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UFC Fight Night 220 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Brendan Allen’s $11,000 tops card

UFC Fight Night 220 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 220 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $104,000.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 220 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Andre Muniz[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Augusto Sakai[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Don’Tale Mayes[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yohan Lainesse[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Trevor Peek[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Erick Gonzalez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gabriella Fernandes[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jordan Leavitt[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Victor Martinez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ode Osbourne[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Joe Solecki[/autotag]: $6,000
def.[autotag]Carl Deaton[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag][Nurullo Aliev[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Rafael Alves[/autotag]: $4,500

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 2207 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2201 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: $1,157,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $15,676,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 220.

UFC Fight Night 220 video: Tatiana Suarez taps out Montana De La Rosa after multi-year layoff, eyes title

Tatiana Suarez shined in her return to competition from a 1,258-day layoff when she finished Montana De La Rosa at UFC Fight Night 220.

[autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag] shined in her return to competition from a 1,258-day layoff on Saturday when she finished [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 220.

Nearly four years after she last competed, Suarez (9-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) came back to the octagon and got a definitive win when she locked in a guillotine choke on De La Rosa (12-8-1 MMA, 5-4-1 UFC) in the second round of the women’s flyweight bout, which took place at the UFC Apex.

After De La Rosa showed some resistance in the opening round, Suarez found her form in the second frame. She took control of the grappling and then found her way into the choke to finish the job.

“I’m so happy,” Suarez said in her post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “I’ve been dreaming about this for a long time. I wasn’t able to fight, and it’s really hard when you can’t do what you love to do the most. I know what it’s like to lose one dream, and I didn’t want to lose another.”

Suarez competed at 125 pounds for this fight due to all the time off from the octagon, but she made it clear she’s on the way back down to strawweight for the next one, and intends to resume her title run in that weight class.

“I’m coming for the belt,” Suarez said. “115 here I come. Im going to come back down. I’m going to do what I know I can be, and be the world champion.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 220 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 220.

UFC Fight Night 220 predictions: Nikita Krylov or Ryan Spann in Las Vegas showdown?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 220 main card in Las Vegas featuring Nikita Krylov vs Ryan Spann.

Krylov
vs.
Spann		 Allen
vs.
Muniz		 Mayes
vs.
Sakai		 De La Rosa
vs.
Suarez		 Lainesse
vs.
Malott
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
15-11		 spann2023
Spann
(57%)		 muniz2023
Muniz
(68%)		 sakai2023
Sakai
(83%)		 suarez2023
Suarez
(88%)		 malott2023
Malott
(78%)
Matt Erickson
18-8		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 mayes2023
Mayes		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
17-9		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
17-9		 krylov2023
Krylov		 muniz2023
Muniz		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
16-10
trophy copy 2018, 2022 Champion		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 mayes2023
Mayes		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
16-10		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 lainesse2023
Lainesse
Nolan King
@mma_kings
15-11/em>		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
15-11
trophy copy 2017 Champion		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 mayes2023
Mayes		 suarez2023
Suarez		 lainesse2023
Lainesse
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
14-12		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
14-12		 krylov2023
Krylov		 muniz2023
Muniz		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
12-14		 spann2023
Spann		 allen2023
Allen		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
12-14
trophy copy 2014 Champion		 spann2023
Spann		 muniz2023
Muniz		 sakai2023
Sakai		 suarez2023
Suarez		 malott2023
Malott

The UFC is back in its home base in Las Vegas this week with a pair of light heavyweights at the top of the card.

UFC Fight Night 220 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, [autotag]Nikita Krylov[/autotag] (29-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) takes on [autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag] (21-7 MMA, 7-2 UFC) at 205 pounds. Krylov is slight favorite at -170 at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Spann is +145. But our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have flipped the script and are are siding with underdog Spann at a hefty 9-2 clip.

In the co-feature, [autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] (20-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Andre Muniz[/autotag] (23-4 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at middleweight. Muniz is a -240 favorite, and he’s got a near-unanimous picks lead at 10-1.

Also on the main card, [autotag]Don’Tale Mayes[/autotag] (9-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) fights [autotag]Augusto Sakai[/autotag] (15-5-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) in a heavyweight bout that is the most contentious among our staff members, and it’s still a relative blowout. Sakai is just a slight favorite at -130, but he has a big 8-3 lead from our pickers.

Our lone unanimous pick on the main card is [autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag] (8-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who is a massive 8-1 favorite over [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag] (12-7-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) in their women’s flyweight fight.

And to open the main card, [autotag]Yohan Lainesse[/autotag] (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) takes on [autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag] (8-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a welterweight fight between a pair of Canadians. Malott is more than a 2-1 favorite, and he has a big 9-2 edge in the picks.

