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UFC on ABC 2 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Venum era begins

UFC on ABC 2 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ABC 2 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $182,500.

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 on ABC 2 took place at the UFC Apex. The main card aired on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC on ABC 2 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Sodiq Yusuff[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Julian Marquez[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Sam Alvey[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Nina Ansaroff[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Joe Solecki[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Mateusz Gamrot[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Scott Holtzman[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]John Makdessi[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jarjis Danho[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yorgan De Castro[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Hunter Azure[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Luis Saldana[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jordan Griffin[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Da Un Jung[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]William Knight[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Impa Kasanganay/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Sasha Palatnikov[/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.

Mackenzie Dern hopes to crack top five after UFC on ABC 2 win over Nina Nunes

In the middle of a four-fight winning streak, is Mackenzie Dern top-five material in the UFC strawweight division?

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] believes she’s nearing the top of her division.

The UFC strawweight contender hopes to be in the top five of the rankings following her most recent win Saturday. Dern (11-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) defeated Nina Nunes with an impressive first-round arm-bar submission on the main card of UFC on ABC 2 in Las Vegas.

It was an easy day at the office as Dern dominated the majority of the fight, quickly getting Nunes to the ground, mounting her, and securing the armbar finish. Dern expected nothing less than what fans saw at the UFC Apex.

“Yeah, definitely because it was a typical striker vs. grappler (fight),” Dern told reporters at the UFC on ABC 2 post-fight press conference. “My last fight with Virna (Jandiroba), she has grappling, but even then I was confident to go to the ground even against a grappler. But I know the way to not risk too much like a broken nose or anything like that was to take it to the ground, and that was the game plan.”

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With the win over Nunes, Dern is on a four-fight winning streak since suffering her first professional defeat back in 2019 to Amanda Ribas. The 28-year-old had an impressive 2020, and she’s starting off 2021 with plenty of promise.

Dern, who was No. 11 in the official UFC rankings heading into the fight, hopes to enter the top five of the division – or at least get close – after finishing No. 5 Nunes with relative ease.

“I would like to go to No. 5 in the rankings,” Dern said. “But I don’t know. Marina (Rodriguez), who beat Amanda Ribas who beat me, I think she’s No. 6. Claudia Gadelha, who Nina beat and I just beat Nina, is No. 7. So I think around there. I don’t know if Tatiana Suarez is going to comeback and fight soon. I know Joanna doesn’t have a fight and they have a couple of fights coming up in the division, so a lot is going to happen. I hope I can go to No. 5, but five, six, seven, around there it will be a good jump already.”

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UFC on ABC 2 results: Mackenzie Dern shuts down Nina Nunes, wins by first-round submission

Mackenzie Dern pushed her winning streak to four as she continued to make a push toward title contender status.

[autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] continues to look like a threat to the title.

The UFC strawweight contender picked up her fourth consecutive win, submitting [autotag]Nina Nunes[/autotag] with an armbar in the first round of their 115-pound clash at UFC on ABC 2.

The bout was part of the UFC on ABC 2 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It aired on ESPN following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.

Dern (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was completely dominant against Nunes (10-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC).

The 28-year-old jiu-jitsu champion took down Nunes with ease early in the first, using a single leg takedown. From there began her handy work. Dern passed guard, side control, and then moved to mount. From there, Dern began working for an armbar. Nunes did all she could to defend and managed to fight it off for a good while, but Dern’s efforts eventually got the arm straight and Nunes to tap with just 12 seconds reminding in the first.

No arm is safe from @MackenzieDern 💪 #UFCVegas23 pic.twitter.com/3NEN7tYmyZ

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) April 10, 2021

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Dern hasn’t tasted defeat since her 2019 loss to Amanda Ribas. Prior to that, Dern was unbeaten with a 7-0 start in her professional career. She said post-fight that she’s eyeing a fight with a top-five opponent next.

Nunes, on the other hand, is now on a two-fight losing streak. This was her return fight after stepping away from the fight game back in 2019 game due to pregnancy.

Up-to-the-minute UFC on ABC 2 results include:

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UFC on ABC 2: Nina Ansaroff vs. Mackenzie Dern odds, picks and prediction

Previewing Saturday’s UFC on ABC 2 fight between Nina Ansaroff and Mackenzie Dern, with MMA odds, picks, tips and predictions.

