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UFC Fight Night 242 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Gilbert Burns, Jessica Andrade net $21,000

UFC Fight Night 242 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 Fight Night 242 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $157,500.

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 Fight Night 242 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 242 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Sean Brady[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Natalia Silva[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Steve Garcia[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kyle Nelson[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Yanal Ashmouz[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Trevor Peek[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Chris Padilla[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Rong Zhu[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Isaac Dulgarian[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Brendon Marotte[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Andre Lima[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Felipe dos Santos[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Gabriel Santos[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Yi Zha[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jaqueline Amorim[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Vanessa Demopoulos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Andre Petroski[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Dylan Budka[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nathan Fletcher[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Zygimantas Ramaska[/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 2421 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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $5,482,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $28,219,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 242.

Matt Schnell vs. Cody Durden prediction, pick, start time, odds for UFC Fight Night 242

How will stepping up on a few days’ notice affect Cody Durden against Matt Schnell at UFC Fight Night 242?

[autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag] and [autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag] meet Saturday on the main card of UFC Fight Night 242 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. 

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Matt Schnell vs. Cody Durden UFC Fight Night 242 preview

Schnell (16-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) is in search of his first win since July 2022, which was a submission win over Su Mudaerji. Since then, Schnell has been finished by Matheus Nicolau and Steve Erceg. He finds himself fighting a fight-week replacement. … Stepping up on just a few days’ notice, Durden (16-6-1 MMA, 5-4-1 UFC) will also hunt to snap a two-fight skid in which he was finished in both bouts. Prior to his recent setbacks, Durden ripped off a four-fight winning streak, picking up wins over JP Buys, Carlos mota, Charles Johnson and Jake Hadley.

Matt Schnell vs. Cody Durden UFC Fight Night 242 expert pick, prediction

Filling out the main card is an impromptu bantamweight bout between Schnell and Durden.

Schnell was initially slated to face Alessandro Costa, who was forced to withdraw on fight week.

Stepping in for Costa is Durden, a fighter who also finds himself on a two-fight skid heading into this event. Massive respect to Durden for gambling on himself like this, but I’m admittedly surprised to see him installed as the favorite (much less such a large one).

Don’t get me wrong: Durden has made some undeniable improvements to his striking game since moving shop to American Top Team, but the native of Georgia hasn’t exactly shown the one-shot knockout power that’s traditionally troubled Schnell.

But on the other side of that stylistic kryptonite coin, Schnell does have the opportunistic submission game that’s stung Durden before. For that reason, I can’t help but side with Schnell to get it done by submission in Round 1.

Matt Schnell vs. Cody Durden UFC Fight Night 242 odds

The oddsmakers and the public are heavily favoring the shorter-notice fighter, listing Durden (-333) and Schnell (+250) via FanDuel.

Matt Schnell vs. Cody Durden UFC Fight Night 242 start time, how to watch

As the second bout on the main card, Schnell and Durden are expected to walk out to the cage at approximately 7:35 p.m. ET (4:35 p.m. PT). The fight will air on ESPN+.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 242.

Alessandro Costa out against Matt Schnell, who meets replacement Cody Durden at UFC Fight Night 242

Alessandro Costa suffered a shoulder injury, but all is not lost at UFC Fight Night 242.

(Editor’s note: A previous version of this story only reported on Costa being injured and out.)

UFC Fight Night 242 has lost one of its best bouts on paper, but all is not lost.

A flyweight scrap between [autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag] and [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag] has been pulled from Saturday’s event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas after Costa (14-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) suffered a shoulder injury. Stepping in to fight Schnell on just five days’ will be [autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag] (16-6-1 MMA, 5-4-1 UFC).

Schnell (16-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) first broke the news online Monday night of Costa’s injury, and MMA Junkie later confirmed the injury with Costa on Tuesday. Durden confirmed to MMA Junkie that he is replacing Costa after sharing a post on X.

https://twitter.com/cody_durden/status/1831056424904077356

Costa revealed to MMA Junkie that he will need physical therapy to rehabilitate his shoulder and hopes to be able to return in a few weeks.

Costa was hoping to build momentum off his TKO win over Kevin Borjas back in May. The Brazilian, who trains with Diego Lopes in Puebla, Mexico, is 2-1 in his past three bouts, with the lone defeat coming against former UFC title challenger Steve Erceg.

Schnell will look to snap a two-fight skid. He was knocked out in his most recent bout in March against Erceg. Durden also is coming off back-to-back losses after he was TKO’d by Bruno Gustavo da Silva on July 20.

With the change, here is the updated UFC Fight Night 242 card:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady
  • Jessica Andrade vs. Natalia Silva
  • Steve Garcia vs. Kyle Nelson
  • Yanal Ashmouz vs. Trevor Peek
  • Chris Padilla vs. Rong Zhu

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

  • Ovince Saint Preux vs. Ryan Spann
  • Isaac Dulgarian vs. Brendon Marotte
  • Felipe dos Santos vs. Andre Lima
  • Gabriel Santos vs. Yi Zha
  • Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
  • Dylan Budka vs. Andre Petroski
  • Nathan Fletcher vs. Zygimantas Ramaska

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 242.

Alessandro Costa aims to get clean finish of Matt Schnell, earn spot in UFC flyweight rankings

Alessandro Costa is looking to make his mark in the UFC before the year is over.

[autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag] sees himself as a big player in the UFC flyweight division. Soon, he believes he’ll prove that to the world.

Costa (14-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) returns to the cage Sept. 7 in Las Vegas to face [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag] – one of the most seasoned fighters in the 125-pound division. Costa believes a win over Schnell (16-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) should be more than enough to get him in the official UFC rankings, especially if he gets a stoppage.

“Of course, I’m fighting for a spot in the rankings,” Costa told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “I believe he’s ranked 11 or 12. Either way, that’s a good position. I’m sure that if I beat him, I will enter the rankings.

“I just have my doubts about the position – whether it will be top 15 or top 10. But I’m confident that, with a win, I’ll enter the rankings, which is my goal for this year. That’s what I had planned. I wanted to train well, make smart moves and not take that many short-notice fights and enter the rankings, so in the future I can fight for the title.”

Costa is 2-1 in his past three outings, with his lone loss coming in a close decision against former UFC title challenger Steve Erceg. In his most recent outing back in May, Costa picked up a second-round TKO over Peru’s Kevin Borjas.

He’s confident he can keep the momentum going and also put away Schnell.

“He’s a tough and very experienced fighter in the UFC, but we’ve also noticed that he has many holes in his game, and I’m going to take advantage of that so I can look for the knockout or submission due to those holes,” Costa explained. “Of course, he’s dangerous, as well. He’s shown that in his fights. He’s someone that exposes himself but is also very dangerous. We put together a good strategy for his style, and I’m confident in my plan.”

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UFC Fight Night 238 post-event facts: Umar Nurmagomedov on the rise in bantamweight books

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 238, which saw Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Muhammad Mokaev and Umar Nurmagomedov make noise.

The UFC opened its March schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 238, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The main event saw [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) overcome a slow start to batter [autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a referee TKO stoppage after the end of the fourth round, putting him back on the winning track.

For more on the numbers behind the card, which featured six finishes in 11 fights – and a couple of them unique – check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 238.

UFC Fight Night 238 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $24 million

UFC Fight Night 238 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 Fight Night 238 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $133,500.

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 Fight Night 238 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 238 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Tyson Pedro[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Muhammad Mokaev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alex Perez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Bekzat Almakhan[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Eryk Anders[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Jamie Pickett[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Vinicius Oliveira[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bernardo Sopaj[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Aiemann Zahabi[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Javid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Christian Leroy Duncan[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Claudio Ribeiro[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]A.J. Cunningham[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Loik Radzhabov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady[/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 2381 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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $1,362,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,069,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 238.

UFC Fight Night 238 video: Steve Erceg KOs Matt Schnell with clean left hand, calls out Brandon Moreno

Steve Erceg picked up his first UFC finish in violent fashion when he brutalized Matt Schnell.

[autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag] has knockout power.

At UFC Fight Night 238 on Saturday, Erceg (12-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) knocked fellow ranked flyweight [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag] (16-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) unconscious with a single left hook. The stoppage came 26 seconds into the second round at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The finish was Erceg’s first in the UFC after two unanimous decisions.

Following the bout, Erceg called for a fight against former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno, who lost a unanimous decision a week ago to Brandon Royval.

Erceg, 27, extended his winning streak to 11. He entered the UFC in June 2023 with a win over David Dvorak. He then defeated short-notice replacement Alessandro Costa ahead of Saturday’s win.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 238 results include:

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Jan. 29-Feb. 4)

Check out the UFC, PFL, and Bellator fights 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, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Jan. 29-Feb. 4.

Steve Erceg disappointed by UFC 295 performance, wants to reset with ranked opponent

Steve Erceg won at UFC 295, but that wasn’t enough for him to walk out of Madison Square Garden feeling content.

NEW YORK – [autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag] exited the cage at UFC 295 both victorious and disappointed.

Although Erceg (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) defeated short-notice opponent Alessandro Costa (13-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) by unanimous decision on Saturday’s prelims at Madison Square Garden, the performance left much to be desired during self-reflection.

“I’m happy I won,” Erceg told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference. “I’m grateful for the opportunity. It’s not the way I thought I would go out there and do it but that’s the fight game, right? I’ll take my lumps, take my wins. It is what it is.”

Initially the fight appeared to swing lopsidedly in Erceg’s favor. He displayed crisp boxing, strong grappling, great range, and good head movement. In Round 2, Costa turned the tables, however, and landed two hard rights that caused an off-balance Erceg to pull guard.

“Obviously, I didn’t want to get dropped,” Erceg said. “I was thinking I was going to work him on the shots and really outclass him. After I dropped him in the first round, I got too eager. As my dad said, I was trying to make it a man-battle instead of a thinking-battle. … I think it was me being bad, not him being good.”

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Erceg was originally scheduled to fight promotion-ranked [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag] (16-7 MMA, 6-5 UFC), who withdrew due to injury. Should that matchup be available next, Erceg seems to be open to a rebooking, considering he thinks Saturday’s test might prove more difficult.

“I still think Alessandro Costa was better than Schnell was going to be,” Erceg said. “I’m not saying Schnell is bad or anything. I just thought stylistically and everything, Costa was a worse matchup for me. I still think… I should be in the top 15 fighting top 15 opponents. I just have got to be better.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 295.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Oct. 23-29)

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 Oct. 23-29