Tag: Ovince Saint Preux

UFC 307 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program cracks $29 million total paid since Venum deal

The UFC has now paid more than $29 million to its athletes under the Promotional Guidelines Compliance program following UFC 307.

SALT LAKE CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 307 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $407,500.

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 307 took place at Delta Center in Utah. The main card aired on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 307 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Khalil Rountree[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Julianna Peña[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Raquel Pennington[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Jose Aldo[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Roman Dolidze[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Kayla Harrison[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ketlen Vieira[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Stephen Thompson[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Iasmin Lucindo[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Alexander Hernandez[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Austin Hubbard[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Cesar Almeida[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Tecia Pennington[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Court McGee[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Tim Means[/autotag]: $21,000

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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $6,302,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $29,039,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 307.

Ryan Spann def. Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Ryan Spann’s first-round submission win over Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 307 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag]’s first-round submission win over [autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag] at UFC 307 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. (Fight and venue photos by Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA Today Sports)

UFC 307 video: Ryan Spann rocks, taps Ovince Saint Preux to snap three-fight skid

Ryan Spann once again showed what he’s capable of when he’s on top of his game with a vicious finish of Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 307.

[autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag] once again showed what he’s capable of when he’s on top of his game with a vicious finish of [autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag] at UFC 307.

With his back against the wall on a three-fight losing skid, Spann (22-10 MMA, 8-5 UFC) came out of the gate and hurt Saint Preux (27-18 MMA, 15-13 UFC) early in the opening round of their light heavyweight bout at Delta Center.

As his opponent tried to recover, Spann snatched the neck and forced his way on top with a guillotine choke that forced Saint Preux to frantically tap out just 95 seconds after the fight began.

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Check out the replay of the finish below (via X):

After the fight, Spann was thrilled in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan and said this is where his run at 205 pounds truly begins.

Meanwhile, Jon Anik noted on the broadcast that Saint Preux fought out of the final bout on his UFC contract, and it could possibly be it in the octagon for the man with the most wins in divisional history.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 307 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 307.

UFC Fight Night 242 news: Ovince Saint Preux forced out of this weekend’s bout vs. Ryan Spann

UFC Fight Night 242 has seen another change during fight week with the cancellation of Ovince Saint Preux vs. Ryan Spann.

UFC Fight Night 242 has seen another fight week change to its lineup.

Former light heavyweight title challenger Ovince Saint Preux has been forced out of his bout against Ryan Spann due to illness. The fight has been canceled, and there will not be a replacement, leaving Saturday’s event at the UFC Apex with 12 bouts. UFC officially announced the news on Wednesday.

The fight would have been the second of the year for Saint Preux (27-17 MMA, 15-12 UFC), who won a split decision over Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC Fight Night 239 in March. Spann (21-10 MMA, 7-5 UFC) was also set for his second appearance of the year as he sought to snap a three-fight skid.

This was the second change to the card during fight week. Matt Schnell was initially slated to face Alessandro Costa, who was forced out due to injury. Schnell now faces Cody Durden on less than a week’s notice.

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With the change, the UFC Fight Night 242 lineup includes:

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

UFC books vets Ovince Saint Preux, Ryan Spann for September showdown

Two UFC light heavyweight division staples will collide in September.

Two experienced light heavyweights will collide in September at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

[autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag] will battle [autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag] in a three-round bout at the UFC Fight Night event Sept. 7.

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 remain anonymous.

Saint Preux (27-17 MMA, 15-12 UFC) is one of the longest tenured fighters on the promotion’s roster. He was imported onto the UFC roster as part of the Strikeforce merger in 2012. Since then, Saint Preux has competed against some of the division’s biggest names, including Jon Jones in an interim title fight in 2016. Saint Preux has won two of his most recent three matchups including an exciting brawl vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu in March.

Fortis MMA’s Spann (21-10 MMA, 7-5 UFC) is a former LFA light heavyweight champion who has established himself as a knockout artist in the UFC. He aims to snap a three-fight skid against Saint Preux.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Sept. 7 includes:

  • Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady
  • Jessica Andrade vs. Natalia Silva
  • Calvin Kattar vs. Kyle Nelson
  • Alessandro Costa vs. Matt Schnell
  • Felipe dos Santos vs. Andre Lima
  • Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
  • Isaac Dulgarian vs. Brendon Marotte
  • Dylan Budka vs. Andre Petroski
  • Gabriel Santos vs. Yi Zha
  • Yanal Ashmouz vs. Trevor Peek
  • Marcus McGhee vs. Aiemann Zahabi
  • Ovince Saint Preux vs. Ryan Spann
  • Chris Padilla vs. Rong Zhu

Even at 40, Ovince Saint Preux to ‘continue to make everybody mad’ like he did at UFC Fight Night 239

Ovince Saint Preux is one of the most senior (both in age and experience) fighters on the UFC roster but Saturday proved he still has more left.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag] is one of the most senior (both in age and experience) fighters on the UFC roster, but Saturday proved he still has more left in the tank.

On the UFC Fight Night 239 main card, Saint Preux (27-17 MMA, 14-12 UFC) thrilled with a three-round slugfest against Kennedy Nzechukwu (12-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC), whom he defeated by split decision.

The fight as a whole, but particularly the third round, saw the two men stand in the pocket and go blow-for-blow. Saint Preux’s boxing and aggression proved to be the difference, as two of the three judges sided with him.

