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UFC 289 post-event facts: Charles Oliveira sets all-time bar for finishes, bonuses

The best facts and figures to come out of UFC 289, including Amanda Nunes’ retirement resume and Charles Oliveira’s insane stats.

The UFC made its long-awaited return to Canada on Saturday with UFC 289, which took place at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and featured a clean sweep of results from fighters competing out of “The Great White North.”

Despite the Canadian success, it was a Brazilian who closed the show strong. Double UFC champ [autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag] (23-5 MMA, 16-2 UFC) dominated [autotag]Irene Aldana[/autotag] (14-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) for five rounds in the main event, winning a unanimous decision before announcing her retirement from MMA.

For more on the numbers behind Nunes’ resume, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 289.

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UFC 289 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Amanda Nunes’ $42,000 tops card

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 289 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $236,500.

VANCOUVER – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 289 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $236,500.

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 289 took place at Rogers Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 289 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Irene Aldana[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Charles Oliveira[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Beneil Dariush[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Adam Fugitt[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Nate Landwehr[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Eryk Anders[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Nassourdine Imavov[/autotag]: $6,000
vs. [autotag]Chris Curtis[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Aiemann Zahabi[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Aori Qileng[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Kyle Nelson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Blake Bilder[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]David Dvorak[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Diana Belbita[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Maria Oliveira[/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.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,650,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $18,239,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 289.

Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Miranda Maverick at UFC 289: Best photos

Check out these photos from Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Miranda Maverick at UFC 289 in Vancouver.

Check out these photos from [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]’ decision victory over Miranda Maverick at UFC 289 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photos by Sergei Belski, USA TODAY Sports)

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (March 13-19)

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 from March 13-19.

UFC’s Miranda Maverick wants a piece of Molly McCann, but it has nothing to do with ‘clout’

The way Miranda Maverick sees it, Molly McCann has a spot in the UFC women’s flyweight rankings that belongs to her.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag] currently is No 15 in the official UFC women’s flyweight rankings, and quite frankly that doesn’t sit well with [autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag].

Maverick made that clear Saturday after her clean-sweep unanimous decision win over Shanna Young at UFC Fight Night 214. When Maverick (11-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) got her time on the microphone, she used it to call out McCann – again.

“I’ve called out Molly McCann three, four, five times, even before she had clout,” Maverick explained to reporters afterward. “And now that she does have the so-called clout that she has through Paddy (Pimblett) and through her own finishes against who I see not being as skilled of fighters as she should have to fight to get in the top 15, and I’m ready to kind of take that little title away from her. How is she in the top 15 and I’m not, you know?”

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McCann’s placement in the 125-pound rankings is on the strength of three consecutive wins against Ji Yeon Kim, Luana Carolina and Hannah Goldy, the latter two of which came by knockout. Maverick’s win over Young was her second in a row. Prior to back-to-back wins, Maverick had back-to-back losses, which kicked off with a split decision to Maycee Barber that she calls “a robbery” and still hasn’t let go of.

The result altered the trajectory of Maverick’s career, but she’s ready to rectify that and hopes to do so in a fight with McCann.

“I think I won that fight (vs. Barber), and (McCann is) standing exactly where I should be,” Maverick said. “And I’m ready to get back up there, into the top 15, and take the spot that is mine.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 214.

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UFC Fight Night 214 post-event facts: Neil Magny passes Georges St-Pierre on wins list

Neil Magny passing Georges St-Pierre for most welterweight wins was one of many notable feats to come out of UFC Fight Night 214.

UFC Fight Night 214 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and it was an action-filled card with nine of 11 fights ending inside the distance.

The main event saw [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] (13-2-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC) break through as the next strawweight contender. She scored a standing TKO over fellow Brazilian standout [autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag] (17-2-2 MMA, 6-2-2 UFC) in the third round of their clash.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 214.

UFC Fight Night 214 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event combines for $12,000

UFC Fight Night 214 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 214 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $126,500.

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 214 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 214 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Darrick Minner[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Shayilan Nuerdanbieke[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Grant Dawson[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Mark Madsen[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Shanna Young[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Benito Lopez[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Polyana Viana[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jinh Yu Frey[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Johnny Munoz[/autotag]: $4,50
def. [autotag]Liudvik Sholinian[/autotag]: $4,0000

[autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Carlos Candelario[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Tamires Vidal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ramona Pascual[/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 2147 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2141 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: $7,222,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,399,500

Miranda Maverick says Shanna Young hospitalized, UFC 278 fight canceled

Just hours before UFC 278 weigh-ins, Saturday’s card has lost a fight.

Just hours before UFC 278 weigh-ins, Saturday’s card has lost a fight.

[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag] announced early Friday morning that scheduled opponent [autotag]Shanna Young[/autotag] has been hospitalized and as a result their women’s flyweight fight has been canceled.

