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Before UFC Fight Night 232 on Saturday, watch as the main card athletes speak to reporters at media day.
LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 232, which takes place at the UFC Apex with a card that streams entirely on ESPN+, goes down Saturday.
Before the fights arrive, though, notable athletes from the main card spoke to reporters Wednesday at media day.
If you happen to miss any of the individual sessions on the live stream, check below for the archived videos of each media day.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 232.
The best facts about UFC Fight Night 232, which features decorated submission artists Brendan Allen vs. Paul Craig in the main event.
After celebrating its 30th anniversary this past week in New York, the octagon returns to its home base of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 232, which streams on ESPN+.
A matchup of middleweight grappling specialists is featured in the main event. [autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] (22-5 MMA, 10-2 UFC) will attempt to continue his surge up the division against [autotag]Paul Craig[/autotag] (17-6-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC), who looks so stay unbeaten since dropping to 185 pounds.
For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC Fight Night 232.
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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 or officially announced by the promotions from Aug. 21-27.
Brazilian UFC strawweights Amanda Ribas and Luana Pinheiro will battle in November.
Brazilian strawweights will battle in November.
[autotag]Amanda Ribas[/autotag](11-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) takes on [autotag]Luana Pinheiro[/autotag] at a UFC Fight Night event on Nov. 18 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie after an initial report by Combate.
Ribas has split her past six octagon appearances. She will drop back down to 115 pounds after going 1-2 in her return to flyweight, where she was edged out in a Fight of the Night battle against Katlyn Chookagian, picked up a win over Virna Jandiroba, then was stopped by Maycee Barber in her most recent outing at UFC on ABC 5 in June.
Unbeaten in the UFC, Contender Series graduate Pinheiro (11-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is coming off a split decision win over Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC 287 in April. The 29-year-old extended her winning streak to nine.
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Nov. 18 includes:
Luana Pinheiro had a feeling she’d probably have to sweat out the final scores against Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC 287 in Miami.
MIAMI – [autotag]Luana Pinheiro[/autotag] beat Michelle Waterson-Gomez with a split decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 287 at Kaseya Center in Miami.
Take a look inside the fight with Pinheiro, who won for the ninth straight time and handed Waterson-Gomez her third straight loss.
Check out the stats to come out of UFC 287, where Israel Adesanya made history by doing something no middleweight had ever done.
The UFC’s long-awaited return to Miami after more than two decades delivered a memorable moment with Israel Adesanya making history by reclaiming middleweight gold from Alex Pereira in the UFC 287 headliner at Kaseya Center.
Adesanya (24-2 MMA, 13-2 UFC) avenged his TKO loss to Pereira (7-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) from November with a highlight-reel second-round knockout in the main event to become the first two-time titleholder in the storied 185-pound division.
For more on the numbers behind Adesanya’s win, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 287.
Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 287 took home the second-highest UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout of the year thus far.
MIAMI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 287 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $274,500.
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 287 took place at Kaseya Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 287 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $42,000
[autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Jorge Masvidal[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Rob Font[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Adrian Yanez[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Santiago Ponzinibbio[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Christian Rodriguez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Kelvin Gastelum[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Chris Curtis[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Luana Pinheiro[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Michelle Waterson-Gomez[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Joe Pyfer[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gerald Meerschaert[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Loopy Godinez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Trey Ogden[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Steve Garcia[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Shayilan Nuerdanbieke[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Sam Hughes[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jaqueline Amorim[/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: $2,045,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $16,564,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 287.
Check out the best photos from Luana Pinheiro’s split decision win over Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC 287 in Miami.
Check out the best photos from [autotag]Luana Pinheiro[/autotag]’s split decision win over [autotag]Michelle Waterson-Gomez[/autotag] at UFC 287 at Kaseya Center in Miami. (Photos by Rich Storry, USA TODAY Sports)
Check out what the UFC 287 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.
MIAMI – UFC 287 took place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner and guest fighter interviews from Kaseya Center in Miami.
You can hear from all the UFC 287 winners and more by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.
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 Jan. 16-22.
