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With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from November 2022.
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from November 2022: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for November.
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After a knockout win over Seungwoo Choi at UFC 281, Michael Trizano is hoping the UFC brings him back into the fold with a new contract.
NEW YORK – [autotag]Michael Trizano[/autotag] beat Seungwoo Choi with a first-round knockout Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Take a look inside the fight with Trizano, who snapped a two-fight skid for his first win in 18 months.
Check out the numbers to come out of an insane UFC 281, where Alex Pereira’s title win put him in the record books alongside Brock Lesnar.
UFC 281 took place Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, and with 11 finishes in 14 fights, including two title changes, it proved to be among the best cards of the year.
The main event saw [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) earn another combat victory over [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC), but this time with the highest stakes imaginable when he claimed the middleweight title with a fifth-round TKO.
The co-headliner saw [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] (23-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) begin a second reign as women’s strawweight champion when she submitted [autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag] (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) with a choke in the second round.
For more on the numbers behind both title fights, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 281.
Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 281 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $332,500.
NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 281 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $332,500.
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 281 took place at Madison Square Garden. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.
The full UFC 281 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag]: $42,000
[autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag]: $42,000
[autotag]Dustin Poirier[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Michael Chandler[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Chris Gutierrez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Frankie Edgar[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Dan Hooker[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Claudio Puelles[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Renato Moicano[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Brad Riddell[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Andre Petroski[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Wellington Turman[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Matt Frevola[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ottman Azaitar[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Silvana Gomez Juarez[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Michael Trizano[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Seungwoo Choi[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Julio Arce[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Nicolae Negumereanu[/autotag]: $6,000
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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $7,554,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,732,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 281.
Check out all the fighter walkout songs from Saturday’s UFC 281 event at Madison Square Garden in New York.
While it takes intense training, world-class skills and maybe even a bit of luck to register a UFC win, picking the right song to accompany you to the cage is a key talent, as well.
See what the fighters from UFC 281 went with as their backing tracks in New York.
Check out the best photos from Michael Trizano’s first-round knockout win over Seungwoo Choi at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden.
Check out the best photos from [autotag]Michael Trizano[/autotag]’s first-round knockout win over [autotag]Seungwoo Choi[/autotag] at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photos by Jessica Alcheh, USA TODAY Sports)
Michael Trizano put away Seungwoo Choi to close out one of the craziest one-round fights you’ll ever see at UFC 281.
NEW YORK – [autotag]Michael Trizano[/autotag] put away [autotag]Seungwoo Choi[/autotag] to close out one of the craziest one-round fights you’ll ever see at UFC 281.
Trizano (10-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) and Choi (10-6 MMA, 3-5 UFC) came out looking from the finish the moment the fight began. They landed simultaneous left hooks and knocked each other down in a wild scene, and the action just picked up more and more from there.
It was clear Trizano had the edge in power, though, and he managed to floor Choi one final time to force the referee to step in at the 4:51 mark of Round 1.
Check out the replay of the finish below (via Twitter):
TRIZANO WITH THE LEFT 😳 #UFC281 pic.twitter.com/ScP0wdBTtA
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 13, 2022
Despite the spectacular win, Trizano won’t be rewarded with a fight-night bonus after he missed weight for the featherweight contest, which took place at Madison Square Garden.
It was the final fight on his contract, and he said he came out keen to make a statement.
“I was not going to be denied,” Trizano said in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.
The full up-to-the-minute UFC 281 results include:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 281.
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It’s been a rough go for Michael Trizano since winning Season 27 of “The Ultimate Fighter.”
NEW YORK – [autotag]Michael Trizano[/autotag] spoke to reporters at media day ahead of UFC 281.
Trizano (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC), who won Season 27 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” entered the UFC undefeated and was successful in his promotional debut. However, the 30-year-old has lost three of his past four fights, including back-to-back to Hakeem Dawodu and Lucas Almeida.
He will look to snap his losing skid when he meets Seungwoo Choi (10-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) on Saturday.
“I hate losing, so that’s always No. 1,” Trizano told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at media day. “I don’t really put pressure on myself. I take it one fight at a time. Yeah, it’s the first time in my career I’ve lost back-to-back fights in anything, and yeah, it sucks. But I’m just gonna go in there and implement my game plan, and that’s what it comes down to. Whoever wants it more.”
UFC 281 takes place Saturday at Madison Square Garden. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
Watch the video of Trizano’s complete pre-fight media availability above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 281.
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Go inside the numbers of Saturday’s stacked UFC 281 event, where multiple fighters have a chance to make history.
The UFC returns to New York on Saturday for its annual event at Madison Square Garden with UFC 281, which has a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
A doubleheader of championship bouts is featured at the top of the card, with middleweight champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) set to take on former two-time kickboxing rival [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in the headlining act.
The co-main event will see strawweight champion [autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag] (19-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) attempt to kick off her second reign in positive fashion when she meets former titleholder [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] (22-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC).
For more on the numbers behind both title bouts, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts for UFC 281.
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Watch Lucas Almeida put en end to his thrilling war with Michael Trizano at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 207.
[autotag]Lucas Almeida[/autotag] sure knows how to close out a show.
The Brazilian featherweight picked up a spectacular finish to close out a thrilling, back-and-forth war against [autotag]Michael Trizano[/autotag] on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 207 in Las Vegas.
Almeida (14-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) officially stopped Trizano (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) by TKO at the 0:55 mark of Round 3. It was Almeida’s debut with the promotion.
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Both Almeida and Trizano were going toe-to-toe for the majority of the bout and both fighters were dropped throughout the course of their high-paced battle. But at the start of the final round, Almeida caught Trizano with a big left hook that had him out of his senses, scrambling to recover.
Almeida immediately jumped on Trizano and landed ground-and-pound to put get the referee to halt the action. It was an impressive showing by the Brazilian.
Below you can watch Almeida’s finish (via Twitter):
Almeida sensed the finish and was relentless 😨 #UFCVegas56 pic.twitter.com/uS90dRlEV0
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) June 4, 2022
Up-to-the-minute results of UFC Fight Night 207 include:
