See the disclosed payouts for Anthony Pettis, Roy Jones. Jr., Vitor Belfort, Jose Aldo, and more, per the state of Wisconsin.
Gamebred Boxing 4 took place Saturday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisc., where six fighters took home six-figure paydays as a result of their bouts.
Thursday, MMA Junkie acquired a list of the disclosed payouts from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, which oversees the state’s athletic commission and regulation of combat sports events.
The amounts reflect the disclosed payouts only and do not include any off-contract bonuses, sponsor payments, or discretionary bonuses.
Of the 26 fighters to compete on the card, 20 were on flat purse contracts, while the remaining six fighters were on show-win deals. Headliners [autotag]Anthony Pettis[/autotag] and [autotag]Roy Jones Jr.[/autotag] took home the largest purses of the bunch, as they combined for $1,350,000.
The total payout for all fighters on the card was $2,827,700.
Scroll below to see what the 26 fighters on Gamebred Boxing 4 were paid – disclosed amounts only.
Check out which UFC veterans are in MMA and boxing action across the globe this weekend.
The UFC idle this week after a trip to San Antonio for UFC on ESPN 43, where [autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag] picked up a big bantamweight win over [autotag]Marlon Vera[/autotag].
Elsewhere, many other MMA events are taking place, including Bellator and PFL kicking off their 2023 regular season. Those events, and others feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.
This week, there are a total of 32 veterans of the global MMA leader competing in MMA and boxing this week from March 30-April 1.
Check out the names and details about their bouts below.
The full fight card for Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing 4 has been released with nine UFC alumni on the card.
The finalized lineup for [autotag]Jorge Masvidal[/autotag]’s Gamebred Boxing 4 is set, and it features nine former UFC fighters.
Monday, the promotion announced its fight card, which is headlined by boxing legend [autotag]Roy Jones Jr.[/autotag] against former UFC lightweight champion [autotag]Anthony Pettis[/autotag]. The event takes place Saturday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee and streams on UFC Fight Pass pay-per-view for $49.99.
Also on the card, former UFC featherweight champion [autotag]Jose Aldo[/autotag] fights [autotag]Jeremy Stephens[/autotag], an opponent he defeated by TKO in MMA. Former UFC middleweight champion [autotag]Vitor Belfort[/autotag] takes on [autotag]Ronaldo Souza[/autotag].
Also familiar to UFC fans, promotional alumni [autotag]Pearl Gonzalez[/autotag] and [autotag]Gina Mazany[/autotag] square off. A bout between former UFC fighters [autotag]Joe Riggs[/autotag] and [autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag] is also scheduled.
Joe Riggs will step in for Paul Daley, per Gamebred Boxing.
Gamebred Boxing 4 features numerous names notable to MMA fans, but [autotag]Paul Daley[/autotag] is no longer one of them.
Gamebred Boxing boss and UFC star [autotag]Jorge Masvidal[/autotag] recently revealed on MMA Junkie Radio that Daley’s boxing debut is off (or at least delayed) as work papers are figured out.
Daley was expected to fight fellow UFC alum [autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag] in a six-round bout at the April 1 event, which takes place at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee and streams on UFC Fight Pass pay-per-view.
Perez will now face former UFC and BKFC fighter [autotag]Joe Riggs[/autotag].
“Paul Daley is not on the card, and that’s because we had visa issues with the timing and stuff,” Masvidal said. “Paul Daley can have a visa to come here, but every time you’re working for a new company, like XYZ company. Now he’s going to fight for a new company, so we’d have to get him a visa. We weren’t able to quite figure that out, but that’s somebody we’re very, very interested in and will push hard to have on our cards. I’ve always liked Daley’s style. I actually got to compete against him myself, so it’d be fun.”
Even with Daley’s absence, Gamebred Boxing 4 has a plethora of MMA notables. Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis faces boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. in the main event. Former UFC champions Jose Aldo and Vitor Belfort, as well as Ronaldo Souza, Jeremy Stephens, and Pearl Gonzalez are also on the card.