In the MMA Junkie consensus picks, Spann (57 percent), Muniz (68 percent), Sakai (56 percent), Suarez (88 percent) and Malott (78 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 220.

Montana De La Rosa says Tatiana Suarez ‘the one with the pressure’ before UFC Fight Night 220

Montana De La Rosa is very much looking forward to the most high-profile fight of her career against Tatiana Suarez.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag] has been out of action for longer than she hoped, but she’ll return to the most high-profile matchup of her career when she meets [autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 220.

De La Rosa (12-7-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) and undefeated Suarez (8-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will meet in a women’s flyweight bout on the ESPN+ main card Saturday at the UFC Apex. The attention surrounding the fight has almost all to do with the highly touted Suarez, who is competing in the octagon for the first time in three-and-a-half years.

Prior to the layoff, Suarez’s grappling prowess garnered comparisons to Khabib Nurmagomedov, and she was pegged by many as a future UFC strawweight champion.

For that reason, De La Rosa believes all the pressure heading into the fight is on Suarez to deliver.

“There’s not any pressure for me. If anything, she’s the one with the pressure,” De La Rosa told reporters, including MMA Junkie, on Wednesday at UFC Fight Night 220 media day. “I mean, everyone says she’s the next Khabib or the woman Khabib, so I think she has a lot of expectations to live up to in this fight on Saturday.”

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De La Rosa, who lost to Maycee Barber her last time out, is making her return to the cage after a 10-month layoff, which she said was due to “some injuries” and “some medical stuff.” She’s back healthy now and ready to compete.

When the UFC approached her 12 weeks ago with the Suarez offer, De La Rosa jumped at the opportunity to welcome her back and to a higher division.

“Just that she’s a big name, you know. She’s undefeated,” De La Rosa said of why she was excited to face Suarez. “She kind of is one dimensional. I mean, obviously the best at what she does, but I just feel like there’s a lot of things that I can do in there that she hasn’t seen before, especially when she’s moving up to the flyweight division when she’s just been facing smaller opponents. …

“I think she’s physically going to be very strong, because she was dominating at 115. But I’m used to very strong opponents. She’s obviously faced Carla (Esparza), who’s a really great wrestler, but she’s so small, and I think it’s gonna be different when she faces someone who has a wrestling background like me, as well as good striking and good jiu-jitsu, as well.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 220.

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UFC Fight Night 220 pre-event facts: Tatiana Suarez returns after 1,358 days

Check out the numbers behind UFC Fight Night 220, where undefeated Tatiana Suarez fights for the first time since June 2019.

The UFC wraps its February schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 220, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with the full lineup slated to stream on ESPN+.

A clash of high-action light heavyweight contenders is featured in the main event of the card. Nikita Krylov (28-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) and Ryan Spann (21-7 MMA, 7-2 UFC) will bring a combined 37 career first-round finishes to the octagon in a fight that’s slated for five rounds, but unlikely to need it.

For more on the numbers behind the headliners, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC Fight Night 220.

Tatiana Suarez returns from injury layoff, faces Montana De La Rosa at UFC Fight Night 220

After nearly four years away, Tatiana Suarez is set for her UFC return as she’ll take on Montana De La Rosa, MMA Junkie has learned.

After nearly four years away, [autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag] is set for her long-awaited UFC return.

Recovered from injury, Suarez (8-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will fight [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag] (12-7-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 220. The card takes place Feb. 25 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Two people with knowledge of the booking recently informed MMA Junkie of the matchup but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. De La Rosa announced the booking Friday on her OnlyFans.

Suarez, 32, is pegged by some as a potential future champion. In 2016, she won “The Ultimate Fighter 23” when she defeated Amanda Cooper by first-round submission. Consecutive victories over Viviane Pereira, Alexa Grasso, and Carla Esparza followed.

Her most recent bout took place in June 2019 when she moved to flyweight and defeated Nina Nunes by unanimous decision. After the fight, Suarez suffered a neck injury that knocked her out of action for two years.

In 2021, she was booked against Roxanne Modafferi. However, she suffered a knee injury and withdrew from the bout.

De La Rosa, 27, looks for consistency. She is 1-1-1 in her most recent three appearances. Her UFC victories include Ariane Lipski and Rachael Ostovich. She most recently competed in April when she lost to Maycee Barber by unanimous decision.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Feb. 25 includes:

  • Nikita Krylov vs. Ryan Spann
  • Montana De La Rosa vs. Tatiana Suarez
  • Nurullo Aliev vs. Rafael Alves
  • Trevor Peek vs. Alex Reyes
  • Jordan Leavitt vs. Victor Martinez
  • Hailey Cowan vs. Ailin Perez
  • Denys Bondar vs. Ode Osbourne
  • Cortney Casey vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
  • Darrius Flowers vs. Erick Gonzalez
  • Lucas Almeida vs. Andre Fili
  • Don’Tale Mayes vs. Augusto Sakai
  • Brendan Allen vs. Andre Muniz
  • Yohan Lainesse vs. Mike Malott
  • Trevor Peek vs. Alex Reyes
  • Nurullo Aliev vs. Rafael Alves

