Tag: Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Heartbroken Karolina Kowalkiewicz opens up on fighting future after UFC Fight Night 247 loss

Karolina Kowalkiewicz was very emotional when addressing her loss at UFC Fight Night 247.

[autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag] was very emotional when addressing her loss at UFC Fight Night 247.

Kowalkiewicz (16-9 MMA, 9-9 UFC) lost a unanimous decision to Denise Gomes (10-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) this past Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The former UFC strawweight title challenger has now lost two straight.

“Hey guys, I’m so sorry, but thank you for your support, for your love,” Kowalkiewicz said on her Instagram stories (h/t Full Send MMA). “I’m OK, as you can see, I’m OK. just my heart is broken. I had a really great fight camp, perfect weight cutting, I felt really, really good. I was in really good shape, but my opponent, she’s better than me, what can I say? Big congratulations for her, she did a really great job. Give me some time and see you soon. I’m not going to retire, don’t worry.”

Kowalkiewicz is no stranger to bouncing back. She was able to turn a five-fight losing streak to four straight wins from 2022 to 2023, defeating Felice Herrig, Silvana Gomez Juarez, Vanessa Demopoulos, and Diana Belbita.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.

UFC Fight Night 247 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $30 million

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out more than $30 million to athletes since its deal began with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 247 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $188,500.

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 247 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 247 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Carlos Prates[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Reinier de Ridder[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gerald Meerschaert[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Gaston Bolanos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cortavious Romious[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Luana Pinheiro[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mansur Abdul-Malik[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dusko Todorovic[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Zach Scroggin[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Charlie Radtke[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Da’Mon Blackshear[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Stamann[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Antonio Trocoli[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Melissa Mullins[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Klaudia Sygula[/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 2471 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: $7,281,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $30,018,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.

UFC 301 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jose Aldo nets $21k for potential final UFC fight

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 301 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $280,000.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 301 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $280,000.

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 301 took place at Rio Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

The full UFC 301 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Jose Aldo[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Jonathan Martinez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Anthony Smith[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Michel Pereira[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Caio Borralho[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Paul Craig[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Joanderson Brito[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Iasmin Lucindo[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Myktybek Orolbai[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Elves Brener[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Drakkar Klose[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Joaquim Silva[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Mauricio Ruffy[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jamie Mullarkey[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Dione Barbosa[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ernesta Kareckaite[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ismael Bonfim[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Vinc Pichel[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Kevin Borjas[/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 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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $2,920,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $25,657,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 301.

Iasmin Lucindo def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 301: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Iasmin Lucindo’s unanimous decision win over Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 301.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Iasmin Lucindo[/autotag]’s unanimous decision win over [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag] at UFC 301 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (Fight and venue photos by Jason Silva, USA Today Sports)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz leans on experience to overcome record 16-year age gap vs. Iasmin Lucindo at UFC 301

Karolina Kowalkiewicz’s assignment at UFC 301 is one that no female in company history has ever been tasked with before.

[autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]’s assignment at UFC 301 is one that no female in company history has ever been tasked with before.

Former UFC title challenger Kowalkiewicz (16-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) is set to take on surging strawweight prospect Iasmin Lucindo (15-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC) on Saturday at Rio Arena in Rio de Janeiro (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+), in what will be the largest age gap for a women’s fight ever in the octagon.

Poland’s Kowalkiewicz, 38, is charged with taking on Lucindo, 22, and finding out if the Brazilian is the real deal. Lucindo was just 13 when Kowalkiewicz made her promotional debut in 2015, meaning she has all the youth on her side. Kowalkiewicz has far more high-level fights under her belt, however, and she expects that to play a key role in how the contest plays out.

“She’s 16 years younger than me,” Kowalkiewicz told MMA Junkie on Wednesday. “She’s very young, very talented. She makes progress very fast. This is a big challenge for me. She’s very dangerous. I am more experienced than her. We have similar records, but she didn’t fight big names. I’ve fought in UFC for nine years. I’ve fought with four or five world champions. I fought with big names on big events. This is my advantage because I’m more experienced. She’s young, so I have to expect everything.”

There may not be a better time for Kowalkiewicz to encounter this challenge. She’s currently riding a four-fight winning streak, which was a massive rebound from the five-fight losing skid she encountered from 2018-2021 that generated talk about retirement.

If Kowalkiewicz is able to extend her streak against Lucindo, though, she would break back into the conversation about fighting legitimate contenders at 115 pounds. She said she’s not overthinking what’s at stake going into the octagon, because that mindset has led to all the recent success.

“This win is very important for me – but I don’t want to feel pressure,” Kowalkiewicz said. “I want to have fun – have fun and make some money. I treat the fight like every fight: If I win, it will be cool. It will be very cool. If she wins, OK, good for her. But I hope I will win and this is a big challenge for me to fight with new generation.”

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Karolina Kowalkiewicz emotional after fourth straight win at UFC Fight Night 229 on heels of long skid

Karolina Kowalkiewicz won for the fourth straight time at UFC Fight Night 229 after going more than four years without a victory.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag] beat Diana Belbita with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 229 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Take a look inside the fight with Kowalkiewicz, who won for the fourth straight time.

Photos: Karolina Kowalkiewicz through the years

Check out these photos of Karolina Kowalkiewicz through the years

Check out these photos of [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag] through the years

UFC Fight Night 229 post-event facts: Drew Dober passes Dustin Poirier, sets KO record

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 229, which saw Drew Dober pass Dustin Poirier on the all-time lightweight KO list.

The UFC returned from a one-week hiatus on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 229, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and saw four of 10 fights end in a stoppage.

The quickest of those finishes came in the lightweight headliner, where Bobby Green (31-15-1 MMA, 12-9-1 UFC) pulled off a stunning upset of Grant Dawson (20-2-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) courtesy of a 33-second knockout.

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 229.

UFC Fight Night 229 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Bobby Green, Drew Dober top card

UFC Fight Night 229 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 229 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $189,000.

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 229 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 229 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Grant Dawson[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Joe Pyfer[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Alex Morono[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Ricky Glenn[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Bill Algeo[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alexander Hernandez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Diana Belbita[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Mateus Mendonca[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Vanessa Demopoulos[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kanako Murata[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Aori Qileng[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Johnny Munoz[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]JJ Aldrich[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]: $11,000

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 2291 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: $6,483,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $21,072,500

UFC Fight Night 229 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

Check out what the UFC Fight Night 229 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 229 took place Saturday with 11 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 229 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 229.