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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 April 24-30.
UFC heavyweight Walt Harris has been training with Jon Jones in advance of his return to the octagon.
UFC heavyweight [autotag]Walt Harris[/autotag] is set to return after a two-year layoff.
Harris (13-10 MMA, 6-8 UFC) meets [autotag]Josh Parisian[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at a UFC event on July 15. Two people with knowledge of the booking recently informed MMA Junkie of the matchup but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Eurosport NL was first to report the news.
Harris, who’s been training with UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, will look to snap a three-fight skid. The 39-year-old was stopped in his past three outings by Alistair Overeem, Alexander Volkov, and most recently Marcin Tybura in June 2021. Harris’ last win was a 12-second knockout of Aleksei Oleinik in July 2019.
Parisian has split his past six appearances. The 33-year-old, who punched his ticket to the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Series in August 2020, is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Jamal Pogues in February. Prior to that, Parisian scored a Performance of the Night TKO of Alan Baudot at UFC on ESPN 38.
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With the addition, the July 15 lineup includes:
Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 219 main card in Las Vegas, featuring Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield.
| Andrade vs. Blanchfield |
Pauga vs. Wright |
Parisian vs. Pogues |
Knight vs. Prachnio |
Hernandez vs. Miller |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 13-8 |
 Blanchfield (55%) |
 Pauga (65%) |
 Parisian (64%) |
 Knight (64%) |
 Miller (64%) |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 16-5 |
 Andrade |
Pauga |
Parisian |
Knight |
Miller |
| Matthew Wells @MrMWells 15-6 |
Andrade |
Pauga |
 Pogues |
Knight |
Miller |
| Matt Erickson 15-6 |
Andrade |
Pauga |
Pogues |
Knight |
 Hernandez |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 14-7  2017 Champion |
Andrade |
Pauga |
Parisian |
Knight |
Miller |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 13-8 |
Blanchfield |
Pauga |
Pogues |
Knight |
Miller |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 12-9 2018, 2022 Champion |
Blanchfield |
Pauga |
Parisian |
 Prachnio |
Hernandez |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 12-9 |
Andrade |
Pauga |
Pogues |
Knight |
Miller |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 11-10/em> |
Blanchfield |
Pauga |
Pogues |
Knight |
Hernandez |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 11-10 |
Blanchfield |
Pauga |
Pogues |
Knight |
Miller |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 10-11 |
Andrade |
Pauga |
Parisian |
Prachnio |
Miller |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 10-11 2014 Champion |
Andrade |
Pauga |
Pogues |
Knight |
Miller |
The is back on its home turf this week, and a short-notice women’s flyweight bout tops the card.
UFC Fight Night 219 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, former women’s strawweight champion [autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag] (24-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) takes on [autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at flyweight. Andrade took the fight on just a week’s notice when Taila Santos couldn’t travel with visa issues.
Andrade is slight favorite at -135 at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Blanchfield, who is fighting in her first UFC main event, is +115. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are siding with Andrade at a 7-4 clip.
In the co-feature, [autotag]Zac Pauga[/autotag] (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) takes on [autotag]Jordan Wright[/autotag] (12-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) at light heavyweight. Pauga is the biggest favorite on the main card at -280, and he’s our lone unanimous pick.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Josh Parisian[/autotag] (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Jamal Pogues[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at heavyweight. Pogues is a -250 favorite, but he has just a 7-4 lead in the picks from our staff members.
The closest fight on the entire card at the betting window is at light heavyweight between [autotag]William Knight[/autotag] (11-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and [autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 2-4 UFC). Knight is a -125 favorite, but he’s got a huge 9-2 lead in the picks.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Alex Hernandez[/autotag] (13-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) takes on UFC record holder [autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag] (35-16 MMA, 24-15 UFC) at lightweight. Hernandez is more than a 2-1 favorite, but it’s Miller who has a big 8-3 lead from our staff members.
In the MMA Junkie consensus picks, Blanchfield (55 percent), Pauga (65 percent), Parisian (64 percent), Knight (64 percent) and Miller (64 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 219.
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 Jan. 2-8.
UFC Fight Night 214 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 214 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $126,500.
