Four fighters have parted ways with the promotion after recently losses, MMA Junkie has confirmed through people with knowledge of the situation.
With Dana White’s Contender Series, and the influx of UFC signings that comes with it, right around the corner, it’s possible the promotion is adjusting its numbers in anticipation.
Check out the recent UFC departures below. The roster moves, unless explicitly noted, are not necessarily a “release.” The UFC may have elected not to re-sign certain fighters who were at the end of their contracts.
The best facts and figures to come out of UFC 264, which saw Dustin Poirier make history with his trilogy-fight win over Conor McGregor.
The biggest MMA event of the year so far went down Saturday when UFC 264 took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The highly anticipated lightweight trilogy fight in the main event ended in unexpected fashion when [autotag]Dustin Poirier[/autotag] (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC) defeated [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) by first-round TKO after the former two-division champion suffered a broken tibia.
Regardless of how it happened, it’s a win for “The Diamond,” who further entrenched his legacy in the UFC record books.
For more on the numbers, check below for 50 pre-event facts coming out of UFC 264.
Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 264 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $218,000.
LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 264 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $218,000.
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 264 took place at the T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 264 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Alistair Overeem is among seven fighters who could be facing lengthy time off after UFC Fight Night 184.
[autotag]Alistair Overeem[/autotag] is among seven fighters who could be facing a lengthy time off after UFC Fight Night 184.
Overeem, who suffered a fractured nose in his second-round TKO loss to Alexander Volkov in the main event, will need doctor clearance or he could be facing up to six months on the sidelines.
Joining Overeem with potential 180-day terms is [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag], who defeated newcomer [autotag]Manel Kape[/autotag] via unanimous decision. Pantoja must have X-rays on both hands cleared. Kape is also dealing with a hand injury of his own, and requires his right thumb to be cleared by a doctor.
MMA Junkie on Monday obtained the full list of suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com, the Association of Boxing Commissions’ official record keeper.
The full list of UFC Fight Night 184 medical suspensions includes:
Alistair Overeem: Suspended 180 days or until nasal bone fracture is cleared by ENT; also suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days.
[autotag]Alexander Volkov[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Frankie Edgar[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact.
[autotag]Michael Johnson[/autotag]: Suspended 21 days with 14 days no contact.
[autotag]Clay Guida[/autotag]: Needs forehead laceration cleared by doctor, otherwise suspended 30 days; minimum suspension is 21 days.
Alexandre Pantoja: Needs X-ray of both hands, and clearance by doctor, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
Manel Kape: Needs doctor clearance of right thumb swelling, otherwise suspended 180 days.
[autotag]Diego Ferreira[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Beneil Dariush[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact due to left eye laceration.
[autotag]Mike Rodriguez[/autotag]: Needs MRI of left shoulder, doctor clearance, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Danilo Marques[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Devonte Smith[/autotag]: Needs X-ray of right hand and wrist, doctor clearance, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Justin Jaynes[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact due to left eye swelling.
[autotag]Karol Rosa[/autotag]: Needs X-ray of left hand, doctor clearance, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Joselyne Edwards[/autotag]: Needs doctor clearance for left shoulder sprain, otherwise suspended 180 days.
[autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Lara Procopio[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Seungwoo Choi[/autotag]: Suspended 21 days with 14 days no contact.
[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Timur Valiev[/autotag]: Suspended 21 days with 14 days no contact.
[autotag]Martin Day[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Ode Osbourne[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Jerome Rivera[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact.
Mike Davis and Victoria Leonardo are facing potential six-month suspensions for injuries sustained in their fights.
[autotag]Mike Davis[/autotag] and [autotag]Victoria Leonardo[/autotag] are facing potential six-month medical suspensions after UFC on ESPN 20.
Davis (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), who earned the “Fight of the Night” honor in a unanimous decision win over Mason Jones, needs clearance for his left thumb for his hard-fought battle with Jones.
Joining Davis with a potential 180-day term is Leonardo (8-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who needs clearance for her right forearm after suffering a second-round stoppage loss to Manon Fiorot.
MMA Junkie on Friday obtained the full list of suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com, the Association of Boxing Commissions’ official record keeper.
The full list of UFC on ESPN 20 medical suspensions includes:
[autotag]Michael Chiesa[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to right eye laceration.
[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Warlley Alves[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Mounir Lazzez[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days due to rib soreness.
[autotag]Ike Villanueva[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Vinicius Moreira[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days due to knockout loss.
[autotag]Roxanne Modafferi[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Viviane Araujo[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to right cheek laceration.
