Tag: Mario Bautista

UFC 247 bonuses: Khaos Williams earns an extra $50K in promotional debut

Not bad for Khaos Williams making his short-notice UFC debut.

[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag], [autotag]Khaos Williams[/autotag], [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag], and [autotag]James Krause[/autotag] will all take home an extra $50,000 after memorable performances at UFC 247.

Bautista and Williams each earned “Performance of the Night” bonuses, while Giles vs. Krause was named “Fight of the Night.”

Bautista picked up his second UFC victory with a second-round flying-knee finish of Miles Johns. Meanwhile, Williams made a statement in his UFC debut by brutalizing Alex Morono and finishing him in just 27 seconds.

The “Fight of the Night” resulted in a split decision win for Giles over Krause, who took the fight on roughly 20 hours’ notice.

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Video: Mario Bautista floors Miles Johns with flying knee KO at UFC 247

Mario Bautista made a statement.

[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag] sure made a statement on Saturday night.

The 26-year-old fighter scored a highlight-reel flying knee knockout on the preliminary card of UFC 247, which went down at Toyota Center in Houston. Bautista (8-1 MMA, 2-1 Ufc) stopped Miles Johns at the 1:41 mark of Round 2. He gave Johns his first professional loss.

With this victory, Bautista is now on a two-fight winning streak, bouncing back from his lone defeat to top contender Cory Sandhagen. The win over Johns marked Bautista’s first fight in 2020.

Below you can see Bautista’s latest KO win:

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Mario Bautista says Miles Johns revealed insecurities with UFC 247 faceoff comments

Mario Bautista had a new experience during his faceoff with Miles Johns ahead of UFC 247.

HOUSTON – [autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag] had a new experience during his faceoff with Miles Johns ahead of UFC 247.

For the first time in his career, Bautista (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had an opponent talk a bit of trash to him as the pair came eye-to-eye at Thursday’s media day event. He said Johns (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) attempted to take a shot at his weight cut.

“He said I look drained, but this is not my first rodeo,” Bautista told MMA Junkie. “This is the best I’ve ever felt, so we’ll see if I look drained on Saturday night.”

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Despite the comments during the faceoff, Bautista is not taking things personally and said he’s expecting a barnburner on fight night.

“He said some things, I think he’s trying to get inside my head and I think that shows insecurity in yourself,” Bautista said. “That’s the first time anyone has said anything to me so I think I got a good read on him and I think it’s going to be a pretty good fight.”

UFC 247 takes place Saturday at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+

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UFC 247 lineup finalized: Jon Jones vs. Dominick Reyes leads championship doubleheader

Check out the official lineup and broadcast plans for UFC 247, which takes place Feb. 8 in Houston.

UFC 247 will feature a championship double-header as two of the promotion’s most dominant champions get top billing.

UFC 247 takes place Feb. 8 at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.

The main event features UFC light heavyweight champ [autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag] (25-1 MMA, 19-1 UFC) putting his title on the line against yet another young and hungry contender in undefeated [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC).

In the co-main event, UFC women’s flyweight champion [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag] (18-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) will attempt to make her third title defense, when she faces [autotag]Katlyn Chookagian[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC).

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The card also will feature [autotag]Ilir Latifi[/autotag]’s heavyweight debut vs. the “Black Beast” [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag], a matchup between featherweight prospects in [autotag]Mirsad Bektic[/autotag] and [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag], and bantamweights [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag] and [autotag]Marlon Vera[/autotag], who look to break into 135-pound title contention.

The full UFC 247 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Jon Jones vs. Dominick Reyes – for light heavyweight title
  • Champ Valentina Shevchenko vs. Katlyn Chookagian – for women’s flyweight title
  • [autotag]Juan Adams[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Justin Tafa[/autotag]
  • Mirsad Bektic vs. Dan Ige
  • Ilir Latifi vs. Derrick Lewis

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Jimmie Rivera vs. Marlon Vera
  • [autotag]Antonio Arroyo[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Dhiego Lima[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Alex Morono[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Andrea Lee[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Lauren Murphy[/autotag]

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)

  • [autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Miles Johns[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Journey Newson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Domingo Pilarte[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Andre Ewell[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jonathan Martinez[/autotag]

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