Check out which UFC veterans are competing on the regional scene this week.
The UFC is on the verge of its first pay-per-view event of the year in Brazil for UFC 283.
Elsewhere, many other MMA events are taking place that feature familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner as regional promotions are ramping up after the holidays.
These 14 veterans of the global MMA leader are competing in MMA, boxing and bareknuckle this week from Jan. 18-22.
Check out the names and details about their bouts below.
Mike Davis and Victoria Leonardo are facing potential six-month suspensions for injuries sustained in their fights.
[autotag]Mike Davis[/autotag] and [autotag]Victoria Leonardo[/autotag] are facing potential six-month medical suspensions after UFC on ESPN 20.
Davis (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), who earned the “Fight of the Night” honor in a unanimous decision win over Mason Jones, needs clearance for his left thumb for his hard-fought battle with Jones.
Joining Davis with a potential 180-day term is Leonardo (8-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who needs clearance for her right forearm after suffering a second-round stoppage loss to Manon Fiorot.
MMA Junkie on Friday obtained the full list of suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com, the Association of Boxing Commissions’ official record keeper.
The full list of UFC on ESPN 20 medical suspensions includes:
[autotag]Michael Chiesa[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to right eye laceration.
[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Warlley Alves[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Mounir Lazzez[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days due to rib soreness.
[autotag]Ike Villanueva[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Vinicius Moreira[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days due to knockout loss.
[autotag]Roxanne Modafferi[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Viviane Araujo[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to right cheek laceration.
[autotag]Douglas Silva de Andrade[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Omari Akhmedov[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Tom Breese[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Ricky Simon[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Gaetano Pirello[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Su Mudaerji[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to chin laceration.
[autotag]Zarrukh Adashev[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Dalcha Lungiambula[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to scalp laceration.
[autotag]Francisco Figueiredo[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
[autotag]Jerome Rivera[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
Mike Davis: Needs X-ray for left thumb, and clearance by doctor, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Mason Jones[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
[autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
[autotag]Sergey Morozov[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to “hard bout.”
Victoria Leonardo: Needs X-ray for right forearm, and clearance by doctor, otherwise suspended 180 days; minimum suspension is 30 days with 21 days no contact.
[autotag]Manon Fiorot[/autotag]: Suspended seven days (mandatory rest).
Take a look back at the most intense UFC staredowns of the last 12 months, featuring Conor McGregor, Israel Adesanya, Zhang Weili and more.
When it comes to covering fight week, few moments get the blood pumping and the anticipation soaring better than a great faceoff. The UFC squares off their fighters before every event for exactly that reason, and some of the sport’s biggest stars have developed their own styles as they use their faceoff opportunities to strike a final mental blow ahead of fight night.
Over the course of 2020, and despite the social distancing rules applied across the globe, we were still treated to a host of memorable faceoffs. To kick off the year – and before COVID-19 arrived – we saw the likes of [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] and [autotag]Donald Cerrone[/autotag] get up close and personal at the UFC 246 ceremonial weigh-ins in January, while [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] and [autotag]Joanna Jedrzejczyk[/autotag] exchanged words in a tense staredown ahead of their memorable strawweight title clash at UFC 248 in March.
The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in March didn’t deprive us of some memorable faceoffs, however, with the fighters allowed to go nose to nose, with or without masks, after being subjected to multiple COVID-19 tests before and throughout fight week.
It meant we got to see debuting former KSW and EFC middleweight champion [autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag] go face-to-face with “The Joker,” aka [autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag], ahead of UFC Fight Night 179 in October, while middleweight champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] enjoyed a pair of tense faceoffs as he locked eyes with rivals [autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag] and [autotag]Paulo Costa[/autotag] ahead of his two successful title defenses in 2020.
Recap the best of the UFC’s 2020 faceoffs via the video above.
Isi Fitikefu has been forced out of UFC Fight Night on Jan. 20 and Markus Perez will step in to face Dalcha Lungiambula.
[autotag]Isi Fitikefu[/autotag]’s UFC debut will have to wait.
