UFC on ESPN 39 on Saturday proved to be something of a hangover card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

[autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) put a highlight on the end of a long night of fights, though, when he scored a fifth-round knockout of former UFC champ [autotag]Rafael dos Anjos[/autotag] (32-14 MMA, 20-12 UFC) to extend his winning streak in the lightweight division to six consecutive fights.

For more on the numbers behind the main event, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC on ESPN 39.

UFC on ESPN 39 pre-event facts: Rafael dos Anjos on cusp of history

Check out the facts and figured behind UFC on ESPN 39, where Rafael dos Anjos near seven hours of cage time.

The UFC continues its busy July schedule Saturday with UFC on ESPN 39, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and airs on ESPN/streams on ESPN+.

A high-stakes lightweight clash serves as the main event of the card. Former 155-pound champion [autotag]Rafael dos Anjos[/autotag] (32-13 MMA, 20-11 UFC) continued his pursuit of gold when he takes on the surging [autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag] (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in a five-round contest.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC on ESPN 39.

UFC 273 video: Aleksei Oleinik turns tables on Jared Vanderaa, secures 47th career submission win

44-year-old Aleksei Oleinik became one of the oldest winners in octagon history when he tapped out Jared Vanderaa on the UFC 273 prelims.

[autotag]Aleksei Oleinik[/autotag] continues to be dangerous at 44 years, and he proved it against [autotag]Jared Vanderaa[/autotag] at UFC 273.

After Vanderaa (12-8 MMA, 1-4 UFC) tried to grapple Oleinik (60-15-1 MMA, 9-6 UFC) early in the first round of their heavyweight bout on Saturday at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., the Russian flipped the script and locked in his signature neck crack to add another submission to his storied resume.

It was the 47th time Oleinik has forced an opponent to tap out, and more important, represented the end of a three-fight losing skid that put his career in the danger zone.

Check out the replay of Oleinik’s handiwork below (via Twitter):

Oleinik wins by submission for the 47th time in 60 career wins 🤯

Stream #UFC273 on @ESPNPlus 🔜 https://t.co/Lvgzb6BYhZ pic.twitter.com/0U0tWVohtA

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) April 9, 2022

Oleinik said after the victory in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan that he intends on continuing to push forward with his career, despite his advanced age.

“Maybe five, 10 more years,” Oleinik said to Rogan with a smile.

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