In a women’s strawweight bout on Saturday’s main card, Nina Ansaroff and Mackenzie Dern meet at UFC on ABC 2 – also known as UFC Vegas 23 – at the UFC’s APEX Facility in Las Vegas. The early prelims kick off at 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPN+, the prelims start at noon ET on ESPN/ESPN+ and the main card begins at 3 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN+. Below, we analyze the UFC on ABC 2 Ansaroff vs. Dern odds and lines, with picks and predictions.

UFC on ABC 2 Ansaroff vs. Dern Odds, spread and lines

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 3:03 a.m. ET.

Fight result (2-way line): Ansaroff -140 (bet $140 to win $100) | Dern +115 (bet $100 to win $115)
Over/Under: 2.5 rounds (Over -185 | Under +155)
Will the fight go the distance? (Yes -155 | No +130)

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UFC on ABC 2 Ansaroff vs. Dern: Odds, lines, predictions and picks

Records: Ansaroff 10-6 | Dern 10-1

Fight result (2-way line or money line)

Ansaroff (-140), who is sometimes listed as Nina Nunes, enters as the favorite. She is a bit on the ornery side after a unanimous-decision setback to Tatiana Suarez at UFC 238 last time out (June 8, 2019). In fact, this will be a “Battle of the Moms,” and the birth of her child is the reason she has been away from the octagon for so long.

DERN (+115) fought three times in 2020 since Ansaroff’s last fight, and she is a good value on the 2-way line at plus-money. Three of her past five fights have ended via submission wins, all in the first round.

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Over/Under (O/U)

Each of the past four fights for Ansaroff have ended up going the distance, and just one of her seven fights at the UFC level have ended via stoppage.

Dern’s last fight, Dec. 12, 2020 at UFC 256, ended up going the distance against Virna Jandiroba. Dern predicted this fight will finish by way of submission over Nunes, and I believe her. As such, take NO (+130): WILL THE FIGHT GO THE DISTANCE? as it’s hard to envision Ansaroff going all the way after such a long layoff. UNDER 2.5 ROUNDS (+155) is also a worthwhile play for a little added value.

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Mackenzie Dern fully committed to UFC title run, believes she’s now ‘champ material’

Mackenzie Dern is already a world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but she now believes she’s ready to accomplish the same feat in MMA.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] is already a world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but she now believes she’s ready to accomplish the same feat in MMA.

While she’s been competing in MMA professionally for the past five years, Dern said she is now seeing the improvements in her own game that are necessary to compete at the highest level of the sport.

“I definitely think I am at the right structure in my life,” Dern told MMA Junkie at Wednesday’s UFC on ABC 2 media day at the UFC Apex. “I have the right support that I need. Since my pregnancy, I think a big thing I was saying was that I kind of lost a lot of muscle and that I wanted to eventually gain that muscle, so this was the first camp that I felt like, ‘OK, my boxing, my striking, I’m getting to a good level. My grappling is staying sharp. Now I’m ready to add one more responsibility to my camp.’

“This camp I brought in my coach from Brazil, Rogerio Camoes, to do my strength training, so it’s good to see that as the fights, you know, you’re going up the ranks you’re getting more fights, you’re able to bring in more responsibilities, and you’re just feeling good in your camp and everything to be able to add more things, you know, so I’m really starting to be, I think, champ material.”

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The effort seems to be paying off. Under the watchful eye of veteran trainer Jason Parillo – who has previously worked with the likes of Michael Bisping and B.J. Penn, among others – Dern went an impressive 3-0 in 2020 and currently sits at No. 11 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie strawweight rankings. Dern credits Parillo’s guidance for her current success.

“He’s been through all these champions, and it’s cool when you have, like, my strength coach, my boxing coach, they have this artwork that they want to do, and I’m their artwork,” Dern said. “I kind of just trust their process and let them do what they want with me, you know, and I know that in the end they have the the finished product that they want, and they’re going to do a masterpiece.”

Dern (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) returns to action at Saturday’s UFC on ABC 2, when she takes on Nina Ansaroff (10-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) on the ABC-televised main card that follows prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ from the UFC Apex. Ansaroff fights for the first time since giving birth to her daughter this past September, but Dern isn’t expecting any kind of letdown from her opponent, who sits at No. 5 in the UFC’s official rankings.

“You can’t mess around,” Dern said. “She’s No. 5 for a reason, so
I think it will be exciting to see what her mom experience was compared to my mom experience, you know?”

A victory would certainly earn Dern another high-profile booking. With several big matchups scheduled in the UFC’s strawweight division, including a title fight later this month at UFC 261, Dern believes she has a chance to really elevate herself in the rankings – a challenge she finally feels ready to tackle head on.