Fitikefu has been forced out of UFC Fight Night on Jan. 20 and [autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag] (12-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) will step in on short notice to face [autotag]Dalcha Lungiambula[/autotag] (10-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC).
A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie, but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Ag Fight was first to report the news.
Brazil’s Perez has dropped two straight, most recently a first-round knockout loss to Dricus du Plessis at UFC on ESPN+ 37 in October. Prior to his losing skid, he submitted Anthony Hernandez in the second round at UFC on ESPN+ 2.
Former EFC two-weight champion Lungiambula has split his first two UFC appearances. After scoring a stoppage of Dequan Townsend in his UFC debut in June 2019, he suffered a knockout loss to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC on ESPN+ 21. He was scheduled to face Karl Roberson next but saw multiple bookings scrapped after Roberson tested positive for COVID-19.
With the change, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Jan. 20 includes:
Cory Sandhagen was victorious in the UFC on ESPN+ 37 main event, but his win came at a cost.
[autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag] was victorious in the UFC on ESPN+ 37 main event, but his win came at a cost.
Taking on fellow top bantamweight contender [autotag]Marlon Moraes[/autotag] on Saturday, Sandhagen (13-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) picked up a second-round TKO via a spinning wheel kick and punches. Against Moraes (23-7-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC), however, Sandhagen sustained an eye injury that could put him out of action for 180 days.
On Monday, MMA Junkie obtained the full list of suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com, the Association of Boxing Commissions’ official record keeper.
Also receiving potential six-month suspensions are [autotag]Tom Breese[/autotag], [autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag], [autotag]Impa Kasanganay[/autotag], [autotag]Tony Kelley[/autotag], and [autotag]Omar Morales[/autotag] for injuries suffered in their fights Saturday.
UFC on ESPN+ 37 took place at Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The event streamed on ESPN+.
Below is the full list of UFC on ESPN+ 37 medical suspensions:
Cory Sandhagen: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by an ophthalmologist; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
Marlon Moraes: Suspended 45 days for TKO with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Edson Barboza[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Makwan Amirkhani[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for “hard bout” with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for “hard bout” with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days for a right eyebrow laceration with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days for a knockout with no contact for 45 days.
[autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Alan Baudot[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for TKO with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for left eyelid laceration with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Tom Breese: Suspended 180 days or until right knee MRI and left tibia/fibula x-rays are cleared by a doctor; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]K.B. Bhullar[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days for TKO with no contact for 30 days.
[autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Rodrigo Nascimento: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by an ophthalmologist; Also suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days for right scalp laceration.
[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Impa Kasanganay: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by an ophthalmologist; Also suspended 60 days for knockout with no contact for 45 days.
Tony Kelley: Suspended 180 days or until right elbow MRI is and right tibia/fibula x-ray are cleared by doctor; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Ali Alqaisi[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Giga Chikadze[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
Omar Morales: Suspended 180 days or until right elbow MRI, left tibia/fibula X-ray, and left ankle X-ray are cleared by a doctor; Also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
[autotag]Tracy Cortez[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Stephanie Egger[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag]: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
[autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for right eyebrow laceration with no contact for 21 days.
Dricus Du Plessis scored an emphatic knockout of Markus Perez in his octagon debut.
[autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag] scored an emphatic knockout of [autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag] in his octagon debut Saturday at UFC on ESPN+ 37.
Du Plessis (15-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a former KSW and EFC champion, starched Perez (11-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) into a faceplant knockout finish in the first round of their middleweight bout, which took place at Flash Forum at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Although Du Plessis looked shaky in the opening minutes, leading to speculation from cage commentators Dan Hardy and Paul Felder that he might be experiencing the infamous “octagon jitters,” Du Plessis was clearly able to overcome them as he caught Perez with an awkward shot then followed up with devastating follow-up blows.
Watch the video of the finish below (via Twitter):
With the win, Du Plessis has won 11 of his past 12 fights. His 100 percent career stoppage rate also remained in tact. Perez, meanwhile, has now lost back-to-back bouts.
