Tag: Jonny Parsons

UFC adds Yusaku Kinoshita vs. Jonny Parsons to August Fight Night event

Yusaku Kinoshita will look for his first UFC win in August, but Jonny Parsons will have something to say about that.

An upcoming UFC Fight Night event in August has added a bout between explosive welterweights.

Japan’s [autotag]Yusaku Kinoshita[/autotag] will try for his first UFC victory when he meets [autotag]Jonny Parsons[/autotag] on Aug. 10. The event takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Two people with knowledge of the matchup verified the booking with MMA Junkie. The people requested anonymity because the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

Win or lose, the 23-year-old Kinoshita (6-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has yet to reach the judges’ scorecards in his fighting career. After impressing with a third-round finish on Dana White’s Contender Series in August 2022, “Wonderboy” has struggled in the UFC, being on the wrong end of two first-round finishes.

Standing in the way of Kinoshita’s first UFC victory this time will be Parsons (9-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who enters on a six-fight winning streak.

A fellow DWCS veteran, Parsons, 32, won his debut last July by finishing Danny Roberts with strikes in the second round. On his current streak, Parsons has recorded four stoppages.

With the addition, the current lineup for Aug. 10 includes:

  • Danny Barlow vs. Uros Medic
  • Jarno Errens vs. Youssef Zalal
  • Jhonata Diniz vs. Karl Williams
  • Jafel Filho vs. Allan Nascimento
  • Yusaku Kinoshita vs. Jonny Parsons

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Uros Medic, Christian Leroy Duncan get new UFC Fight Night 232 opponents days before event

The UFC matchmakers have been hard at work with multiple replacements needed during fight week.

UFC Fight Night 232 has encountered two fight week changes thus far, and it’s only Tuesday.

With [autotag]Cesar Almeida[/autotag] and [autotag]Jonny Parsons[/autotag] out of Saturday’s event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, [autotag]Christian Leroy Duncan[/autotag] and [autotag]Uros Medic[/autotag] have new opponents.

Three people with knowledge of the changes recently informed MMA Junkie of them but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

Almeida (4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who withdrew due to an infection, has been replaced by [autotag]Denis Tiuliulin[/autotag] (11-8 MMA, 1-3 UFC) and will fight Duncan (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a middleweight bout on the preliminary card. The pairing was first reported by Vestnik MMA.

Tiuliulin looks to snap a two-fight skid. He most recently competed in August when he was quickly finished with strikes by Gregory Rodrigues. Duncan is a former Cage Warriors middleweight champion who will look to bounce back from his first career loss, a unanimous decision dropped vs. Armen Petrosyan in June.

Parsons is out for an undisclosed reason. He’s been replaced by promotional newcomer [autotag]Myktybek Orolbai Uulu[/autotag] (11-1-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who will fight Medic (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a welterweight bout on the main card. The matchup was first reported by MMA Orbit.

Uulu is an LFA standout with 10 finishes (six knockouts and four submissions) in 11 victories. Medic rides a two-fight winning streak into the matchup with TKO finishes of Omar Morales and Matthew Semelsberger.

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With the changes, the UFC Fight Night 232 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET)

  • Brendan Allen vs. Paul Craig
  • Jake Matthews vs. Michael Morales
  • Chase Hooper vs. Jordan Leavitt
  • Nick Aguirre vs. Payton Talbott
  • Luana Pinheiro vs. Amanda Ribas
  • Uros Medic vs. Myktybek Orolbai Uulu

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 2 p.m. ET)

  • Joanderson Brito vs. Jonathan Pearce
  • Chad Anheliger vs. Jose Johnson
  • Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Denis Tiuliulin
  • Caio Machado vs. Mick Parkin
  • Lucas Alexander vs. Jeka Saragih
  • Ailin Perez vs. Lucie Pudilova
  • Nikolas Motta vs. Trey Ogden
  • Rafael Estevam vs. Charles Johnson

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 232.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Sept. 18-24)

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 or officially announced by the promotions from Sept. 18-24.

Jonny Parsons wants Bellator free agent Michael Page after UFC London for an ‘awesome striking fight’

After a successful debut in London, Jonny Parsons hopes the UFC signs Bellator free agent Michael Page – and wants to fight him next.

LONDON – [autotag]Jonny Parsons[/autotag] called out Paddy Pimblett after his Saturday win, but that’s actually not whom he intended to pick a fight against.

Parsons (9-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was victorious in his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 224 in London with a second-round TKO of Danny Roberts (18-8 MMA, 7-7 UFC).

After the win, former middleweight champion Michael Bisping, now a UFC analyst, interviewed Parsons – and that’s when he fumbled the callout for Pimblett instead of Bellator free agent Michael Page, who was sitting cageside.

“To be 100 percent honest, I have legend Michael Bisping right here. He didn’t really ask me a question, he just put the mic in front of me and I kind of choked,” Parsons said at his UFC Fight Night 224 post-fight news conference. “Maybe at some point I’ll try to make my way to lightweight, but who I really wanted to call out was, I heard ‘MVP’ is a free agent and there were talks of him coming to the UFC to fight.

“I’d really like to come back to London and try to sleep a little better the next time. I don’t think ‘MVP’ can hang with the wrestlers in this division, so I would love to give the fans here in London at The O2 an awesome striking fight. I think me and ‘MVP’ can put on a show for the crowd, for sure.”

Page, one of Bellator’s biggest stars and an England native, recently revealed he fought out his contract and currently is exploring options.

Parsons not only is down to welcome Page to the UFC, but he’s also more than OK if he has to do it in enemy territory.

“I’ve been there before,” Parsons said. “The majority of my fights, my amateur career, were all in Las Vegas. They have a pretty solid amateur scene there. But once I went pro, they really don’t have any regional pro fights in Las Vegas to build your record. I was always going to other paces to fight, so I’m used to it. I fought in Hawaii twice, I fought in China, Thailand, other states. I’m used to going to enemy territory. This is what we do.”

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.

UFC Fight Night 224 post-event facts: Multiple perfect records ruined in London

Check out all the facts and figures from UFC Fight Night 224, which saw several fighters suffer their first career or octagon defeat.

The UFC made its 15th stop in London on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 224, which went down at The O2. It was the longest event of the year so far.

Many of the 15 fights on the docket went to decisions, but one man who didn’t need the judges was [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who effortlessly ran through [autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag] (24-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC) for a first-round TKO in his return from a lengthy injury layoff.

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 224.

UFC Fight Night 224 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Four fighters take home $16,000

UFC Fight Night 224 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

LONDON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 224 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $225,000.

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 Fight Night 224 took place at the The 02. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 224 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Julija Stoliarenko[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Nathaniel Wood[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Paul Craig[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Andre Muniz[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Fares Ziam[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jai Herbert[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Josh Culibao[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Daniel Marcos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Davey Grant[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Jonny Parsons[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Danny Roberts[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Joel Alvarez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marc Diakiese[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Mick Parkin[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jamal Pogues[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Makhmud Muradov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Bryan Barberena[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Ketlen Vieira[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Pannie Kianzad[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Chris Duncan[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yanal Ashmoz[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Bruna Brasil[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Shauna Bannon[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jafel Filho[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Barez[/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 2241 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:

Year-to-date total: $4,780,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,369,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.

UFC Fight Night 224 bonuses: Tom Aspinall earns $50,000 in triumphant return from injury

Check out which fighters earned an extra $50,000 for their performance in London.

The UFC handed out four post-fight bonuses after Saturday’s card, including an award for a finish in the main event.

After UFC Fight Night 224, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in London. Check out the winners below.

UFC Fight Night 224 video: Jonny Parsons swarms Danny Roberts for second-round TKO, calls out Paddy Pimblett

Danny Roberts showed incredible heart, but Jonny Parsons proved to be too much.

LONDON – Danny Roberts showed incredible heart, but [autotag]Jonny Parsons[/autotag] proved to be too much to handle.

Parsons (9-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Roberts (18-8 MMA, 7-7 UFC) engaged in a Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots-like fight to thrill the crowd. Parsons was able to wobble Roberts on multiple occasions, until a knee off the break followed by a combination dropped and finished the Brit at the 4:57 mark of Round 2 Saturday at The O2.

Check out the replay of Parson’s finish below (via Twitter):

After making good on his UFC debut, Parsons took the mic to call out [autotag]Paddy Pimblett[/autotag].

“Hey Paddy, do you want to slug, or not? Because I’m ‘The Sluggernaut,’ Parsons said. “Let’s go. I’ll go down to lightweight and I’ll knock that stupid haircut off your head. Let’s go.”

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Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 224 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.

Jonny Parsons def. Danny Roberts at UFC Fight Night 224: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Jonny Parsons’ second-round submission win over Danny Roberts at UFC Fight Night 224 at The O2 in London.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Jonny Parsons[/autotag]’ second-round submission win over [autotag]Danny Roberts[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 224 at The O2 in London. (Photos by Per Haljestam, USA TODAY Sports)

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (May 1-7)

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 May 1-7.