“I believed it (before), but it wasn’t like a focus for me,” Dern said. “Like, of course you want to go fight, but for me, it was just to make money and kind of have that celebrity life, you know, and go party after, you know? It’s just by myself, and I was kind of just enjoying the moment as it comes. I didn’t
think to take fighting as a strategy-wise, ‘OK, who should I fight next? How do I go up the rankings?’ It was just kind of the UFC, the public was doing it all for me, you know, and then now, after my loss and the pregnancy, I had to take control of my career and start to figure out what I want, you know, and now I’m just focused on the belt.

“I think about partying after the belt, you know, to celebrate – but until then, I just have like the blinders on, and that’s that’s the only thing I see.”

To see the full interview with Dern, check out the video above.

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MacKenzie Dern aims to kick off 2021 UFC title run with finish of Nina Ansaroff

MacKenzie Dern’s 2021 kicks off Saturday at UFC on ABC 2 with a fight that could vault her into the top five with an impressive showing.

[autotag]MacKenzie Dern[/autotag] is ready to make a UFC title run in 2021.

Dern meets [autotag]Nina Ansaroff[/autotag] on Saturday’s UFC on ABC 2 main card looking to enter the upper echelon of the strawweight division.

The opportunity to enter the top five came after Dern notched three consecutive wins, most recently a unanimous decision over former Invicta FC 115-pound champion Virna Jandiroba last December at UFC 256.

In October 2019, Dern returned just four months after giving birth to her daughter and lost for the first time in her professional career against Amanda Ribas. However, the loss forced Dern to make some changes, including the addition of boxing coach Jason Parillo, which has helped her improve her striking.

Like Dern, Ansaroff also is making a relatively quick return after recently giving birth to her first child. Though it’s only been six months since Ansaroff had her daughter, she hasn’t competed since June 2019. Dern likes the mom vs. mom narrative heading into the fight, but from personal experience, she’s expecting the time off to have an impact on Ansaroff’s performance in some form.

“For sure,” Dern told MMA Junkie. “I don’t think it’ll be a deciding factor like to win or lose, but I definitely think timing-wise and even just confidence-wise, I think she can be the most confident person ever because I know what it’s like. When you have a baby, you feel like you’re Wonder Woman, you feel great. But you don’t know how much better you’re gonna be 20 months from now like myself, for example. My daughter, she’ll be 2 in June, so when I fought four months after pregnancy, I felt I 100 percent did the best I could with everything I could at the time.

“But I had no idea how much of a better athlete I’ll be 20 months later. So I have an idea of what she’s going through, and I think the timing too. To be back 100 percent, getting punched in the face with four-ounce gloves, it’s different. Just being in the ring, in the fight, you get that feeling back. So I think she’s such a dangerous person and if there’s any time to fight her, it’s now, and I’m proud of her. I’m proud that she’s back fighting and us two having this fight as moms.”

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While the time off could be a factor, Dern (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) knows she’s in for a tough fight with the gritty Ansaroff (10-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC). All of Dern’s stoppage wins have come by submission, and the grappling ace is eyeing another finish.

“I think it’s typical striker vs. grappler,” Dern said. “I prefer it like that. I think when it’s striker and grappler, the striker is way more fish out of the water, so it’s a little bit easier for me to throw a lot of submissions, attacks and things like that. Maybe they can defend one or two, but when they don’t have a really big background on the ground, you can end up catching them sooner or later. But Nina, she’s a little bit different than a regular striker because her takedown defense is so good. She has a really high takedown defense. She has good reflexes and things like that, so I’m hoping her timing is a little bit off on that, but I doubt it.

“No one goes into a fight unprepared, so I know she’s gonna be on point with her takedown defense, and that’s where Parillo Boxing comes in, just to have me meld everything together: my striking with my takedowns with my ground game. So I think the way to win this fight is the submission. I don’t want to go three rounds again like my last fight even though it was lots of fun. Like I said, I want to try and get to the belt soon, this year hopefully, so the less damage possible, the quicker I can get back into camp. I can keep climbing the rankings and try to get the belt. So I think a submission in the first round is the way to go.”

With the top of the strawweight division currently booked, a win over Ansaroff would place Dern in a pivotal position. She’s ready to make a run at the title and hopes she can cap off 2021 with the belt around her waist.

“I think one or two fights,” Dern said. “If I win and everything goes good, for me, the next fight I don’t know who it will be – Rose or Zhang Weili or Carla Esparza or Yan Xiaonan. There are a lot of things happening in the top five, but for me I feel ready. But I know for sure my coaches want maybe one or two more fights just to be ready to be the champ and not having surprises, show the part. Maybe I can be the champ because I have a lot of heart, and I work hard, but we want to be champ and everyone can see like, ‘OK, she’s meant to be champ.'”