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UFC Fight Night 205 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $8.5 million

UFC Fight Night 205 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 205 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $149,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 205 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Claudio Puelles[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Clay Guida[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Lando Vannata[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jordan Wright[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sergey Khandozhko[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dwight Grant[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tyson Pedro[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ike Villanueva[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Aori Qileng[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cameron Else[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Preston Parsons[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Evan Elder[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Philipe Lins[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mike Jackson[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dean Barry[/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 2057 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2051 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: $2,470,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $8,638,000

UFC Fight Night 205 results: Maycee Barber grinds out decision win against Montana De La Rosa

Maycee Barber makes it two in a row, outpointing Montana De La Rosa at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205.

The momentum continues to build for [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag].

“The Future” picked up a unanimous decision win over [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag] on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205 in Las Vegas. Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) outpointed De La Rosa (12-6-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) 30-27 on all three judges’ scorecards.

It was a grueling affair that had both fighters fighting at close quarters for the majority of their 15-minute flyweight bout.

De La Rosa looked to close the distance and force Barber to wrestle. The 23-year-old was content grappling with De La Rosa. And although Barber was controlled for certain portions of the fight, she was able to get a slight edge in the wrestling plus managed to do more damage than De La Rosa in all three rounds.

The first and third were pretty strong rounds by Barber. The closest round of the contest was the second where De La Rosa was able to take Barber’s back and establish a good amount of control.

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With this result, Barber is now on a two-fight winning streak, putting behind the pair of consecutive defeats that marked the first losses of her career. Barber was undefeated until she came up short in back-to-back decisions against Roxanne Modafferi in 2020 and then Alexa Grasso in 2021.

Meanwhile, De La Rosa suffered her first defeat since 2020. She was coming off a technical knockout win over Ariane Lipski at UFC Fight Night 189 in June and prior to that, she fought to a draw in a bout against Brazil’s Mayra Bueno Silva.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 205 results include:

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UFC books Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa again, set for April 23

A key matchup in the UFC women’s flyweight division is back on the books after a failed first attempt.

A key matchup in the UFC women’s flyweight division is back on the books after a failed first attempt.

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] will look to win her second straight fight when she battles [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]. The bout takes place April 23 at a location and venue to-be-announced.

Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

The two fighters were originally scheduled to meet Dec. 11 at UFC 269. However, De La Rosa withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Erin Blanchfield. Shortly thereafter, Barber withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Miranda Maverick.

In her most recent fight, Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) snapped a two-fight losing skid in July when she defeated fellow rising star Miranda Maverick via split decision. The fight returned her to the win column after back-to-back unanimous decision defeats to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso.

De La Rosa has put forth mixed results recently. Over the span of her most recent three fights, De La Rosa has gone 1-1-1 with a loss against Viviane Araujo, a draw vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, and most recently, a TKO win over Ariane Lipski.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for April 23 includes:

  • Jessica Andrade vs. Amanda Lemos
  • Louis Cosce vs. Preston Parsons
  • Qileng Aori vs. Cameron Else
  • Clay Guida vs. Claudio Puelles
  • Dean Barry vs. Mike Jackson
  • Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa

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Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa targeted for UFC 269

A key UFC women’s flyweight fight between Maycee Barber and Montana De La Rosa is in the works for Dec. 11 at UFC 269.

A key matchup in the UFC women’s flyweight division is in the works for the promotion’s December pay-per-view event.

The seventh-youngest fighter on the UFC roster, [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] will look to win her second straight fight when she battles [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag], pending bout finalization. The bout takes place Dec. 11 at a location and venue to-be-announced, though the event will likely happen in Las Vegas.

De La Rosa (12-6-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) announced the news in an Instagram Live with MMA Junkie on Wednesday. A person with knowledge of the matchup also verified paperwork has been issued for the bout and is expected to be signed in the coming days.

“We’re both fight finishers, both top 15,” De La Rosa said. “I’m really excited to start climbing the ranks.”

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Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) snapped a two-fight losing skid in July when she defeated fellow rising star Miranda Maverick via split decision. The fight returned her to the win column after back-to-back unanimous decision defeats to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso.

De La Rosa has put forth mixed results recently. Over the span of her most recent three fights, De La Rosa has gone 1-1-1 with a loss against Viviane Araujo, a draw vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, and most recently, a TKO win over Ariane Lipski.

With the addition, the UFC 269 lineup includes:

  • Champion Amanda Nunes vs. Julianna Pena – for women’s bantamweight title
  • Cody Garbrandt vs. Kai Kara-France
  • Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gillian Robertson
  • Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa