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UFC on ESPN 44 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Four fighters get max non-title payout

UFC on ESPN 44 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 44 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $254,500.

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 44 took place at T-Mobile Center. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 44 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Max Holloway[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Edson Barboza[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Azamat Murzakanov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dustin Jacoby[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Ion Cutelaba[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Tanner Boser[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Chris Gutierrez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Rafa Garcia[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Clay Guida[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Bill Algeo[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]T.J. Brown[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Brandon Royval[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Matheus Nicolau[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Zak Cummings[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Ed Herman[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Piera Rodriguez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Daniel Zellhuber[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Lando Vannata[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bruna Brasil[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Gaston Bolanos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Aaron Phillips[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Joselyne Edwards[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Lucie Pudilova[/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 $44,000 while title challengers get $44,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-44 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

“UFC on ESPN 44: Holloway vs. Allen” – $254,500
“UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2” – $274,500
“UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen” – $137,000
“UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3” – $266,500
“UFC Fight Night 221: Yan vs. Dvalishvili” – $194,000
“UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane” – $282,500
“UFC Fight Night 220: Muniz vs. Allen” – $126,000
“UFC Fight Night 219: Andrade vs. Blanchfield” – $158,000
“UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski” – $263,000
“UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac” – $136,000
“UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill” – $359,500
“UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000

Year-to-date total: $2,230,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $16,819,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 44.

UFC on ESPN 44 predictions: Who’s taking Arnold Allen over ex-champ Max Holloway in mighty K.C.?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC on ESPN 44 main card in Kansas City, Mo., featuring Max Holloway vs. Arnold Allen.

	Holloway vs. Allen	Barboza vs. Quarantillo	Jacoby vs. Murzakanov	Boser vs. Cutelaba	Gutierrez vs. Munhoz	Garcia vs. Guida
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 45-33	Holloway (62%)	Quarantillo (54%)	Jacoby (53%)	Boser (63%)	Gutierrez (71%)	Garcia (53%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 48-30	Holloway	Quarantillo	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Guida
Matt Erickson @MattE 48-30	Allen	Barboza	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Garcia
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 48-30	Holloway	Barboza	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Guida
Simon Samano @SJSamano 47-31	Holloway	Barboza	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Garcia
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 45-33	Holloway	Quarantillo	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Garcia
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 44-34	Holloway	Quarantillo	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Guida
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 44-34 2018, 2022 Champion	Allen	Quarantillo	Murzakanov	Cutelaba	Gutierrez	Guida
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 44-34	Holloway	Barboza	Murzakanov	Cutelaba	Gutierrez	Guida
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 43-35 2014 Champion	Holloway	Barboza	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Guida
Brian Garcia @thegoze 43-35 2017 Champion	Holloway	Quarantillo	Jacoby	Boser	Gutierrez	Guida
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 41-37	Holloway	Barboza	Murzakanov	Boser	Gutierrez	Garcia

Five years after its first visit, the UFCc is back in an historic Midwest city this week with a former featherweight champion on the top of the card.

UFC on ESPN 44 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+.

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

In the main event, former featherweight champion [autotag]Max Holloway[/autotag] (23-7 MMA, 19-7 UFC) takes on England’s [autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag] (19-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC), who is unbeaten in the UFC. Holloway is nearly a 2-1 favorite at the betting window, and our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have him in a rout at 9-2.

In the co-feature, [autotag]Edson Barboza[/autotag] (22-11 MMA, 16-11 UFC) meets [autotag]Billy Quarantillo[/autotag] (17-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in another potential featherweight banger. Quarantillo is a -175 favorite, but it’s elite striker Barboza who has the slimmest possible edge in the picks at 6-5.

Also on the main card, [autotag]Dustin Jacoby[/autotag] (18-6-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) fights [autotag]Azamat Murzakanov[/autotag] (12-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at light heavyweight, and even though he’s a -165 favorite, it’s Murzakanov who has a near-shutout in the picks as an underdog at 10-1.

Another fight at 205 pounds sees [autotag]Tanner Boser[/autotag] (20-9-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) take on [autotag]Ion Cutelaba[/autotag] (16-9-1 MMA, 5-8-1 UFC). Cutelaba is a slight favorite at -135, but Boser has a big 9-2 picks lead.

[autotag]Chris Gutierrez[/autotag] (19-3-2 MMA, 7-1-1 UFC) is more than a 2-1 favorite against [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag] (19-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) in their bantamweight bout, and he’s our lone unanimous pick from our staff members at 11-0.

