Tag: Kleydson Rodrigues

UFC 284 post-event facts: Islam Makhachev leads promotion in winning streaks

Check out the numbers to come out of UFC 284, where Islam Makhachev’s title defense gave him the UFC’s longest active winning streak.

The UFC made its return to Australia after more than four years Saturday with UFC 284, which took place at RAC Arena in Perth and marked an historic event.

In the headlining act, [autotag]Islam Makhachev[/autotag] (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) successfully defended his lightweight title for the first time when he earned a unanimous decision win over featherweight champion [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag] (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) to extend his winning ways inside the octagon.

Additionally, [autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag] (15-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) claimed interim featherweight gold in the co-main event when he scored a slick second-round submission over [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag] (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) to set up a future showdown with Volkanovski.

For more on the numbers to come out of the title fights, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 287.

UFC 284 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Makhachev, Volkanovski net $42,000 each

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 284 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $263,000.

PERTH, Australia – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 284 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $263,000.

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 284 took place at RAC Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 284 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Islam Makhachev[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Jack Della Maddalena[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Randy Brown[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Justin Tafa[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Parker Porter[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jimmy Crute[/autotag]: $6,000
vs. [autotag]Alonzo Menifield[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Tyson Pedro[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Josh Culibao[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Melsik Baghdasaryan[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Kleydson Rodrigues[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Shannon Ross[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jamie Mullarkey[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Fransisco Prado[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jack Jenkins[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Don Shainis[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Loma Lookboonmee[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Elise Reed[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Blake Bilder[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Shane Young[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Zubaira Tukhugov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Elves Brenner[/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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $895,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $15,414,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 284.

UFC 284 video: Kleydson Rodrigues pummels Shannon Ross for 59-second TKO

Kleydson Rodrigues hit Shannon Ross with a variety of strikes before he closed the fight less than one minute in.

[autotag]Kleydson Rodrigues[/autotag] wasted no time in his second UFC appearance.

On the UFC 284 prelims, Rodrigues (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) ran through Shannon Ross (13-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and won by TKO at the 0:59 mark of Round 1.

A leaping knee into a left hand by Rodrigues started off the sequence, as it appeared to bother Ross, who wiped his face and switched stances. His shift was met by a Rodrigues body kick and subsequent barrage of punches. Rodrigues excitedly leaped, spun, and crashed his back into Ross at one point, before he finished the fight with more punches.

The win is Rodrigues’ first in the promotion after an unsuccessful debut at UFC 274 in May. Ross comes up short in his UFC debut and has now lost three of his most recent four outings.

The up-to-the-minute UFC 284 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 284.

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Kleydson Rodrigues def. Shannon Ross at UFC 284: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Kleydson Rodrigues’ first-round TKO win over Shannon Ross at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Kleydson Rodrigues[/autotag]’ first-round TKO win over [autotag]Shannon Ross[/autotag] at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. (Photos by Jasmin Frank, USA TODAY Sports)

 

 

 

 

Photos: UFC 284 official weigh-ins

Check out the photos from the UFC 284 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Perth, Australia.

Check out the photos from the UFC 284 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Perth, Australia. (Images by Jasmin Frank, USA TODAY Sports)

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Nov. 14-20)

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 Nov. 14-20.

LFA flyweight champion Carlos Mota signs with UFC, faces Cody Durden in Las Vegas

Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 213 was hit with a change as Carlos Mota is now set to make his promotional debut weeks after winning LFA gold.

Another LFA champion is headed to the UFC.

Current titleholder [autotag]Carlos Mota[/autotag] has signed with the promotion, stepping in on short notice to replace [autotag]Kleydson Rodrigues[/autotag] against [autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag]. The bout takes place Saturday as part of UFC Fight Night 213 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Two people with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking Monday to MMA Junkie but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. MMA Fighting first reported the booking.

Widely regarded as one of the best unsigned flyweights in the world, Mota (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) knocked out Rizvan Abuev to claim LFA gold in August. Outside of a loss in January 2022 to current UFC flyweight Charles Johnson, Mota has not been defeated. Four of his eight wins have come by knockout.

Durden (13-4-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) enters the fight off a 68-second knockout victory over JP Buys in June. The win returned Durden into the win column after a 58-second submission loss to Muhammad Mokaev in March.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 213 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Calvin Kattar vs. Arnold Allen
  • Max Griffin vs. Tim Means
  • Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Jared Vanderaa
  • Josh Fremd vs. Tresean Gore
  • Dustin Jacoby vs. Khalil Rountree

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

  • Roman Dolidze vs. Phil Hawes
  • Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
  • Joseph Holmes vs. Junyong Park
  • Steve Garcia vs. Chase Hooper
  • Cody Durden vs. Carlos Mota
  • Christian Rodriguez vs. TBA

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 213.

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Dana White’s Contender Series 40 weigh-in results, live video stream (12 p.m. ET)

MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Monday’s official Dana White’s Contender Series 40 fighter weigh-ins.

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Monday’s official Dana White’s Contender Series 40 fighter weigh-ins, and you can catch a live video stream of the action, beginning at noon ET.

Dana White’s Contender Series cards see prospects fighting for the opportunity to sign a UFC deal, with UFC president Dana White on hand to make the decisions.

In the featured bout, a pair of undefeated middleweights clash, with Jordan’s [autotag]Hashem Arkhagha[/autotag] (6-0) taking on Ohio’s [autotag]A.J. Dobson[/autotag] (5-0).

The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Las Vegas. The UFC Apex hosts Tuesday’s card, which streams on ESPN+.

The full Dana White’s Contender Series 40 weigh-in results include:

  • Hashem Arkhagha () vs. A.J. Dobson ()
  • [autotag]Michael Morales[/autotag] () vs. [autotag]Nikolay Veretennikov[/autotag] ()
  • [autotag]Steven Nguyen[/autotag] () vs. [autotag]Theo Rlayang[/autotag] ()
  • [autotag]Santo Curatolo[/autotag] () vs. [autotag]Kleydson Rodrigues[/autotag] ()
  • [autotag]Victor Martinez[/autotag] () vs. [autotag]Jacob Rosales[/autotag] ()