Maverick (10-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) posted a statement on the situation with Young (8-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) to her social media (via Instagram):

Welp…fight is off guys. @shanimalshannayoung is in the hospital from illness (assuming from weight cut) and I wish her a full and fast recovery. We were ready, super prepared, and improved so much for this camp. I made weight already (within a lb to float off by morning). I’m hoping to still watch some really good fights on Saturday and get back in the cage as soon as possible. Thank you for the support and thank you to my team who has invested in me and the people who came out for this fight @pound4poundmuaythai @eastondenver @lcasportsmanagement @jhop4p @firemarshall205! More thanks to come soon!

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChbhRnPumUX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y

According to a person with knowledge of the situation, who MMA Junkie spoke to on the condition of anonymity, UFC 278 was set to be the final fight on Maverick’s contract. She was offered and accepted a new multi-fight deal in the aftermath of Young’s withdrawal, and will be seeking a new matchup.

The UFC has yet to comment on the severity of Young’s condition.

UFC 278 takes place at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ABC and ESPN+.

The latest UFC 278 lineup now includes:

Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards
  • Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold
  • Jose Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
  • Lucie Pudilova vs. Wu Yanan
  • Harry Hunsucker vs. Tyson Pedro

Preliminary Card (ABC/ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Alexandr Romanov vs. Marcin Tybura
  • Jared Gordon vs. Leonardo Santos
  • Luis Saldana vs. Sean Woodson

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa
  • Amir Albazi vs. Francisco Figueiredo
  • Aori Qileng vs. Jay Perrin
  • Victor Altamirano vs. Daniel Da Silva

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 278.

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Miranda Maverick wants Molly McCann after UFC 278: ‘I’m ready to derail that fake hype train’

Miranda Maverick wants to put a stop to Molly McCann’s momentum.

[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag] wants to put a stop to [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]’s momentum.

McCann (13-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) followed up her spinning elbow knockout of Luana Carolina in March by starching Hannah Goldy in the first round this past Saturday at UFC Fight Night 208, sending The O2 in London into a frenzy once again.

But Maverick (10-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) thinks McCann has yet to fight legitimate competition in the UFC.

“Let’s go – let’s fight it out,” Maverick told MMA Junkie Radio. “If she wants to fight now, she didn’t want to fight me before, she took on an opponent in Hannah Goldy who – I like Hannah just fine, but she’s a strawweight naturally, and she’s not even on a winning streak or anything. She’s had like three out of her last four fights were losses, and it was just another person to be thrown to Molly so that she could win in front of her home crowd. I’m ready to derail that fake hype train.”

But first, Maverick has to get past Shanna Young at UFC 278 on Aug. 20. McCann already has her sights set on Antonina Shevchenko, but Maverick explained why her against McCann is the fight to make.

“I’ve had people on both sides that are like, ‘She should get a ranked opponent,’ and I’m like, ‘She’s fought no one to where she deserves a ranked opponent,’ first of all,” Maverick said. “Two, the whole thing of, ‘You should get a ranked opponent – you don’t need to be going back down the rankings.’

“And I’m like, I plan on being in this sport for years to come. I don’t need to race my way to the top and then slowly fall back like all these fighters do. I’m ready to take my time and make money by the time I get it to the top.”

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Miranda Maverick vs. Shanna Young booked for UFC 278 in Salt Lake City

The Salt Lake City lineup continues to fill out.

[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag] is staying active in 2022.

At UFC 278, Maverick (10-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) will face former Invicta FC standout [autotag]Shanna Young[/autotag] (8-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in a women’s flyweight matchup. The event takes place Aug. 20 at Vivint Center in Salt Lake City with the main card airing on ESPN+ pay-per-view after prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.

Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Maverick also confirmed the bout on Instagram.

Maverick, 24, will look to turn a standalone victory into a winning streak. Following consecutive decision losses to Maycee Barber and Erin Blanchfield, Maverick submitted Sabina Mazo in March.

Similar to her opponent, Young recently picked up a second-round finish victory on the heels of a two fight skid. After back-to-back losses to Macy Chiasson and Stephanie Egger, Young ground-and-pounded Gina Mazany en route to a TKO stoppage in April.

With the addition, the UFC 278 lineup includes:

  • Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards – for welterweight title
  • Jose Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
  • Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold
  • Amir Albazi vs. Francisco Figueiredo
  • Alexandr Romanov vs. Marcin Tybura
  • Jared Gordon vs. Leonardo Santos
  • Lucie Pudilova vs. Wu Yanan
  • Harry Hunsucker vs. Tyson Pedro
  • Victor Altamirano vs. Daniel Lacerda
  • Qileng Aori vs. Jay Perrin
  • A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa
  • Luis Saldana vs. Sean Woodson
  • Miranda Maverick vs. Shanna Young

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