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UFC 310 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2024 total passes $8 million

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out more than $8 million to athletes in 2024 under the Venum deal.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 310 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $368,500.

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

The full UFC 310 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Kai Asakura[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Shavkat Rakhmonov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ian Machado Garry[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Alexander Volkov[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Bryce Mitchell[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Dooho Choi[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Nate Landwehr[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Anthony Smith[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Vicente Luque[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Themba Gorimbo[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Movsar Evloev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Bryan Battle[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Randy Brown[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Eryk Anders[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Chris Weidman[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Joshua Van[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Michael Chiesa[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Max Griffin[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Clay Guida[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Kennedy Nzechukwu[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Lukasz Brzeski[/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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $8,072,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $30,809,000

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UFC 310 results: Bryce Mitchell flattens Kron Gracie with huge elbow strike

Bryce Mitchell rebounded from a crushing knockout by delivering one of his own to Kron Gracie at UFC 310.

Last year, [autotag]Bryce Mitchell[/autotag] was on the receiving end of a devastating knockout. In his first fight since, this time, he was the one delivering the highlight moment.

In a featherweight contest against Kron Gracie at UFC 310, Mitchell (17-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) landed a pair of brutal elbows to score a knockout stoppage at 0:37 of Round 3. The bout was the second fight on the main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The grapplers engaged in a couple of opening striking exchanges, unsurprisingly leading to the fight going to the ground. Mitchell took control on top in full guard where he landed a few short punches and elbows while Gracie (5-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) tried his best to keep him locked down close.

Boo birds chirped as the position didn’t change for the remainder of the round.

Mitchell landed a few clean strikes to start Round 2, but the fight returned to the mat when Gracie pulled guard. After a few moments on the ground, Mitchell stood up, waving Gracie to return to his feet. Gracie quickly pulled guard again, putting Mitchell in danger with armbar and triangle attempts.

Gracie secured a clean armbar in the closing seconds, but Mitchell escaped and unloaded ground and pound until the horn.

In the final round, Gracie pulled guard early, but this time, Mitchell closed the show by landing hellacious elbows to score the knockout.

Mitchell, 30, bounces back from a scary knockout to Josh Emmett at UFC 296. “Thug Nasty” imposed his own concussion protocol to recover, and it appears his time away from the cage served him well.

Gracie, 36, has now lost three in a row. His lone UFC victory came against Alex Caceres in February 2019, but has since lost to Cub Swanson, Charles Jourdain, and now Mitchell.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 310 results include:

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Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie prediction, pick, start time for UFC 310

Will the high-level grappling matchup between Bryce Mitchell and Kron Gracie at UFC 310 end up a kickboxing affair?

[autotag]Bryce Mitchell[/autotag] and [autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag] meet Saturday on the UFC 310 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. 

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Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie UFC 310 preview

Mitchell (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) returns to action for the first time since being on the receiving end of a brutal knockout by Josh Emmett at UFC 296 last year. “Thug Nasty” placed himself on a concussion protocol, and is now eager to get back to action. In the fight prior, Mitchell picked up a solid unanimous decision win over Dan Ige. … Gracie (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) enters this fight on a two-fight skid. He has not competed since May 2023, when he dropped a unanimous decision to Charles Jourdain, which came after a decision loss to Cub Swanson. Gracie’s last victory was a first-round submission of Alex Caceres in February 2019.

Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie UFC 310 expert pick, prediction

Despite having an important and entertaining featherweight matchup between Movsar Evloev and Aljamain Sterling being stuck on the prelims, the UFC matchmakers instead elected to go with a flat-earth special between Mitchell and Gracie.

I’m glad to see that Mitchell took the appropriate time off since suffering a vicious knockout to Josh Emmett last year. It’s also nice to see the promotion not pair Mitchell up with a prolific puncher in his return as well.

That said, it’s hard to know what to expect from Gracie given that this will be just his third appearance in half a decade.

Although part of me wonders aloud if Gracie could make us all look stupid by coming out this Saturday and submitting Mitchell with ease, another part of me suspects that Mitchell’s wrestling edge will be what ultimately decides the fight.

Whether we get a sloppy kickboxing match or stymying grapple-fest, the pick will be Mitchell by unanimous decision.

Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie UFC 310 odds

The oddsmakers and the public are heavily favoring the fighter from Arkansas, listing Mitchell -750 and Gracie +490 via FanDuel.

Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie UFC 310 start time, how to watch

As the second main card bout, Mitchell and Gracie are expected to walk to the cage at approximately 10:40 p.m. ET. The fight will stream on ESPN+.

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Video: UFC 310 final faceoffs with Rakhmonov’s shove of Machado Garry and loaded lineup

The depth of the UFC 310 lineup was on display during final staredowns at Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins.

LAS VEGAS – UFC 310 ceremonial weigh-ins took place Friday, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday’s event.

Now, in the words of Jon Anik, “One more sleep.”

UFC 310 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). The event is headlined by flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) vs. Kai Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

Perhaps the most anticipated bout, however, is the co-main event: a five-round welterweight affair between [autotag]Ian Machado Garry[/autotag] (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and [autotag]Shavkat Rakhmonov[/autotag] (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC). The two welterweights, along with the rest of the card, squared off Friday at T-Mobile Arena.

The main card is rounded out by a heavyweight clash between [autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and [autotag]Alexander Volkov[/autotag] (38-10 MMA, 6-3 UFC), as well as two featherweight matchups, [autotag]Dooho Choi[/autotag] (15-4-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) vs. [autotag]Nate Landwehr[/autotag] (18-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC), and [autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag] (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. [autotag]Bryce Mitchell[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC).

Check out the video above to see the athletes from all 14 scheduled matchups come face-to-face, and don’t miss the photo gallery below.

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Kron Gracie enters UFC 310 with lessons learned from ‘worst performance ever’

Kron Gracie fought Charles Jourdain with “one bullet in my gun,” and he won’t make that mistake again at UFC 310 vs. Bryce Mitchell.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag] enters his UFC 310 matchup against Bryce Mitchell with a renewed mindset.

After taking more than a year away from competition following his unanimous decision loss to Charles Jourdain at UFC 288, where he was criticized for butt scooting and a lack of engagement, Gracie (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) returns to action on Saturday for a featherweight matchup with Mitchell (16-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, Hulu, ESPN+).

Gracie has come to terms with the ugly effort against Jourdain and said he’s cautioned himself from avoiding the mistakes that led to that result.

“My last performance with Jourdain was kind of my worst performance ever because I tried to listen to the jiu-jitsu world and a lot of the people around me that were telling me to just focus on jiu-jitsu and don’t punch,” Gracie told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s UFC 310 media day. “Obviously I made a quick understanding that was not the way to go. All of my fights in Japan and before that – you kind of have to mix it up a little bit. I went into that fight with one bullet in my gun and still didn’t get my ass whooped, still didn’t get finished. So I’m looking to make a good performance and fight the best way possible.”

Gracie weighs in on Mitchell

If there’s anyone who could give Gracie the chance to shine, it could be Mitchell. The ranked 145-pound contender is a strong grappler, as well, so Gracie relishes the idea of going to the floor.

Gracie is keeping an open mind going into fight night, however, and will be ready if it stays on the feet for all 15 minutes.

“He looks like he has good skills,” Gracie said. “From what I can see, he’s always trying to take it to the ground. Ge’s a good grappler. It’s always interesting to see what happens when I get in there with somebody, because so far, people generally fight me a lot different than they fight in their videos. You never know how someone is going to prepare, if he’s going to come at me or if he’s going to run away from me. Those things we will see on the day of the fight, but yeah, it’s possible it’s just a kickboxing match. Personally I’m just trying to fight wherever the fight is best for me, and trying to win whether it’s on the ground or the feet.”

UFC 310 a new beginning?

With just two fights on his record since February 2019, Gracie hopes UFC 310 marks the start of something. He wants to build some momentum in his career and said he is keen to fight “as much as possible” going forward.

Although Gracie is a reserved personality who prefers to keep to himself, he said he is open to the idea of coming out of his shell and being a bigger promotional piece for UFC going forward.

“There is some mystery because I don’t really post every day and let people know what I’m doing because there’s nothing really to say,” Gracie said. “I’ve been kind of working on my life and doing things, and I’m focused on training and not always trying to promote it. But I’m not against it, too, if someone wants to promote it. I would be open to that. I think I just always have bigger priorities than to talk about what’s going on, but we’ll see in the future.”

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UFC 310 adds grappler’s delight with Kron Gracie vs. Bryce Mitchell

Grapple-heavy Bryce Mitchell and Kron Gracie will collide at UFC 310 in Las Vegas.

