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UFC 281 post-event facts: Alex Pereira makes history with title win in 8th career fight

Check out the numbers to come out of an insane UFC 281, where Alex Pereira’s title win put him in the record books alongside Brock Lesnar.

UFC 281 took place Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, and with 11 finishes in 14 fights, including two title changes, it proved to be among the best cards of the year.

The main event saw [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) earn another combat victory over [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC), but this time with the highest stakes imaginable when he claimed the middleweight title with a fifth-round TKO.

The co-headliner saw [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] (23-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) begin a second reign as women’s strawweight champion when she submitted [autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag] (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) with a choke in the second round.

For more on the numbers behind both title fights, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 281.

UFC 281 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Second-highest total in Venum era

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 281 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $332,500.

NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 281 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $332,500.

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 281 took place at Madison Square Garden. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 281 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Dustin Poirier[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Michael Chandler[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Chris Gutierrez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Frankie Edgar[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Dan Hooker[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Claudio Puelles[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Renato Moicano[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Brad Riddell[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Andre Petroski[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Wellington Turman[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Matt Frevola[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ottman Azaitar[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Silvana Gomez Juarez[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Michael Trizano[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Seungwoo Choi[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Julio Arce[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Nicolae Negumereanu[/autotag]: $6,000

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 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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

“UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira” – $332,500
“UFC Fight Night 214: Rodriguez vs. Lemos” – $126,500
“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: $7,554,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,732,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 281.

Fight Tracks: The walkout songs of UFC 281 with James Brown, AC/DC and Mötley Crüe

Check out all the fighter walkout songs from Saturday’s UFC 281 event at Madison Square Garden in New York.

While it takes intense training, world-class skills and maybe even a bit of luck to register a UFC win, picking the right song to accompany you to the cage is a key talent, as well.

See what the fighters from UFC 281 went with as their backing tracks in New York.

Montel Jackson def. Julio Arce at UFC 281: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Montel Jackson’s unanimous decision win over Julio Arce at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag]’s unanimous decision win over [autotag]Julio Arce[/autotag] at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photos by Jessica Alcheh, USA TODAY Sports)

UFC 281: Julio Arce says he has unfinished business in the Garden going after trifecta win

Julio Arce has a boxing win at Madison Square Garden and a kickboxing win there – but not yet an MMA win. He wants the trifecta at UFC 281.

NEW YORK – [autotag]Julio Arce[/autotag] met the media Wednesday ahead of his fight at UFC 281.

Arce (18-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) takes on Montel Jackson (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in a bantamweight fight on the ESPN+ preliminary card at Madison Square Garden in New York. At the event’s media day in Manhattan, Arce took questions from media members before his matchup.

Arce has alternated wins and losses for seven fights. He’ll be looking for his winning streak since 2018 when he meets Jackson on the heels of a decision victory over Daniel Santos in April.

He said he has unfinished business at Madison Square Garden. He has a boxing win at MSG and a kickboxing win in the Garden – but not yet an MMA win. He wants the trifecta. “This is the mecca,” he said. “This is where some of the major biggest fights in the world happen.”

Check out Arce’s full media day interview in the video above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 281.

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Julio Arce confident future at bantamweight, says recent weight miss was ‘small miscalculation’

Julio Arce is confident his UFC future is at bantamweight despite missing weight for his most recent outing in April.

[autotag]Julio Arce[/autotag] is not going anywhere.

The former Ring of Combat two-division champion assures he’s here to stay in the UFC’s bantamweight division, despite not making weight for his most recent fight.

Arce (18-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC), who returns Saturday at UFC 281 against Montel Jackson (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC), failed to make the bantamweight limit of 136 pounds for his fight against Daniel Santos at UFC 273 in April.

The decision win over Santos was Arce’s third fight since he dropped from featherweight to 135 pounds. The 33-year-old said it was a mishap that won’t happen again.

