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Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius added to UFC Fight Night in Riyadh

The first-ever women’s UFC fight in Saudi Arabia is set for the promotion’s Feb. 1 card in Riyadh.

[autotag]Mayra Bueno Silva[/autotag] is returning to the women’s flyweight division to face [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag] at February’s UFC event in Saudi Arabia.

Two fights removed from fighting for the vacant women’s bantamweight title, Bueno Silva (10-4-1 MMA, 5-4-1 UFC) will make her way back down to 125 pounds for a three-round clash with Jasudavicius (12-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night: Riyadh on Feb. 1 at The Venue. Broadcast plans for the card have yet to be announced.

The UFC announced the matchup on Monday.

Bueno Silva, 33, will attempt to snap a three-fight winless skid. Her past two appearances include a unanimous decision defeat to Raquel Pennington in January, as well as a doctor’s stoppage TKO defeat to Macy Chiasson at UFC 303 in June.

Jasudavicius, 35, has the chance to put a notable name on her resume after winning five of her past six bouts, including three straight. The Canadian is coming off a third-round submission of Ariane Lipski at UFC Fight Night 246 this month.

The latest UFC Fight Night: Riyadh card now includes:

  • Shara Magomedov vs. Michael Page
  • Ikram Aliskerov vs. Andre Muniz
  • Sergei Pavlovich vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  • Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Jamal Pogues
  • Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

UFC Fight Night 246 post-event facts: Edmonton return produces third-longest card in UFC history

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 246, which was the third-longest event in UFC history in terms of fight time.

UFC Fight Night 246 on Saturday opened the promotion’s November event schedule with a 13-fight lineup that went down at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

In the main event, former flyweight champion [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag] (22-8-2 MMA, 10-4-2 UFC) returned from a self-imposed hiatus with force to batter and bloody [autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag] (17-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) for five rounds en route to a unanimous decision.

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 246.

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The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $196,500.

[autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag], [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag], [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag], [autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]. earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 246 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 246 had an announced attendance of 16,439 for a live gate of $2,600,463.

Betting favorites went 11-2 on the card.

Betting favorites improved to 27-10 in UFC headliners this year.

Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 3:06:38.

The 3:06:38 of total fight time marked the third-longest event in UFC history behind UFC 263 (3:19:32) and UFC 251 (3:07:27).

Moreno improved to 7-3-2 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in September 2019.

Moreno’s 10 victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Demetrious Johnson (13), Joseph Benavidez (13) and Alexandre Pantoja (12).

Moreno has earned four of his 10 UFC victories by decision.

Albazi has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Albazi has completed at least one takedown against all six of his UFC opponents.

[autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has earned four of her seven UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag] (13-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) fell to 2-2 since she moved up to the women’s flyweight division in September 2023.

Namajunas has suffered five of her seven career losses by decision.

[autotag]Brendson Ribeiro[/autotag] (16-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

[autotag]Caio Machado[/autotag] (8-4-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) was unsuccessful in his light heavyweight debut.

Machado has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has earned both of her UFC stoppage victories by submission.

[autotag]Ariane da Silva[/autotag] (17-10 MMA, 6-7 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of her career.

[autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag] (15-7 MMA, 2-6 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag] (11-2-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

[autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag] (16-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC) fell to 2-4 since he dropped to the welterweight division in January 2022.

Giles suffered the first decision loss of his career.

[autotag]Aiemann Zahabi[/autotag]’s (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at bantamweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Merab Dvalishvili (10) and Mario Bautista (seven).

Zahabi has earned four of his six UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag] (20-10 MMA, 10-10 UFC) fell to 1-5 with one no contest in his past seven fights dating back to August 2021.

Munhoz has suffered all 10 of his career losses by decision.

[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag] (16-8-1 MMA, 7-7-1 UFC) was successful in his UFC bantamweight debut.

Jourdain has earned 14 of his 16 career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Victor Henry[/autotag] (24-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC) suffered his first stoppage loss with a submission defeat.

[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag] (16-5-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) improved to 3-0 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in March 2024.

Zalal has earned 13 of his 16 career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag] (17-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) fell to 1-2 since he moved up to the featherweight division in March 2023.

Shore has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.

Shore has suffered two of his three career losses by submission.

[autotag]Chad Anheliger[/autotag] (13-8 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has suffered two of his three UFC losses by decision.

[autotag]Jamey-Lyn Horth[/autotag] (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of her UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Ivana Petrovic[/autotag] (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered both of her career losses by decision.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.

Jasmine Jasudavicius looking for top-five flyweight after submission of Ariane da Silva at UFC Edmonton

Jasmine Jasudavicius won for the third straight time, two of which have been D’Arce choke submissions for bonuses.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag] beat Ariane da Silva with a third-round submission Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 246 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Take a look inside the fight with Jasudavicius, who won for the third straight time, two of which have been D’Arce choke submissions for bonuses.

Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Ariane da Silva

Nov 2, 2024; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Jasmine Jasudavicius (blue gloves) celebrates after defeating Ariane da Silva (not pictured) in a womens flyweight bout during UFC Fight Night at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images

Result: Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Ariane da Silva via submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 3, 2:28
Updated records: Jasudavicius (12-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC), da Silva (17-10 MMA, 6-7 UFC)
Key stats: Jasudavicius outstruck da Silva 130-43 and had nearly 6 minutes of total control time from her three takedowns.

Jasudavicius on the fight’s key moment

Nov 2, 2024; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Jasmine Jasudavicius (blue gloves) fights Ariane da Silva (red gloves) in a womens flyweight bout during UFC Fight Night at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images

“I’m super happy. When I got told I got moved onto the main card, it was a little bit more inspiration – like, ‘OK, this is a featured spot. They want to have good fights in this spot.’ (It was) just a little bit extra pressure on that shoulder to get the finish, so I’m glad that the pressure was a good one. (It’s) sick (I was the first to submit her). That’s awesome. I’m loving that choke. I’ve been hitting it on everyone.”

Jasudavicius on title aspirations

Nov 2, 2024; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Jasmine Jasudavicius (blue gloves) fights Ariane da Silva (red gloves) in a womens flyweight bout during UFC Fight Night at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images

“I’m just waiting till that belt’s around my waist. That’s where I fit. But we’ll see. I understand that there’s going to be conquests on the way to that belt, so we’ll see what the next one is.”

Jasudavicius on what she wants next

“I like to stay active. I’m old, so I’m trying to fight as much as possible … I can’t see me taking a long break off. … Hopefully maybe top five (opponent).”

To hear more from Jasudavicius, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

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UFC Fight Night 246 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2024 total passes $7 million

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out more than $7 million to athletes in 2024.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 246 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $196,500.

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 246 took place at Rogers Place. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 246 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Brendson Ribeiro[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Caio Machado[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ariane da Silva[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Aiemann Zahabi[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Victor Henry[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Alexandr Romanov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Serhiy Sidey[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Garrett Armfield[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Cody Gibson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Chad Anheliger[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jamey-Lyn Horth[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ivana Petrovic[/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 2461 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: $7,092,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $29,829,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

UFC Fight Night 246 video: Jasmine Jasudavicius wraps up Ariane da Silva with slick D’Arce choke

Jasmine Jasudavicius scored a beautiful submission finish of Ariane da Silva on home soil at UFC Fight Night 246 in Edmonton.

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag] scored another victory for Canada at UFC Fight Night 246 in Edmonton with a beautiful submission finish.

Jasudavicius (12-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) kept her 2024 run perfect by wrapping up Ariane da Silva in a D’Arce choke at 2:28 in Round 3 to force a tap, securing the sixth victory for a Canadian fighter at the event.

It was a stellar performance for Jasudavicius, who displayed vicious ground and pound in Round 2, nearly finishing da Silva (17-10 MMA, 6-7 UFC) in a round scored 10-8 by two judges.

The fight reached the third and final round, where Jasudavicius picked right back up with her dominance on the ground, leading to a slick submission.

Check out video of the finish below:

With the win, Jasudavicius extends her winning streak to three. She entered this fight on the heels of a D’arce choke win over Priscila Cachoeira and a unanimous decision nod against Fatima Kline. Each fight took place in 2024.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 246 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Ariane da Silva at UFC Fight Night 246: Best photos from Edmonton

Check out the best photos from Jasmine Jasudavicius’ third-round submission win over Ariane da Silva at UFC Fight Night 246.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]’ third-round submission win over [autotag]Ariane da Silva[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 246 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photos by Perry Nelson, USA TODAY Sports; MMA Junkie; UFC)

UFC Fight Night 246’s Jasmine Jasudavicius wants suspensions issued for big weight misses

With new rules being implemented starting at UFC Fight Night 246, Jasmine Jasudavicius suggests one more.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – With new rules being implemented starting at  UFC Fight Night 246, [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag] is suggesting one more.

Jasudavicius (11-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) takes on Ariane da Silva (17-9 MMA, 6-6 UFC) on Saturday’s prelims (ESPN+) at Rogers Place. Two new rules will make their UFC debut Saturday as, for the first time in the history of the Unified Rules of MMA, 12-6 elbows will be allowed at UFC Fight Night 246. Also, a “grounded fighter” is redefined as an athlete who has any part of their body, besides their hands or feet, on the ground.

“I’m a big fan of the ruleset being changed to that, and I’ve definitely been implementing it,” Jasudavicius told MMA Junkie and other reporters at UFC Fight Night 246 media day.