And to open the main card, [autotag]Rafa Garcia[/autotag] (15-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) takes on longtime lightweight and UFC Hall of Famer [autotag]Clay Guida[/autotag] (38-22 MMA, 18-16 UFC). Garcia is the biggest favorite on the entire card at -275, but the picks didn’t play out that way. Underdog Guida has a 7-4 lead from our pickers.

In the MMA Junkie consensus picks, Holloway (62 percent), Quarantillo (54 percent), Jacoby (53 percent), Boser (63 percent), Gutierrez (71 percent), and Garcia (54 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 44.

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UFC on ESPN 44 pre-event facts: Will Arnold Allen crack Max Holloway’s historic chin?

Check out the numbers behind UFC on ESPN 44, where Max Holloway brings an insane durability record into his main event with Arnold Allen.

The UFC returns to Missouri for the first time in exactly five years on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 44, which takes place at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., with a main card that airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+.

In the main event, the stakes don’t get much higher than the clash of featherweight contenders. Former longtime UFC champ [autotag]Max Holloway[/autotag] (23-7 MMA, 19-7 UFC) looks to begin another run toward the belt when he takes on [autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag] (19-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC), who is unbeaten inside the octagon thus far.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts from UFC on ESPN 44.

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UFC’s Pedro Munhoz: ‘It was shady’ how Sean O’Malley handled eye-poke fallout, but no hard feelings

Pedro Munhoz can see clearly that Sean O’Malley was being “shady” in the aftermath of their fight, but he’s not holding any grudges.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag] can see clearly that [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] was being “shady” in the aftermath of their fight, but he’s not holding any grudges.

Munhoz returns Saturday at UFC on ESPN 44 from T-Mobile Center, where he’ll take on Chris Gutierrez on the main card. It’s Munhoz’s first action in nine months, when an inadvertent eye poke from O’Malley ended their UFC 276 bantamweight bout in a no contest in Round 2.

On Wednesday at UFC on ESPN 44 media day, Munhoz opened up about his recovery and the backlash he received on social media for not finishing the fight despite the fact he couldn’t see out of one eye.

“It took me completely two months to be able to train a hundred percent again,” Munhoz told reporters, including MMA Junkie. “It was kind of an injury that, it doesn’t seem too aggravating for the people outside, but you being there and literally not being able to see is something (to worry about). …

“I’ve been in this sport a long time and fought many people, but that was definitely the first time that I got so much hate on social media.”

Part of that hate from fight fans was fueled by O’Malley, who said during his post-fight news conference that Munhoz “100 percent” was looking for a way out. According to Munhoz, O’Malley had a different attitude about the situation when they spoke inside the octagon after the fight.

“I don’t know him on a personal level, but it says a lot when a person apologizes to you in the octagon for poking you in the eye – so it was something he was aware of – but then on the other hand he goes and makes fun of the situation,” Munhoz said. “I come from a generation of the sport where we fight for the honor and not much for the crowd, not much for that situation that you make fun of people, even though that he’s aware he hurt me, and goes behind to make fun just to get followers. It was shady.”

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While Munhoz doesn’t appreciate the way things played out, he’s mostly taking the high road on the situation.

“No, I don’t have any bad feelings,” Munhoz said. “It is what it is. He has his way of seeing things, I have my way of seeing things, and I wish him the best.”

Aside from the no contest with O’Malley, Munhoz had lost four of his previous five bouts. He’s looking for his first win since February 2021 on Saturday against Gutierrez, who is on an eight-fight unbeaten streak with one draw.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 44.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Jan. 16-22)

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 Jan. 16-22.

Streaking Chris Gutierrez draws Pedro Munhoz at UFC Fight Night on April 15

After sending Frankie Edgar into retirement, Chris Gutierrez will meet another UFC bantamweight mainstay in Pedro Munhoz.

After sending Frankie Edgar into retirement, [autotag]Chris Gutierrez[/autotag] will get a chance to take another climb forward in the bantamweight pecking order against [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag].

Gutierrez (19-4-2 MMA, 7-1-1 UFC) and Munhoz (19-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) have agreed to a matchup at UFC Fight Night on April 15. MMA Junkie confirmed the booking with a person close to the situation following an initial report from UFC broadcast partner ESPN. The person requested anonymity because the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

There has not been an announced location or venue for the card at this time.