[autotag]Douglas Silva de Andrade[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Omari Akhmedov[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Tom Breese[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Ricky Simon[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Gaetano Pirello[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Su Mudaerji[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to chin laceration.
[autotag]Zarrukh Adashev[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Dalcha Lungiambula[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to scalp laceration.
[autotag]Francisco Figueiredo[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Jerome Rivera[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
Mike Davis: Needs X-ray for left thumb, and clearance by doctor, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Mason Jones[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
[autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Sergey Morozov[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
Victoria Leonardo: Needs X-ray for right forearm, and clearance by doctor, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Manon Fiorot[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
Brother of UFC champion Deiveson Figueiredo, Francisco Figueiredo has signed with the UFC and will debut Jan. 20 vs. Jerome Rivera.
[autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag] is no longer the only one bearing his surname in the UFC.
Figueiredo’s younger brother, [autotag]Francisco Figueiredo[/autotag] has signed with the promotion and has his first UFC fight set. He will make his debut Wednesday, Jan. 20, against Dana White’s Contender Series alum [autotag]Jerome Rivera[/autotag] at flyweight.
The UFC has yet to reveal the event’s location, though it is expected to take place as part of the third “Fight Island” stint on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking with MMA Junkie on Thursday, but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. The matchup first was reported by Combate.
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Figueiredo (11-3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has gone 2-0-1 over the course of his most recent three fights. Out of 11 professional victories, Figueiredo has finishes in 10. He most recently competed for Jungle Fight in September 2019.
Rivera (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) was scheduled to fight [autotag]Ode Osbourne[/autotag] on Jan. 30. It is unclear why that fight fell apart. Rivera made his short-notice debut at UFC Fight Night 178 in September. He was knocked out by Tyson Nam in Round 2.
Three main card fighters and one prelim fighter are facing lengthy suspensions.
Former UFC welterweight champion [autotag]Tyron Woodley[/autotag] is among four fighters facing potential 180-day medical suspensions as a result of damage sustained at UFC on ESPN+ 36 on Saturday.
Woodley suffered a rib injury in the fifth round of his main event fight against [autotag]Colby Covington[/autotag], which resulted in a TKO. Monday, Woodley revealed his ribs were broken earlier in the fight and shifted on a fifth-round guillotine choke submission attempt, which led to the finish.
On Tuesday, MMA Junkie obtained the full list of suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com, the Association of Boxing Commissions’ official record keeper.
Joining Woodley on the list of UFC on ESPN+ 36 fighters facing potential six-month suspensions is co-headliner [autotag]Niko Price[/autotag], who fought to a draw with [autotag]Donald Cerrone[/autotag]. Price may have suffered a serious injury to his right hand, according to the medical records.
[autotag]Randa Markos[/autotag], who was submitted by [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] via armbar in the first round of their main card fight, injured her elbow and will need clearance to compete before her 180-day term is up.
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Preliminary card fighter and UFC debutant [autotag]Sarah Alpar[/autotag] suffered a nasal fracture as a result of damage sustained against [autotag]Jessica-Rose Clark[/autotag]. The finish garnered attention from many reporters and viewers alike, including UFC president Dana White. Midway through Round 3, referee Chris Tognoni stopped the fight for a legal knee. The action resumed, but Alpar was finished with strikes shortly thereafter.
Alpar has also been suspended 180 days – or until a doctor grants her clearance.
Below is the full list of UFC on ESPN+ 36 medical suspensions:
Colby Covington: No suspension.
Tyron Woodley: Suspended 180 days or until left costochondral tear is cleared by an orthopedic doctor; also suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
Donald Cerrone: No suspension.
Niko Price: Suspended 180 days or until right hand X-ray is cleared by an orthopedic doctor; also suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
[autotag]Khamzat Chimaev[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Gerald Meerschaert[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
[autotag]Johnny Walker[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
Mackenzie Dern: No suspension.
Randa Markos: Suspended 180 days or until left elbow is cleared by doctor; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to left eyebrow laceration.
[autotag]Darren Stewart[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]David Dvorak[/autotag]: Suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to right foot pain.
[autotag]Jordan Espinosa[/autotag]: Suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to left tibia contusion.
[autotag]Damon Jackson[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Mirsad Bektic[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Mayra Bueno Silva[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Mara Borella[/autotag]: No suspension.
Jessica-Rose Clark: No suspension.
Sarah Alpar: Suspended 180 days or until nasal fracture is cleared by ENT doctor; also suspended 60 days with no contact for 15 days.