“That was my fault, but it was just a small miscalculation,” Arce told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “We just ran out of time. I had 0.5 pounds left, and I was still sweating, but if I don’t get to weigh-ins on time, then I can’t fight. So yeah, I just ran out of time.

“Now we’ve corrected the details that we needed to correct. Look, the first two fights at bantamweight I made 135 pounds. This last one was just a technical mistake. And I felt bad because regardless, I missed weight. But at least it wasn’t by that much. There are others who miss weight by three, four, five pounds. I did the best I could, but I just ran out of time.”

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Arce has been competing in the UFC since 2018. He’s proud to fight under the Las Vegas-based promotion, but his dreams don’t stop there. Arce is determined to be a UFC champion, and his drop to bantamweight is key in those plans.

“That’s the weight class I needed to return to,” Arce said. “When I was fighting at 145, you could see my opponents were clearly bigger than me, and you could also see the weight class that I needed to be in. So I decided to return to 135 because I do have aspirations of fighting for a title, so it needed to be in this division.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 281.

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UFC 281 pre-event facts: History at stake for multiple fighters on huge card

Go inside the numbers of Saturday’s stacked UFC 281 event, where multiple fighters have a chance to make history.

The UFC returns to New York on Saturday for its annual event at Madison Square Garden with UFC 281, which has a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

A doubleheader of championship bouts is featured at the top of the card, with middleweight champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) set to take on former two-time kickboxing rival [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in the headlining act.

The co-main event will see strawweight champion [autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag] (19-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) attempt to kick off her second reign in positive fashion when she meets former titleholder [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] (22-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC).

For more on the numbers behind both title bouts, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts for UFC 281.

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UFC Fight Night 197 video: Song Yadong lands head kick, storms Julio Arce for TKO

23-year-old Song Yadong showed again why he’s among the brightest prospects in MMA with a TKO win at UFC Fight Night 197.

[autotag]Song Yadong[/autotag] once again showed his strong finishing instincts when he stopped [autotag]Julio Arce[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 197.

Yadong (17-4-1 MMA, 7-1-1 UFC), who at 23 is one of the brightest prospects in the bantamweight division, got another solid win courtesy of a third-round TKO over Arce (17-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The finish was started by a right head kick. Yadong connected with a shot that staggered Arce, but then he attacked with more strikes until he got a knockdown and forced referee Herb Dean to step in at the 1:35 mark of Round 2.

Check out the replay below (via Twitter):

Another highlight for the reel, my GOODNESS!!! 🎥@SongYadongMMA backing up the hype!

[ #UFCVegas42 | Main Card is LIVE on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/kNmDInPCuN

— UFC (@ufc) November 13, 2021

After the win, Yadong said he followed through on his goal of a knockout.

“I knew it was a crafty opponent, but today I was on the hunt,” Yadong told Michael Bisping through an interpreter during his post-fight interview. “I wanted to knock him out.”

Up-to-the-minute results of UFC Fight Night 197 include:

Song Yadong def. Julio Arce via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:35
Joel Alvarez def. Thiago Moises via TKO (elbows, punches) – Round 1, 3:01
Andrea Lee def. Cynthia Calvillo via TKO (corner stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
Sean Woodson def. Collin Anglin via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:30
Cortney Casey def. Liana Jojua via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Rafael Alves def. Marc Diakiese via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:48
Da Un Jung def. Kennedy Nzechukwu via knockout (elbows) – Round 1, 3:04

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UFC Fight Night 197: Song Yadong vs. Julio Arce odds, picks and prediction

Analyzing Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 197 odds and lines between Song Yadong vs. Julio Arce, with MMA picks, tips and predictions.

In a bantamweight bout on the main card, Song Yadong meets Julio Arce Saturday at UFC Fight Night 197 – also known as UFC Vegas 42. Below, we analyze the UFC Fight Night 197 Yadong vs. Arce odds and lines, with picks and predictions.

The card can be viewed on ESPN+ with the prelims at 1 p.m. ET and the main card at 4 p.m. ET.