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 214 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 214 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Darrick Minner[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Shayilan Nuerdanbieke[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Grant Dawson[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Mark Madsen[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Shanna Young[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Benito Lopez[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Polyana Viana[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jinh Yu Frey[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Johnny Munoz[/autotag]: $4,50
def. [autotag]Liudvik Sholinian[/autotag]: $4,0000
[autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Carlos Candelario[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Tamires Vidal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ramona Pascual[/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 2147 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2141 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:
Year-to-date total: $7,222,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,399,500
UFC heavyweight Josh Parisian has been forced out of UFC Fight Night 214 following a lengthy early-morning emergency room visit.
UFC Fight Night 214 lost a bout on the morning of the event.
Heavyweight [autotag]Josh Parisian[/autotag] was set to face Chase Sherman on the main card of the event taking place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, but after a lengthy early-morning trip to the emergency room, the fight is now off.
Parisian (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC), one half of the lone heavyweight bout on the card, explained the situation on Facebook, describing the morning as “one of the worst days of my life.” According to Parisian, he spent over five and a half hours at the hospital Saturday morning due to chest pain, nausea, and palpitations.
https://www.facebook.com/josh.parisian/posts/pfbid02rAX44NrG6vhm1MANCt2T7N2izG4VFccQjVpYF1LrnGNA3g8RULLJX9stLPUGVKNol
One of the worst days of my life. I unfortunately will not be fighting, tonight. I woke up at 1:07am this morning with my heart beating out of my chest and soaked in sweat. I tried to relax over the next 2 hours, but I going in an out of chest pain, cold sweats, nausea, and light headedness. I decided to go to the ER at around 3am and was there until 8:30am. They were able to get rid of my nausea and chest pain, but my palpitations had gotten worse. In over 50 fights, I’ve never pulled or been pulled from one. I am devastated for myself, everyone that helped me this camp, the ufc, the fans, and my opponent. Ill be seeing my cardiologist when I get home to see what is going on with my heart and go from there.
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Saturday’s bout would have been Parisian’s second of 2022. He defeated Alan Baudot by second-round TKO at UFC on ESPN 38 in June. The Dana White’s Contender Series veteran has competed under the UFC banner four times since joining the promotion in 2020.
UFC Fight Night 214 will proceed with 11 bouts.
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 214.
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Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 214 main card, which features Marina Rodriguez vs. Amanda Lemos.
| Rodriguez vs. Lemos |
Magny vs. Rodriguez |
Parisian vs. Sherman |
Maness vs. Ulanbekov |
Dawson vs. Madsen |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 173-103 |
 M. Rodriguez (74%) |
 D. Rodriugez (60%) |
 Parisian (60%) |
 Ulanbekov (57%) |
 Dawson (56%) |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 186-95 2018 Champion |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
 Sherman |
Ulanbekov |
 Madsen |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 179-102 |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Parisian |
Ulanbekov |
Madsen |
| Matthew Wells @MrMWells 178-103 |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Parisian |
Ulanbekov |
Madsen |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 175-106 |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Sherman |
Ulanbekov |
Madsen |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 173-108 2014 Champion |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Sherman |
Ulanbekov |
Dawson |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 171-110 |
M. Rodriguez |
 Magny |
Parisian |
 Maness |
Madsen |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 171-110 |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Sherman |
Ulanbekov |
Madsen |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 165-116 2017 Champion |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Parisian |
Ulanbekov |
Madsen |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 164-117 |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Sherman |
Ulanbekov |
Madsen |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 157-124 |
M. Rodriguez |
D. Rodriugez |
Sherman |
Maness |
Madsen |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 138-143 |
M. Rodriguez |
Magny |
Sherman |
Ulanbekov |
Madsen |
The UFC stays on its Las Vegas home turf this week with a pair of women’s strawweight contenders at the top of the lineup.
UFC Fight Night 214 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]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag] (16-1-2 MMA, 6-1-2 UFC) takes on [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] (12-2-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) at 115 pounds. Rodriguez is a -240 favorite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Lemos is +180. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are going with Rodriguez unanimously.
In the co-feature, perennial welterweight contender [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag] (26-10 MMA, 19-8 UFC) takes on [autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag] (17-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC). Magny is a slight favorite at -125, but our staff members are going with Rodriguez at a hefty 9-2 clip.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Josh Parisian[/autotag] (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Chase Sherman[/autotag] (16-10 MMA, 4-9 UFC) in a heavyweight bout. Sherman is a slight favorite at -140, and he has a 7-4 lead in the picks.
[autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is more than a 2-1 favorite in his flyweight bout against [autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and has a big 9-2 picks lead.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Grant Dawson[/autotag] (18-1-1 MMA, 6-0-1 UFC) is a -220 favorite in his lightweight bout against the unbeaten [autotag]Mark Madsen[/autotag] (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC). But despite that, our staff pickers are bucking the odds and have Madsen near unanimous at 10-1.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Marina Rodriguez (74 percent), Daniel Rodriguez (60 percent), Parisian (59 percent), Ulanbekov (57 percent) and Dawson (56 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 214.
Analyzing Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 214 odds and lines between Chase Sherman and Josh Parisian, with MMA picks, tips and predictions.
In a heavyweight bout on the main card, Chase Sherman and Josh Parisian meet Saturday at UFC Fight Night 214 — also known as UFC on ESPN+ 72 or UFC Vegas 64 — at the UFC’s APEX Facility in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the UFC Fight Night 214: Sherman vs. Parisian 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.
Sherman, a.k.a. “The Vanilla Gorilla”, snapped a 4-bout losing skid with a 3rd-round KO/TKO over Jared Vanderaa in early July. He hasn’t gone the distance since a unanimous-decision loss to Parker Porter in late Aug. 2021.
Parisian is coming off a 2nd-round KO/TKO win over Alan Baudot in late June, and he has alternated wins and losses in each of his last 5 fights. Since arriving at the UFC level he is 2-2, with 2 KO/TKOs, going 1-1 in those outings.
Sherman holds a 6.51-to-4.97 significant strikes landed per minute advantage, while Parisian is better in the ground game. He has managed a 1.06 takedown average, and 30.77% takedown accuracy with a 0.26 submission average.
Sherman has yet to score in any of those categories and is strictly a brawler. If Sherman is taken to the mat, he is susceptible to the tap-out. Alexandr Romanov and Jake Collier have each tapped him out in 2022.
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Records: Sherman (16-10-0) | Parisian (15-5-0)
SHERMAN (-140) is a solid play on the 2-way line, as he looks to build upon his KO/TKO win over Vanderaa.
Since arriving at the UFC level, Sherman has been pretty inconsistent, but Parisian has also been very erratic since landing with the UFC. In addition, Parisian has had to cut weight to get down to the limit of 265 pounds, which has a lot of people questioning if his cardio will be up to snuff.
Parisian will look for a quick finish, as he knows he doesn’t have the energy to go a full 3 rounds. Sherman will weather the storm, and get the knockout finish of his own, similar to the Vanderaa fight.
UNDER 2.5 ROUNDS (-170) is a little on the pricey side, but that’s the play here.
Again, Parisian doesn’t have the energy, or he doesn’t necessarily have the desire, to go the distance. Sherman will be looking for the finish, too. There is no way this goes all the way, and this is the best bet on the board, perhaps on the entire card.
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Josh Parisian heads into UFC Fight Night 214 not focused on the end result.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Josh Parisian[/autotag]’s past outing got him back into the win column and a new UFC contract.
On the final fight of his UFC deal, Parisian (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) was able to score a Performance of the Night TKO of Alan Baudot in June. That led to a new deal and a matchup with Chase Sherman (16-10 MMA, 4-9 UFC) on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 214 main card.
Parisian admits that he used to put a lot of pressure on himself. But with his back against the wall heading into his bout with Baudot, letting go is what allowed him to put on one of the best showings of his career.
“My goal is, I think having the goal of just go out there and have fun will give me more wins,” Parisian told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at Wednesday’s media day. “If I’m sitting there like, ‘I’ve got to win, I’ve got to get on a streak, I’ve got to do this,’ that’s putting pressure on the end result, but I don’t care about that. Like my last fight, I’m like, I don’t really care.
“I’m gonna go out there and give it my all, and I was able to perform one of the best performances I had, because I was able to be me essentially. I think me is a good fighter, me trying to be the ‘cookie cutter,’ which a lot of people believe is a good fighter, maybe sometimes I think is supposed to be what people want to see is not a good fighter, because I don’t do that everyday.”
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Watch the video of Parisian’s complete pre-fight media availability above.
UFC Fight Night 214 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 214.
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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.