Gutierrez, No. 12 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie bantamweight rankings, is currently in the midst of an eight-fight unbeaten streak. After losing his octagon debut in November 2018, the 31-year-old has not been defeated again. His current streak includes a brutal first-round knockout of Edgar this past November at UFC 281.

No. 15 Munhoz, meanwhile, will attempt to hang on to his ranking and avoid extending the roughest stretch of his career. The 36-year-old has just one victory in his past six fights, albeit with all his losses coming against former or current champions in Aljamain Sterling, Jose Aldo, Dominick Cruz, and Edgar.

Munhoz’s most recent fight at UFC 276 in July saw him clash with Sean O’Malley, but it ended in a no contest when the Brazilian couldn’t continue after O’Malley poked him in the eye.

The latest lineup for UFC Fight Night on April 15 now includes:

Edson Barboza vs. Billy Quarantillo
Chris Gutierrez vs. Pedro Munhoz
Dustin Jacoby vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Bill Algeo vs. TJ Brown
Bruna Brasil vs. Denise Gomes
Martin Buday vs. Jake Collier

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Pedro Munhoz publica informe médico como prueba de su lesión ocular por su pelea contra Sean O’Malley en la UFC 276

A pesar de lo que Sean O’Malley, su oponente en la UFC 276, y otras personas puedan creer, Pedro Munhoz ha tomado medidas innecesarias para demostrar que sí tiene una lesión real. En el segundo round de su pelea estelar, O’Malley le picó el ojo …

A pesar de lo que Sean O’Malley, su oponente en la UFC 276, y otras personas puedan creer, Pedro Munhoz ha tomado medidas innecesarias para demostrar que sí tiene una lesión real.

En el segundo round de su pelea estelar, O’Malley le picó el ojo accidentalmente a Munhoz. Cuando el doctor entró a la jaula para revisarlo, Munhoz le dijo que no podía ver y la pelea se detuvo pocos minutos después de haber ocurrido el incidente, lo que resultó en que no hubiera ganador y se declarara un ‘no contest‘.

En la conferencia de prensa después de la pelea, O’Malley le dijo a los reporteros que Munhoz “100%” había buscado una salida de la pelea. Pocas horas después de la pelea, Munhoz dio su parte de la historia; dijo que, antes de la falta accidental en el segundo round que dio pie a que se detuviera la pelea, ya también había recibido un piquete en el ojo en el segundo round.

Aparentemente, la historia de Munhoz, junto con las confirmaciones de terceras personas y las fotos de sus ojos hinchados tras el incidente, no fueron suficientes para convencer a la gente de que su lesión era legítima.

Así que el lunes, Munhoz tomó un paso más para demostrar su lesión en el ojo y publicó una foto de su expediente médico en Instagram.

“Este es el informe médico del sábado en la noche”, fue lo que escribió Munhoz en su publicación de redes sociales.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmoCVzvdRW/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=dad975a2-38ac-4522-bd0c-d3f1dd30aced

Según el informe, a Munhoz se le dio un ungüento oftálmico con eritromicina, utilizado para tratar infecciones oculares. Además de eso, se le administró una tira de fluoresceína oftálmica en ambos ojos, que ayuda a detectar abrasiones en la córnea; y una solución oftálmica con tetracaína para adormecer los ojos antes de los procedimientos médicos.

El informe muestra que Munhoz debe regresar con el Dr. Emil A. Stein, un oftalmólogo de Las Vegas, para su seguimiento por la abrasión de la córnea derecha y por dolor agudo en el ojo derecho.

Mientras que no hubiera sido necesario que un luchador publicara su informe médico en línea para demostrarle a todos aquellos que no le creían, Munhoz mostró el “recibo” para demostrar que está lidiando con una lesión real de su pelea contra O’Malley.

Artículo traducido por Ana Lucía Toledo

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Pedro Munhoz shares medical record to prove eye injury from UFC 276 bout against Sean O’Malley

Pedro Munhoz has gone a step further in trying to convince doubters that his eye injury is real.

Despite what his UFC 276 opponent [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] and others may believe, [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag] has gone to unnecessary lengths to prove he sustained a very real injury.

In the second round of their main card bout, Munhoz was accidentally poked in the right eye by O’Malley. Munhoz told the doctor who entered the cage to check on him that he couldn’t see and the fight was stopped a few minutes after the incident occurred, resulting in a no contest.