Song has lost just once since arriving at the UFC level with a 6-1-1 record in the eight-fight span. He picked up a split-decision win over Casey Kenney last time out in Aug. at UFC 265. Each of his last four bouts went the distance.

Arce posted a second-round KO/TKO win over Andre Ewell his last time out July 24 on the Sandhagen-Dillashaw card. He has alternated wins and losses across his last four fights, winning the two bouts by KO/TKO, and losing the two bouts by split decision.

UFC Fight Night 197 Yadong vs. Arce: Odds and lines

Odds via Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:48 a.m. ET.

Fight result (2-way line): Yadong -140 (bet $140 to win $100) | Arce +110 (bet $100 to win $110)
Over/Under: 2.5 rounds (Over -270 | Under +185)
Will the fight go the distance? (Yes -180 | No +130)

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UFC Fight Night 197 Yadong vs. Arce: Odds, lines, predictions and picks

Records: Yadong (17-5-1) | Arce (17-4-0)

Fight result (2-way line or money line)

YADONG (-140) is the play, as he has just been a lot more consistent since arriving in the UFC. He is 6-1-1 with four decisions, going 3-1 when the judges get involved. He also has two KO/TKO wins and a submission victory.

Arce has been inconsistent lately, although he has knockout power and Yadong will have to be careful of the big shot.

Over/Under (O/U)

YES (-180): FIGHT TO GO THE DISTANCE is a little pricey, but not terribly out of line. Yadong has needed the judges to decide his feat in each of his last four outings, while Arce has had two decisions in his last four.

As such, play YADONG ON POINTS (+130) for a good value.

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UFC Fight Night 197 predictions: Max Holloway is unanimous, but what about Yadong?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 197 main card, featuring Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez.

	Holloway vs. Rodriguez	de Lima vs. Rothwell	Letson vs. Spencer	Baeza vs. Williams	Arce vs. Yadong
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 190-104	Holloway (88%)	Rothwell (72%)	Spencer (86%)	Baeza (51%)	Yadong (81%)
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 194-100	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 188-106	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 184-110 2014 Champion	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 182-112 2020 Champion	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Arce
Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 182-112	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 181-113	Holloway	de Lima	Spencer	Williams	Yadong
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 177-117	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 177-117 2018 Champion	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 172-122	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Arce
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 171-123 2017 Champion	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 169-125	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 169-125	Holloway	Rothwell	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 2021: 110-68	Holloway	de Lima	Spencer	Baeza	Yadong

The UFC is back home in Las Vegas this week with a former champion at the top of the lineup.

UFC Fight Night 197 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 featherweight champion [autotag]Max Holloway[/autotag] (22-6 MMA, 18-6 UFC) takes on [autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who is fighting for the first time in more than two years. Holloway is a huge -800 favorite at Tipico; the comeback on Rodriguez is +470. Given those odds, it’s not surprising that not a single one of our 13 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers is picking against Holloway.

In the co-feature, [autotag]Marcos Rogerio de Lima[/autotag] (18-7-1 MMA, 7-5 UFC) meets [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag] (39-13 MMA, 9-7 UFC) at heavyweight. And though Rothwell only is a -165 favorite, he’s got the support of 11 of our 13 staff members.

Also on the main card, [autotag]Leah Letson[/autotag] (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) takes on former Invicta champion and former UFC women’s featherweight title challenger [autotag]Felicia Spencer[/autotag] (8-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC). Spencer is a big -320 favorite, and she’s our other unanimous pick.

[autotag]Miguel Baeza[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) may be just a -150 favorite at welterweight against [autotag]Khaos Williams[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), but he’s got a near-unanimous picks lead at 12-1.

And to open the main card, [autotag]Song Yadong[/autotag] (17-5-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC) is a slim -140 favorite at featherweight against [autotag]Julio Arce[/autotag] (17-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC). Yadong has most of our backing – he’s an 11-2 pick.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Holloway (88 percent), Rothwell (72 percent), Spencer (86 percent), Baeza (51 percent) and Yadong (81 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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