“Man, to be honest again, I knew he don’t have that one (punch) knockout power,” Saint Preux told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference. “He was landing shots. I was landing shots. Actually, my trainer’s wife Taylor, the other day, we were doing something. She said, ‘You can do anything for five minutes. If you do it in five minutes, you can do anything in five minutes.’ I was like, ‘All right, cool.’ If you end up being in a phone booth for five minutes, you can do that. I was like, ‘I’m going to make it a fight. I’m not going to go down.’ We stayed in there. I knew he was getting tired of hitting me and I wasn’t going to get tired of hitting him.”

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Saint Preux, 40, has been on the promotion’s roster since 2013. Saturday’s fight positioned him at No. 1 atop the promotion’s all-time light heavyweight appearances leaderboard.

So having won two of his most recent three outings, where does OSP go from here?

“(I’ll) continue to make everybody mad,” Saint Preux joked. “I mean, it was a good fight, man. He came out orthodox and I was like, ‘OK.’ We kind of prepared for that but we were expecting to stay southpaw. Then, his jab was kind of landing. I was wondering, ‘Man, why is his jab landing kind of good.’ He went right-handed. Given the fact he went southpaw, with his dominant hand, he was able to pop up out a little bit faster. But once I got the timing down and stuff, I think my head movement did pretty good and I kind of messed up his timing. … I’m trying to fight two more times this year.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 239.

UFC Fight Night 239 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Ovince Saint Preux leads with $21,000

UFC Fight Night 239 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 239 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $189,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 239 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Tai Tuivasa[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Bryan Battle[/autotag]: $4,000
vs. [autotag]Ange Loosa[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Kennedy Nzechukwu[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Christian Rodriguez[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Isaac Dulgarian[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Macy Chiasson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Pannie Kianzad[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Gerald Meerschaert[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Bryan Barberena[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Mike Davis[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Natan Levy[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Chelsea Chandler[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Josiane Nunes[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jafel Filho[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ode Osbourne[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Danny Silva[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Josh Culibao[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jaqueline Amorim[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cory McKenna[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Thiago Moises[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Mitch Ramirez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Chad Anheliger[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Charalampos Grigoriou[/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 2391 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: $1,551,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,258,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 239.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Jan. 15-21)

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. 15-21.

UFC books Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Ovince Saint Preux

Ovince Saint Preux returns for his 27th UFC outing when he battles Fortis MMA’s Kennedy Nzechukwu.

One of the UFC’s longest-tenured fighters has his next assignment.

[autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag] returns for his 27th promotional appearance when he battles Fortis MMA’s [autotag]Kennedy Nzechuwku[/autotag]. The light heavyweight bout takes place March 16 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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.

Nzechukwu (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) aims to bounce back from an 82-second TKO loss against Dustin Jacoby in August. Prior to that defeat, Nzechukwu was on the best roll of his UFC tenure with three straight finish victories over Karl Roberson, Ion Cutelaba, and Devin Clark.

Saint Preux (26-17 MMA, 14-12 UFC) has been a staple of the promotion’s light heavyweight division since he joined the roster in April 2013 following the Strikeforce merger. Saint Preux most recently competed in February 2023 when he was TKOed by Philipe Lins in 49 seconds. Saint Preux was then suspended six months by USADA for a tainted supplement.

With the addition the UFC Fight Night lineup for March 16 includes:

  • Tai Tuivasa vs. Marcin Tybura
  • Thiago Moises vs. Brad Riddell
  • Jafel Filho vs. Ode Osbourne
  • Isaac Dulgarian vs. Christian Rodriguez
  • Bryan Battle vs. Ange Loosa
  • Jaqueline Amorim vs. Cory McKenna
  • Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Ovince Saint Preux

UFC veteran Ovince Saint Preux gets 6-month USADA suspension for second violation

Ovince Saint Preux has been suspended six months by USADA after a contaminated supplement led to a failed drug test for the second time.

Former UFC interim light heavyweight title challenger [autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag] has been banned from competition for a six-month period after a pair of drug tests administered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency returned the presence of banned substances.

Saint Preux (26-17 MMA, 14-12 UFC) has been given leniency, however, after analysis of the samples discovered supplements he ingested contained prohibited substances that were not listed on the label of the supplements. Saint Preux encountered a similar issue in 2019 after a positive test was connected to a contaminated supplement, as well.

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Check out the full details of Saint Preux’s case in the statement below issued by USADA:

Saint Preux, 40, tested positive for 3α-hydroxy-5α-androst-1-en-17-one (a long-term metabolite of 1-Androstenedione and/or 1-Testosterone) as the result of urine samples collected out-of-competition on June 17, 2023, and July 11, 2023. Because Saint Preux was not yet notified of his first positive test when his second test was collected, the two positive tests are combined into a single violation, as required under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.

During an investigation into the circumstances of the positive test, Saint Preux provided a container of a product he was using for analysis at the World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratory in Salt Lake City, Utah. Although no prohibited substances were listed on the supplement label, the analysis revealed that the product contained 1-Androstenedione, consistent with the metabolite for which Saint Preux tested positive. USADA was able to independently obtain a sealed container of the product from the same lot number and confirmed it was also contaminated. This product has been added to the High Risk List.

Although Saint Preux was not using a Certified Supplement, he received a reduction to his period of ineligibility because he was able to prove that his positive test was caused by a contaminated product and the very low levels detected in the products would not have benefited his performance. Given that this was his second violation, an increased period of ineligibility from what he received for his first violation was appropriate.

According to USADA, Saint Preux’s six-month period of ineligibility began on June 17. He can return to competition as of Dec. 17.

Saint Preux hasn’t fought since February, when he suffered a 49-second knockout loss against Philipe Lins at UFC Fight Night 219. He’s lost three of his past four fights overall.