Speaking to reporters during the post-fight news conference, O’Malley said Munhoz “100 percent” wanted a way out of the fight. A few hours after the fight, Munhoz explained his side of the story, saying he was poked in the eye in the first round too, before the accidental foul in the second that led to the stoppage.

Apparently, Munhoz’s story along with a few third-party confirmations and photos of his swollen eyes after the fact wasn’t enough to convince people his injury was legitimate.

On Monday, Munhoz took it a step further to prove his eye injury by posting a photo of his medical record on Instagram.

“This is a Saturday night medical report,” Munhoz wrote in the caption of the social media post.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmoCVzvdRW/

According to the record, Munhoz was given erythromycin ophthalmic ointment, which is used to treat eye infections. In addition, he was administered a fluorescein ophthalmic strip in both eyes, which aids in detecting corneal abrasions, and tetracaine ophthalmic solution to numb the eyes before medical procedures.

The record shows Munhoz is to follow up with Dr. Emil A. Stein, a Las Vegas-based ophthalmologist, for abrasion of the right cornea and acute right eye pain.

While it shouldn’t be necessary for a fighter to post their medical records online to prove to his doubters wrong, Munhoz brought out the “receipt” to show he is dealing with a real injury from his fight with O’Malley.

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Pedro Munhoz says Sean O’Malley scratched his cornea at UFC 276: ‘I couldn’t see anything’

After UFC 276, Pedro Munhoz said a Sean O’Malley eye poke scratched his cornea – and was met by hundreds of insults from commenters online.

UFC bantamweight [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag] revealed he suffered an injury as a result of a fight-ending foul Saturday.

At UFC 276, the fight between Munhoz and [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] ended in a no contest due to an inadvertent eye poke. Midway through Round 2, O’Malley’s fingers raked Munhoz’s face and rendered the Brazilian fighter unable to continue, according to the cageside physician’s assessment.

Hours after the fight, Munhoz said the diagnosis from a hospital visit was a scratched cornea.

“To explain briefly what happened in the fight against Sean O’Malley, I was poked in the eye in the first round but kept fighting, and was hit with a low blow shortly after,” Munhoz said in Portuguese (English translation via MMA Fighting). “The fight restarted and we exchanged a few strikes. In the second round, that’s when I suffered another eye poke. I couldn’t see anything for 20 minutes. I was taken to the hospital and they used a special eye drop that made my eye numb so they could open my eye.

“They did an exam and the medical report I have is that there’s a scratch in the cornea all the way around it. I couldn’t open my eye because of that and couldn’t see anything. The referee asked if I could see at all and the doctor decided to stop the fight. That’s what happened tonight.”

Despite his explanation, the comments on the video post consisted of insults, criticisms and accusations of faking injury. But as one Twitter user pointed out. Munhoz, 35, has fought a who’s-who of the bantamweight division, including champion Aljamain Sterling, former champs Dominick Cruz, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar, and Rob Font – and has never been finished in his professional career.

Most fans are nothing but fucking idiots. Pedro's been one of the toughest dude in the sport, went to wars with all time greats and you think he'd bailed out of a fight where he took almost no clean shots. Fuck outta here, and keep the same energy the day you'll meet him. pic.twitter.com/OeO08y1ClN

— Philippe Pocholle Marchetti (@ASAP_Pipa) July 3, 2022

Munhoz did not give a timeline for his return or if he wants to rematch O’Malley, who claimed at his post-fight news conference he thought Munhoz “100 percent” looked for a way out. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), corneal abrasions can take anywhere from a day to three months to heal on average, depending on severity.

According to UFC senior vice president of athlete development Reed Harris, Munhoz’s eye swelled shut overnight. Harris added Munhoz acknowledged the foul was an accident and remained respectful toward O’Malley.

At UFC Host hotel this morning. Just saw @PedroMunhozmma . For all you doubters out there, his eye is swollen shut. When to hopotal last night and eye is scratched. This shit is real. BTW- he said he knows it was an accident and h nothing but respect for Sean.

— Reed Harris (@reedharrisufc) July 3, 2022

UFC 276 took place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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5 biggest takeaways from UFC 276: Criticizing Izzy, Volkanovski’s P4P placement, and did Munhoz quit?

Does Israel Adesanya deserve criticism? Is Alexander Volkanovski No. 1 pound-for-pound? Did Pedro Munhoz quit vs. Sean O’Malley? Read our UFC 276 takeaways.

What mattered most at UFC 276 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas? Here are a few post-fight musings …