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Montel Jackson put away Da’Mon Blackshear with a brutal two-punch combo for a $50,000 bonus.
[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag][anyclip-media thumbnail=”undefined” playlistId=”undefined” content=”dW5kZWZpbmVk”][/anyclip-media] beat Da’Mon Blackshear with a first-round knockout Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Arena in Denver.
Take a look inside the fight with Jackson, who put Blackshear away in just 18 seconds for a $50,000 bonus.
The UFC has now issued more than $4 million in Promotional Guidelines Compliance to its fighters in 2024 after UFC Denver.
DENVER – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 59 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $180,500.
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 on ESPN 59 took place at Ball Arena in Colorado. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 59 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Tracy Cortez[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Muslim Salikhov[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Santiago Ponzinibbio[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Jean Silva[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Gabriel Bonfim[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Ange Loosa[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Christian Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag]: $11,000
vs. [autotag]Cody Brundage[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Joshua Van[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Fatima Kline[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Da’Mon Blackshear[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Luana Santos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Mariya Agapova[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Andre Petroski[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Josh Fremd[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Evan Elder[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Darrius Flowers[/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 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 $31,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-59 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $4,129,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $26,866,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 59.
UFC on ESPN 59 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.
Montel Jackson lived up to his nickname with a “Quik” finish of Da’Mon Blackshear at UFC on ESPN 59 in Denver.
[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag] lived up to his nickname “Quik” with a fast night at the office that was preceded by a perfect commentary call from former UFC champion Dominick Cruz.
“Watch the straight punches from Jackson,” Cruz said as the fight began. “They’re just lightning-like, straight down the pipe.”
A split-second after the prophetic words were spoken, Jackson (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) fired off a fast two-punch combination, putting Da’Mon Blackshear down and out just 18 seconds into their bantamweight preliminary bout at UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Arena in Denver.
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A right to the chest and a left hand to the chin knocked Blackshear (14-7-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) out, and the referee rushed in to stop Jackson from connecting with more follow-up punches on the ground.
ONE AND DONE
@Montello135 gets it done in just 17 SECONDS! #UFCDenver pic.twitter.com/pnwAUJAc7p
— UFC (@ufc) July 14, 2024
Jackson is no stranger to first-round finishes in the UFC, as this was his fourth in 10 fights. However, this was easily his fastest; his previous best time was 1:40 in a submission win over Brian Kelleher at UFC 232 in 2018.
The result pushes Jackson’s winning streak to five, including three first-round finishes. Additionally, he holds the record for most knockdowns in the bantamweight division with 11, and has tied Chuck Liddell, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Cody Garbrandt and Josh Emmett with seven consecutive knockdowns, according to UFC research analyst Michael Carroll.
Blackshear, whose last win in the UFC was a very rare twister submission of Jose Johnson last August, has now dropped two straight.
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Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 59 results include:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 59.
After multiple cancellations, the UFC is building its Denver event back up.
The UFC is building back up its upcoming Denver event after a slew of withdrawals.
The most recent addition to UFC on ESPN 59 is a bantamweight bout as [autotag]Da’Mon Blackshear[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag] has been booked. The event takes place July 13 at Ball Arena.
Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
Blackshear (14-6-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) aims to bounce back from a UFC 292 unanimous decision loss to Mario Bautista in August. The loss snapped a two-fight winning steak. Since then, Blackshear has moved his training to Thailand and Tiger Muay Thai.
Jackson (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) rides a four-fight winning streak into the matchup but has struggled to get into the cage as of late. His three most recent bookings have fallen through including two opponent withdrawals for UFC on ABC 6 on June 22.
With the addition, the UFC on ESPN 59 fight card includes:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 59.
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 a promotion from Aug. 14-20.
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 a promotion from Aug. 7-13.
Could 2024 be Montel Jackson’s big breakthrough year as a UFC bantamweight contender?
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag] is taking it step by step.
With no fight on the books at the moment, Jackson (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) isn’t sure what the future holds in terms of opponents, locations, or dates for his next outing. However, he’s confident the next 18 months will be a period in which he solidifies himself as a UFC bantamweight contender.
“It’s just one step at a time, like everything else,” Jackson recently told MMA Junkie Radio on UFC X Radio Row. “We can worry about what’s in front of us right now. What’s in front of us right now is just making it to the top 15, finishing out the year in the top 15, and going undefeated the rest of this year. 2024, we’re going to start a march toward the title and hopefully work our way down.”
For Jackson, he’s had way more ups than downs in the UFC, in terms of fight results. Each of his losses he’s bounced back stronger from, racking up win streaks directly thereafter.
“It’s just not being complacent and not being satisfied,” Jackson said. “You’ve always got to have the mentality, like, ‘I don’t deserve this.’ If you have that mentality of, ‘You don’t deserve this,’ you’re going to always be humble in your approach and you’ll work hard.”
In the immediate future, Jackson will sit back and wait for a phone call from his manager Jason House. Whoever’s name is pitched, he’ll accept.
“They could give me anybody, man – whoever is willing to step up or whoever is up next for the fight,” Jackson said. “I just throw my name out there.”
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Montel Jackson says he enjoys his dark horse status in UFC bantamweight division following a KO win at UFC Fight Night 222 in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag] is cool with not getting the attention from fans and media, despite being one of the most interesting rising contenders at 135 pounds.
Jackson (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) picked up his fourth consecutive win this Saturday, becoming the first man to knockout Rani Yahya in the UFC. Jackson put away the highly-touted grappler in the first round of their bantamweight contest on the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 222, which went down at the UFC Apex.
Jackson doesn’t care if he gets a top-15 fighter or not, and frankly enjoys laying low and not causing too much buzz.
“We just got to see, we got to see, you know?” Jackson said when asked if he should get a top-15 fighter next. “I don’t mind flying under the radar. It makes life a little bit more easier for me. I can go most places and not be so recognizable. I can enjoy dinner. I can move about incognito, so it’s good, it’s good. I’ll deal with it when it comes.”
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Yahya (28-11-1 MMA, 13-5-1 UFC), who’s one of the best grapplers to ever compete in the UFC, was able to get Jackson to the ground by pulling guard. Yahya attempted to tie up Jackson, but he was able to avoid any submissions and return to fighting on the feet.
Jackson said he never felt in danger at any point in the fight.
“Very confident,” Jackson said regarding his comfort level grappling with Yahya. “I grapple with some of the best grapplers in the world. Even in the midwest, we have a lot of tough grapplers.”
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 222.
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Sergei Pavlovich is firmly in the UFC record books after extending his first-round KO streak against Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 222.
The octagon was back in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday for UFC Fight Night 222, and a new heavyweight contender emerged from the main event.
[autotag]Sergei Pavlovich[/autotag] (17-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) made history when he recorded a modern company record sixth consecutive first-round knockout, this time against his most decorated opponent to date in fellow contender [autotag]Curtis Blaydes[/autotag] (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC).
Pavlovich has put his mark on the record books of the promotion, and for more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 222.
UFC Fight Night 222 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 222 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $181,500.
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 222 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 222 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Sergei Pavlovich[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Curtis Blaydes[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Brad Tavares[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag]: $21,000
vs. [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Iasmin Lucindo[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Brogan Walker[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Jeremiah Wells[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Christos Giagos[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Ricky Glenn[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rani Yahya[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Norma Dumont[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Karol Rosa[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Mohammed Usman[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Junior Tafa[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]William Gomis[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Francis Marshall[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Brady Hiestand[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Danaa Batgerel[/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 2221 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: $2,411,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $17,000,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 222.
