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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 a promotion from June 5-11.
UFC lightweights Ignacio Bahamondes and Ludovit Klein are expected to collide at an event targeted for Nashville, Tenn.
A lightweight bout is near finalization for the first UFC fight card in August.
At a UFC Fight Night event Aug. 5, lightweights [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag] and [autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag] will collide. While not formally announced, the card is expected to take place in Nashville, Tenn.
Two people with knowledge of the booking recently informed MMA Junkie that bout agreements have been issued and are expected to be signed in the coming days. The people asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
Bahamondes (14-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) rides the wave of momentum from a three-fight winning streak into the matchup. Victories in the stretch include Roosevelt Roberts, Zhu Rong, and most recently, Trey Ogden in April.
Klein (19-4-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) was expected to fight Jim Miller at UFC on ESPN 45 on June 3, but withdrew due to an illness. He enters the bout 2-0-1 in his most recent three outings with wins over Mason Jones and Devonte Smith during that stretch.
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Aug. 5 includes:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for the UFC Fight Night card Aug. 5.
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 April 17-23.
Jim Miller is set for his 42nd UFC fight when he takes on Ludovit Klein at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
[autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag] has his 42nd UFC fight on the books.
At a UFC Fight Night event scheduled for June 3 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Miller (35-17 MMA, 24-16 UFC) returns against [autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag] (19-4-1 MMA, 3-2-1 UFC) in a lightweight bout.
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.
Miller, 39, is the sixth-longest tenured fighter on the UFC roster – a member of the promotion since 2008. Miller most recently competed in February when he lost to Alexander Hernandez by unanimous decision. His three-fight winning streak was snapped in the process.
Klein, 28, is unbeaten in his three most recent fights. After back-to-back wins over Devonte Smith and Mason Jones, Klein drew with Jai Herbert at UFC 286 in March.
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for June 3 includes:
Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 286 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $266,500.
LONDON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 286 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $266,500.
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 286 took place at The O2. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.
The full UFC 286 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Leon Edwards[/autotag]: $42,000
[autotag]Kamaru Usman[/autotag]: $32,000
[autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Gunnar Nelson[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Bryan Barberena[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Jennifer Maia[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Casey O’Neill[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Roman Dolidze[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Makwan Amirkhani[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Chris Duncan[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Omar Morales[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Yanal Ashmoz[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Muhammad Mokaev[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Jafel Filho[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Gabriel Santos[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Christian Duncan[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Dusko Todorovic[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Malcolm Gordon[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Joanne Wood[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Luana Carolina[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Jai Herbert[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Veronica Hardy[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Juliana Miller[/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: $1,634,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $16,153,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 286.
Check out the best photos from Jai Herbert’s majority draw with Ludovit Klein at UFC 286 in London.
Check out the best photos from [autotag]Jai Herbert[/autotag]’s majority draw with [autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag] at UFC 286 at The O2 in London. (Photos by Per Haljestam, USA TODAY Sports)
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. 2-8.
Less than two weeks away, the UFC 277 prelims are falling apart, and the promotion continues to patch things up.
UFC 277 is less than two weeks away, and the promotion continues to work through numerous fighter injuries and visa-related withdrawals.
While luckily the main card remains intact, a handful of preliminary card fighter pullouts have resulted in new bouts and a couple of yet-to-be-filled openings.
The event takes place July 30 at American Airlines Center in Dallas with the main card streaming on pay-per-view after prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.
See below to check out the UFC 277 changes from the past week.
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 July 11-17.
El próximo evento en pago-por-evento de la UFC en Texas continúa agregando emocionantes enfrentamientos a la cartelera. La UFC 277 que tomará lugar en Dallas el 30 de julio tiene la cartelera casi completa con la incorporación de Ignacio Bahamondes …
El próximo evento en pago-por-evento de la UFC en Texas continúa agregando emocionantes enfrentamientos a la cartelera.
La UFC 277 que tomará lugar en Dallas el 30 de julio tiene la cartelera casi completa con la incorporación de Ignacio Bahamondes vs Ludovit Klein en los pesos ligeros. MMA Junkie ha confirmado en enfrentamiento con múltiples fuentes siguiendo el reporte inicial de ESPN Deportes.
El chileno Bahamondes (13-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) intentará continuar su momento de dos triunfos seguidos al entrar en su segundo combate del 2022 El veterano de 24 años de la Dana White’s Contender Series quedó cerca en una peleada decisión dividida en su debut contra John Makdessi. Pero se recuperó con un nocaut resultado de una espectacular patada giratoria sobre Roosevelt Roberts cuatro meses después en la UFC en ESPN 29. Bahamondes después aplicó la estranguladora de guillotina en la tercera ronda para someter a Zhu Rong en febrero.
Klein (18-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC), de Eslovaquia, intentará quedarse en alrededor de .500 en su quinta pelea en su joven carrera en la UFC. El peleador de 27 años ganó su debut en el 2020 con una devastador nocaut en la primera ronda de Shane Young, pero después cayó en sus siguientes apariciones. Sin embargo, regresó al camino del triunfo en marzo con un triunfo por decisión dividida sobre Devonte Smith en la UFC 272.
Con esta incorporación, la cartelera de la UFC 277 incluye a:
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