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Manager Danny Rubenstein plots Mackenzie Dern’s route to a UFC title shot

MMA manager Danny Rubenstein chats to MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn in Abu Dhabi.

UFC 256 medical suspensions: Deiveson Figueiredo, Brandon Moreno among seven potentially out six months

A total of seven fighters could be facing up to six-month shutdowns after their UFC 256 fights.

UFC flyweight champion [autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag] (20-1-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) and [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag] (18-5-2 MMA, 6-2-2 UFC) who battled to a majority draw in the night’s headliner, could both have to wait up to six months before running things back.

After delivering a “Fight of the Year” contender, Figueiredo will need clearance by a doctor for a possible broken right little toe and an MRI for his right bicep. Moreno needs an MRI of his left shoulder and an X-ray of his left forearm.

[autotag]Tony Ferguson[/autotag] (25-5 MMA, 15-3 UFC), who suffered a unanimous decision loss to Charles Oliveira in the night’s co-main event, needs an MRI to clear his right elbow or he could be out for up to six months.

[autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who earned a hard-fought decision win over Virna Jandiroba, needs a facial CT to rule out a nasal fracture and an X-ray to clear her left hand, otherwise she’ll be suspended for 180 days.

[autotag]Cub Swanson[/autotag] (27-11 MMA, 12-7 UFC), who returned after a yearlong layoff to knock out Daniel Pineda, may be facing six months on the shelf unless he gets his right hand cleared through an X-ray.

Debutante [autotag]Sam Hughes[/autotag] (5-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who was diagnosed with a hyphema, or pooling of blood inside the eye in her TKO loss to Tecia Torres, could also be looking at a six-month suspension unless she gets the eye cleared by an ophthalmologist. Hughes’ corner stopped the fight at the end of Round 1 after she claimed she couldn’t see out of her left eye.

[autotag]Peter Barrett[/autotag] (11-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC), who was submitted after getting caught in a kneebar by Chase Hooper, must have an MRI of his right knee, or he, too, will be looking at six months on the sidelines unless cleared.

MMA Junkie obtained the full list of medical suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com for UFC 256, which took place this past Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The full list of UFC 256 medical suspensions includes:

Deiveson Figueiredo: Suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact. In addition, needs clearance of possible broken right little toe with an X-ray and MRI of right bicep, otherwise suspended 180 days.
Brandon Moreno: Suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact. In addition, needs clearance of left shoulder with an MRI and X-ray of left forearm, otherwise suspended 180 days.
Tony Ferguson: Suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact. In addition, needs clearance of left elbow with an MRI, otherwise suspended 180 days.
[autotag]Charles Oliveira[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact due to cut on left eyebrow.
Mackenzie Dern: Suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact. In addition, needs clearance of possible nasal fracture with a facial CT and X-ray of left hand, otherwise suspended 180 days.
[autotag]Virna Jandiroba[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Ronaldo Souza[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact.
[autotag]Junior dos Santos[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact.
Cub Swanson: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact. In addition, needs clearance of right hand with X-ray, otherwise suspended 180 days.
[autotag]Daniel Pineda[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact.
[autotag]Renato Moicano[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact.
[autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with 21 days no contact due to left eye laceration.
Sam Hughes: Suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact. In addition, needs clearance of left eye by ophthalmologist, otherwise suspended 180 days.
Peter Barrett: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact. In addition, nneeds clearance of right knee with MRI, otherwise suspended 180 days.

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UFC 256 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2020 total won’t surpass $7 million

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 256 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $220,500.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 256 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $220,500.

UFC 256 took place at UFC Apex. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 256 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag]: $40,000
vs. [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag]: $30,000

[autotag]Charles Oliveira[/autotag]: $20,000
def. [autotag]Tony Ferguson[/autotag]: $15,000

[autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Virna Jandiroba[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Ronaldo Souza[/autotag]: $15,000

[autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Junior Dos Santos[/autotag]: $20,000

[autotag]Cub Swanson[/autotag]: $20,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Pineda[/autotag]: $5,000

[autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Renato Moicano[/autotag]: $5,000

[autotag]Gavin Tucker[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Tecia Torres[/autotag]: $10,000
def. [autotag]Sam Hughes[/autotag]: $3,500

[autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Peter Barrett[/autotag]: $3,500

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’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 $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,000; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.