[autotag]Darrick Minner[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]T.J. Laramie[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Randy Costa[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Journey Newson[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days due to left eye laceration.
[autotag]Andre Ewell[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to facial lacerations.
[autotag]Irwin Rivera[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to facial abrasions.
[autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag]: No suspension.
[autotag]Jerome Rivera[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
UFC on ESPN+ 36 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok.
LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 36 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $169,000.
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 on ESPN+ 36 took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN+ 36 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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:
“UFC on ESPN+ 36: Covington vs. Woodley” – $169,000
“As if dealing with that first loss of my career wasn’t hard enough, a week later I’m sitting inside a jail cell.”
At times, [autotag]Jerome Rivera[/autotag] has bent – but he’s never broken.
Rivera (9-2 MMA) has encountered high highs and low lows. But it’s led him to where he is today – on the UFC’s doorstep. There have been close calls, but every time Rivera has sniffed a UFC deal, he’s come up short – not in effort, but in the outcome.
Growing up, Rivera’s upbringing wasn’t bad. While other New Mexico neighborhoods battled severe crime, Rivera largely avoided encountering such lifestyles. Instead, his area inspired him – especially because of its MMA culture and fighters like Diego Sanchez.
After a youth wrestling career, Rivera began training MMA. A skinny kid, Rivera proved it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but rather the size of the fight in the dog. Rivera’s scrappy attitude translated perfectly to mixed martial arts.
Rattling off victories, Rivera started off his career at 5-0. Things were going well. Unofficially one fight away from a UFC deal, Rivera’s luck took a turn for the worse outside the cage.
On the UFC’s doorstep, Rivera anticipated his highest-profile fight offer to date. Before the fight took place, however, adversity reared its head.
Rivera, 21, was arrested for DWI.
“It was terrible,” Rivera told MMA Junkie. “I felt stupid. I felt dumb. I hit a dark place. I sprained my ankle right before that DWI. I was in jail coming off a pretty bad ankle sprain.”
Shortly after spending nearly two days locked up, Rivera received the offer he anticipated – the chance to fight Roberto Sanchez for the vacant flyweight title at LFA 14. It was a huge opportunity.
Fast forward.
In mid-2017, Rivera sat in a jail cell, fresh off a defeat to Sanchez, which for the time being, derailed his UFC dream. Shortly after his third-round armbar submission loss, Rivera was arrested for not having an interlock license.
Rivera had reached a new low. In an instant, Rivera went from an undefeated fighter destined for the highest level of MMA, to some guy who was banged up, sitting in a jail cell.
Life came fast – too fast, Rivera admits. Soul-searching was necessary.
“At that point, I was at a time where I knew I needed to change my life around or I was going to go into a dark place and probably would turn out to be a person I didn’t feel good about being,” Rivera said.
“… As if dealing with that first loss of my career wasn’t hard enough, a week later I’m sitting inside a jail cell. I’m just sitting there like, ‘(Expletive), this is rock bottom. You’re supposed to be getting ready for a UFC fight and doing all these things and making all this money. Now, you’re sitting here in a jail cell because you’re a dumbass. You should have gotten your interlock license and done all this stuff sooner.'”
To make matters worse, Rivera started to hear his doubters’ voices. Even some people close to him were counting him out and writing him off.
“Mentally, I was a little bit defeated,” Rivera said. “But the same thing: I just kept that chip on my shoulder like everybody was doubting me. Nobody believes in me and they think I’m going to stop.”
It was at that point Rivera received a kickstart, but not from a family member or a friend. It was from the person he trusted most – himself. Thinking of his fiancee, and his first baby on the way, Rivera picked himself up by his bootstraps and reentered competition.
Matched up with Brandon Royval, Rivera had a chance at redemption. After months of mental and physical rebuild, he was back – attempting to change his life for the better.
The fight lasted only 40 seconds. In an early exchange, Royval caught a kick and pushed Rivera backward. Rivera extended his arm to catch his balance. The two fighters crashed into the fence.
Pop!
Rivera circled out to reset, but something wasn’t right.
“I swear I felt like I had an out-of-body experience,” Rivera said. “I could see myself get ran back into the fence. Then, I just remembered right when my hand touched that fence. Immediately, I heard a loud pop, ‘Boom.’ I could not feel my arm, instantly. I felt like I was screaming in my head like, ‘Dude, your arm is broken. Your arm is broken.’