A fight between two notable grapple-centric featherweights has been added to UFC 310.

[autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Bryce Mitchell[/autotag] will collide in a three-round bout Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the promotion announced during Saturday’s UFC 309 broadcast.

Both fighters look to rebound from losses that were brutal, though for different reasons. For Mitchell (16-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC), he was devastated by a massive (and scary) knockout blow by Josh Emmett in December 2023. Gracie (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) lost an extremely lackluster affair vs. Charles Jourdain in May 2023.

The two fighters combine for 14 submissions in their 21 career victories. Mitchell has nine of his 16 wins via submission, while all five of Gracie’s have come by that method.

With the addition, the current UFC 310 lineup includes:

  • Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura – for flyweight title
  • Ian Machado Garry vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov
  • Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
  • Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling
  • Dominick Reyes vs. Anthony Smith
  • Virna Jandiroba vs. TBA
  • Clay Guida vs. Chase Hooper
  • Michael Chiesa vs. Max Griffin
  • Nick Diaz vs. Vicente Luque
  • Cody Durden vs. Joshua Van
  • Martin Buday vs. Rizvan Kuniev
  • Bryan Battle vs. Randy Brown
  • Lukasz Brzeski vs. Tallison Teixeira
  • Doo Ho Choi vs. Nate Landwehr
  • Kron Gracie vs. Bryce Mitchell

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Kron Gracie blames poor UFC 288 showing on bad advice, says he’s going back to ‘old ways’ next fight

Kron Gracie didn’t put forth his best effort in his UFC return, and he apparently knows it.

[autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag] didn’t put forth his best effort in his UFC return, and he apparently knows it.

Competing for the first time in three-and-a-half years at UFC 288, Gracie was outworked and dominated by Charles Jourdain earlier this month as he dropped a lopsided unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the fight 30-27 against him.

While the fight was billed as a classic striker vs. grappler matchup between the Canadian puncher and Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist, many observers were taken aback by just how little striking Gracie used, instead opting to repeatedly pull guard on Jourdain. Gracie’s performance even had UFC president Dana White saying he had a “rough game plan.”

“He came in very limited tonight,” White said afterward. “It was like coming out of a time capsule in 1995, you know what I mean? Tough way to try to win a fight these days.”

With more than week gone by since the fight, Gracie (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) finally shed some light on his performance in a post on his Instagram stories, blaming it, at least in part, on a last-minute change to his plan.

“In a lifetime of fighting it’s always been a fight to the death,” Gracie wrote. “Understand the (situation) and willing to limit myself. Even that being said, I threw no punches because of bad (advice) and (tried) to please the jiu-jitsu (community) two days before my fight. First fight in my life I didn’t throw a punch. Going back to my old ways.”

The fight with Jourdain was in stark contrast to his previous UFC appearance in October 2019, when he lost a unanimous decision to Cub Swanson in the Fight of the Night at UFC Fight Night 161.

A member of the famed Gracie family, Kron is the son of Rickson Gracie and grandson of Helio Gracie. He’s friends with Nick and Nate Diaz and has taken part in training with both men before.

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UFC 288 post-event facts: Aljamain Sterling takes sole possession of 135-pound wins record

Check out the statistics coming out of UFC 288, where Aljamain Sterling added to a resume that points to him being the bantamweight GOAT.

The UFC made its return to New Jersey after nearly four years Saturday with UFC 288, which took place at Prudential Center in Newark and featured a 12-fight lineup with six stoppage results.

One of the fights that went the distance happened in the main event when [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) retained the bantamweight title with a split decision win over former two-division champ [autotag]Henry Cejudo[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who was returning from a three-year retirement.

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 288.

UFC 288 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Aljamain Sterling nets biggest bag

Aljamain Sterling received the highest Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay for entering UFC 288 as champion.

NEWARK, N.J. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 288 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $267,500.

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 288 took place at Prudential Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 288 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Henry Cejudo[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Belal Muhammad[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Yan Xiaonan[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Movsar Evloev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Diego Lopes[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Matt Frevola[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Kennedy Nzechukwu[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Devin Clark[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Khaos Williams[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rolando Bedoya[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Virna Jandiroba[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Parker Porter[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Braxton Smith[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ikram Aliskerov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Phil Hawes[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Claudio Ribeiro[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Joseph Holmes[/autotag]: $4,500

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: $2,823,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $17,412,500

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