Jasudavicius wants to see a bigger punishment for weight misses, especially big ones. At UFC 297, Jasudavicius was scheduled to face Priscila Cachoeira at flyweight, but the bout was moved to bantamweight after Jasudavicius revealed that Cachoeira was having issues making weight. Jasudavicius ended up submitting Cachoeira to earn a Performance of the Night bonus.

“I think more of a penalty for missing weight,” Jasudavicius said. “Like the guy last week missing by 10 pounds, that’s crazy. There has to be some more accountability than just money. Like it should be a suspension or something like that.

“I think half the battle is making weight, and for people that are professional and they’re doing it, I understand, yes, there are some misses and stuff, and that happens. But there has to be, I think, something with that. I don’t know what, but something.”

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

Video: UFC Edmonton fighters react positively, indifferently to rule changes

Two new rules will debut at UFC Edmonton. Check out what the fighters have to say about these tweaks.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Two new rules will make their UFC debut Saturday at Rogers Place as the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) voted this past July to implement them beginning Nov. 1.

For the first time in the history of the Unified Rules of MMA, 12-6 elbows will be allowed at UFC Fight Night 246. Additionally, a “grounded fighter” is redefined as an athlete who has any part of their body besides their hands or feet on the ground.

Wednesday, MMA Junkie asked many of the event’s top participants for their thoughts on the changes from the perspective of a fighter.

Check out what they had to say about the new rules in the compilation video above.

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Jasmine Jasudavicius eager to capitalize on UFC Fight Night 246 opportunity given short window

At 35, Jasmine Jasudavicius is eager to get to UFC gold ASAP.

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag] may not have hit her peak yet, but she’s looking to get to the top as soon as possible.

Although she’s only seven fights into her UFC career with a total of 14 pro bouts, Jasudavicius (11-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is 35 and knows she can’t fight forever. A few stumbles could set her back into an impossible timeline.

“This is my time. I understand my window is short. I’m older,” she told MMA Junkie Radio. “I know I’m not going to have a long career, a 10-year, 20-year career in the UFC. So I know my window is short and I’m here to make the best of it.”

Jasudavicius returns Saturday at UFC Fight Night 246 as she battles fellow promotion-ranked flyweight Ariane da Silva (17-9 MMA, 6-6 UFC). The event takes place at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

While she thinks her skills are already title challenger-ready, it’s just a matter of getting repetitions in and proving herself to the UFC. Saturday’s bout is the next step in doing that.

“I know my skill set is there, but it’s just the opportunities,” Jasudavicius said. “I’ve got to wait for them to line up. Hopefully soon. … A title shot is a title shot, but also any loss that I’ve ever had, I’d love to obviously avenge that. If one of them ever owned a title, then I’d love to take it from them. It’d be kind of the dream. But other than that, whoever has a title, that’s who I want to get matched up with.”

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A proud Ontarian, Jasudavicius is excited to represent Canada three provinces away. She’s one of eight home country fighters competing on the card.

“I can see martial arts growing just around,” Jasudavicius said. “There are so many more people just in the gym than there was even a year ago. It’s growing exponentially. I understand that I’m one of the people kind of putting themselves out there in front of everyone, presenting martial arts. I am grateful that people can get inspired and I can be part of the growth of martial arts.

“It’s a wonderful journey and everyone should at least try martial arts for a little bit regardless of if they fight or not. But I think it’s so good it’s growing and it’s growing exponentially in Canada.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

 

Dana White announces UFC Edmonton with Erin Blanchfield vs. Rose Namajunas main event, more

A UFC women’s flyweight main event is headed to Edmonton.

The UFC is headed back to “The Great White North” and this time it’s Rogers Place and Edmonton, Alberta that will get an event.

A UFC Fight Night event is officially scheduled there for Nov. 2, UFC CEO Dana White announced on Sportsnet, along with a main event of [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag].

Blanchfield (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) looks to rebound from her first UFC loss, a fairly one-sided unanimous decision defeat to Manon Fiorot in March. After the defeat, Blanchfield told MMA Junkie she hoped a Namajunas fight would materialize, an now her wish has been granted.

Namajunas (13-6 MMA, 11-5 UFC) enters the bout off back-to-back wins over Amanda Ribas and Tracy Cortez. She’s 2-1 since returning to flyweight in 2021. The loss during that stretch was a split decision vs. Fiorot.

Also on the card will be a heavyweight co-headliner between [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag] and [autotag]Alexandr Romanov[/autotag].

Four additional bouts that all included Canadians were announced Thursday include [autotag]Ariane da Silva[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag], [autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag], [autotag]Jamey-Lyn Horth[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ivana Petrovic[/autotag], and [autotag]Chad Anheliger[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Cody Gibson[/autotag].

With the addition, the UFC Edmonton lineup includes:

  • Rose Namajunas vs. Erin Blanchfield
  • Derrick Lewis vs. Alexandr Romanov
  • Ariane da Silva vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
  • Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
  • Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Ivana Petrovic
  • Chad Anheliger vs. Cody Gibson

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