“I took that step off and I wanted to try to hit him with it – like, a spinning back elbow or something. I just felt my arm slow motion swing. I looked down and saw my pinky where my thumb is supposed to be. I was just like, ‘Holy (expletive).’ That’s when I went and kind of told the ref to get me out of there.”
Image via LFA
On national television, Rivera’s arm flopped around in one of the most grotesque injuries in mainstream MMA history. After everything he went through, another layer of adversity revealed itself. Rivera instantly went viral.
“I was expecting to go to the UFC,” Rivera said. “I had my daughter on the way. It was just crushing for me mentally from ‘About to get signed to the UFC again’ to ‘All of a sudden, you have to go back home and get surgery – and you can’t work for eight weeks and you have your daughter on the way and all this stuff.'”
Image via Jerome Rivera
Rivera came face-to-face with his demons but fought back. Tommy John surgery was in the cards for him, yet he persevered through it and its recovery. His injury and its gruesomeness only catalyzed his doubters, which in turn catalyzed Rivera.
“I realized the hard way that the world doesn’t stop turning for anybody,” Rivera said. “If I were to sit there and stay depressed and quit and give up on everything, the world wasn’t going to stop turning for me. Eventually, I was going to fall into a really bad place. I knew I just had to pick back up and set an example for everybody around me – to show my fiancee and everybody that wasn’t going to break me.
“I just used that chip on my shoulder. I just said in my head that everybody was doubting me. Everybody thought that was the end of my career and that I was never going to come back. To them, it was silly at this point to continue. A lot of people – everybody I asked – thought I was done for. … I was just super motivated to prove everybody wrong.”
In his next two fights, Rivera went 2-0. Fueled by an offered rematch against Brandon Royval that was offered twice but never came to fruition, Rivera was extra motivated to improve his game.
The wins punched his ticket to official “one-fight-away” status. Earlier this year, Rivera was offered a slot on Dana White’s Contender Series. After a pandemic delay, Rivera will finally carry out the opportunity against Luis Rodriguez (11-1 MMA) on Tuesday.
With an impressive performance, Rivera could earn a UFC contract – and in the process, prove that sometimes the ends justify the means.
“It would just be a dream come true,” Rivera said. “It would just really feel like all this hard work, all those hours spent in the gym, all the hours away from my family and friends, it would just give me that sense of accomplishment. Like, ‘OK, this was all for a good reason.’ Even if I don’t get to the UFC, I told everybody, like, if this is my last fight on (Tuesday), I’m just very thankful for this.
“… I’ve learned so many lessons through this sport. Win, lose, or draw. Those lessons have made me the man I am today. I believe I’m a very strong person because of this martial arts journey. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
DWCS 27 takes place Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event streams on ESPN+.
The return of Dana White’s Contender Series isn’t far off, and here are 10 flyweights who are candidates to appear on the show.
Dana White’s Contender Series has become a focal point for fighters on the regional scene. Since its inception in 2017, the UFC Fight Pass-turned-ESPN+ summer original removed some of the guesswork for up-and-comers trying to make it big.
With UFC president Dana White and matchmakers Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby cageside, the stakes are high. Have an impressive, exciting win on the show, and you’re in.
Rumored for a late-June start date, DWCS Season 4 is almost here. The lineups haven’t been announced quite yet, but advanced planning is underway. While there are hundreds of fighters qualified to compete on the show, we’ll be narrowing each divisional pool to 10 fighters you should expect to see on the show this summer.
When it comes to in-cage appearances, [autotag]Jeffrey Molina[/autotag] is one of the most experienced 22-year-old fighters in all of MMA. The Glory MMA and Fitness product is one of the gym’s secret weapons, having won six straight fights. With a 100 percent finishing rate, Molina brings a kill-or-be-killed savvy to the flyweight division. In his most recent fight in February, Molina choked out 16-fight veteran Kenny Porter. There aren’t a ton of top flyweights on the regional scene, so true tests will be few and far between. Worst-case scenario, Molina gets on DWCS and loses. There’s no harm in that. It’ll be win or learn. One thing is for sure, though: Someday Molina will be in the UFC. The sky is the limit.
It’s been a slow burn for [autotag]Richard Palencia[/autotag], but he’s starting to finally turn some heads. Since his professional debut in 2015, Palencia has competed for LFA, Combate Americas, and RITC, among other promotions. Training under John Crouch and Co. at The MMA Lab in Phoenix, Palencia is consistently getting reps against top-tier training partners. To date, Palencia has passed all tests put in front of him. Now it’s time for a step up in competition on Season 4 of DWCS.
