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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: Loma Lookboonmee defies odds with Elise Reed submission

Loma Lookboonmee was a heavy favorite, but the way she defeated Elise Reed defied all the oddsmakers.

[autotag]Loma Lookboonmee[/autotag] was a heavy betting favorite, so her UFC 284 win didn’t come as a surprise to the oddsmakers. The method of victory, however, defied the lines.

In a strawweight bout on Saturday’s prelims at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, Lookboonmee (8-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC), a muay thai standout, submitted [autotag]Elise Reed[/autotag] (6-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) by rear-naked choke at 0:44 of Round 2.

Lookboonmee by submission was a +1463 on average across major online sports books, according to Best Fight Odds.

Reed had a good showing in Round 1, but when the fight hit the canvas in Round 2, Lookboonmee flipped the script. Lookboonmee worked to the back, locked in a choke, squeezed, and got the tap.

Lookboonmee has now won two in a row, also including a victory over Melissa Martinez in September. Reed falls to 1-2 in her most recent three.

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

  • Loma Lookboonmee def. Elise Reed via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 0:44
  • Blake Bilder def. Shane Young via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
  • Elves Brenner def. Zubaira Tukhugov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

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

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UFC 284 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

Check out what the UFC 284 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event in Perth, Australia.

PERTH, Australia – UFC 284 took place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner and guest fighter interviews from RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.

You can hear from all the UFC 284 winners and more by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

Loma Lookboonmee def. Elise Reed at UFC 284: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Loma Lookboonmee’s win over Elise Reed at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Loma Lookboonmee[/autotag]’s second-round submission win over [autotag]Elise Reed[/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)

UFC 284 pre-event facts: Alexander Volkanovski can join exclusive club on home soil

Alexander Volkanovski can make at all types of statistical history at UFC 284 vs. Islam Makhachev, including joining the double champ club.

The UFC returns to Australia for the first time in more than three years Saturday with UFC 284, which takes place at RAC Arena in Perth with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

Two title fights will headline the card “Down Under.” In the main event, just the seventh champion-vs-champion fight in UFC history will unfold with [autotag]Islam Makhachev[/autotag] (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) set to put his lightweight strap on the line against featherweight kingpin [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag] (25-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC), who moves up in pursuit of a second belt.

With Volkanovski doing business at 155 pounds, the promotion implemented an interim title at 145 pounds. The co-headliner of the card will see[autotag] Yair Rodriguez[/autotag] (14-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) clash with [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag] (18-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) to determine who will get the right to face Volkanovski when he returns to the division.

For more on the numbers behind the entire card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC 284.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Oct. 31-Nov. 6)

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. 31-Nov. 6.

UFC books Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed for Feb. 4 event

UFC strawweights Loma Lookboonmee and Elise Reed will square off in South Korea.

Strawweights [autotag]Loma Lookboonmee[/autotag] and [autotag]Elise Reed[/autotag] will square off next year.

Lookboonmee (7-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) faces Reed (6-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on Feb. 4 at the UFC Fight Night event expected to take place in Seoul, South Korea. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

Winner of three of her past four, Lookboonmee is coming off a unanimous decision win over Denise Gomes at UFC Fight Night 210 in September. Following the win, the Thai fighter signed a new multifight UFC contract.

Reed has split her first four octagon appearances. After getting stopped by Sam Hughes in May, the former CFFC strawweight champion rebounded with a unanimous decision win over Melissa Martinez at UFC 279 in September.

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With the addition, the current Feb. 4 lineup includes:

  • Mandy Bohn vs. Ji Yeon Kim
  • Devin Clark vs. Da-un Jung
  • Adam Fugitt vs. Yusaku Kinoshita
  • Junyong Park vs. Denis Tiuliulin
  • Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed

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USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Sept. 20: Cory Sandhagen holds position

Check out our MMA rankings update after some key contests at UFC Fight Night 210.

The calendar for major MMA events was quite thin this past week, creating minimal movement in the Sept. 20 edition of the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.

The majority of the spotlight was pinpointed, as usual, on the industry leader with UFC Fight Night 210 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

[autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag] held his No. 5 spot in the bantamweight rankings with a fourth-round doctor’s stoppage TKO of Song Yadong – who slide back to No. 15 with his loss – in the main event.

In other action, Loma Lookboonmee picked up a unanimous decision win over Denise Gomes, giving her enough traction join the honorable mention list in the strawweight ranks, bumping Cheyanne Vlismas from the list.

Check out the all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings below.