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UFC on ABC 5 medical suspensions: Josh Emmett out indefinitely from damage sustained

Josh Emmett and Justin Tafa suffered graphic injuries at UFC on ABC 5 and are among those suspended indefinitely by the Florida commission.

UFC on ABC 5 took place Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. and featured 13 fights.

There were back-and-forth battles, knockouts, an eye gouge, and a submission. Through these fights, the athletes involved sustained injuries that will put them on the shelf for some time, unless cleared by a doctor.

Tuesday, MMA Junkie acquired a list of athlete medical suspensions from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), the sanctioning body that oversaw the event. The DBPR does not disclose injury specifics, but does show the durations of the suspension.

Atop the card, [autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag] proved he’s a premiere contender when he dominated [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag] en route to a unanimous decision, including a rare 10-7 scorecard. The two headliners were suspended indefinitely by DBPR afterward.

Seven fighters total were handed indefinite suspensions, while two were handed terms of specific durations and the rest of the card was cleared on fight night. Fighters are permitted to return prior to the end of their assigned durations if they are cleared by a doctor.

Scroll below to see the suspensions for the full UFC on ABC 5 card.

UFC on ABC 5 post-event facts: Ilia Topuria’s main event beatdown makes history

Check out all the facts and figures from UFC on ABC 5, where Ilia Topuria’s main event win was boosted by a rare achievement.

The UFC returned to Florida for the second time this year on Saturday with UFC on ABC 5, which took place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville and saw eight of 13 bouts go to a decision.

The main event was one of those bouts to go to the judges, but it was a clear result with [autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag] (14-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) defeating [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag] (18-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in historic fashion in the form of a lopsided unanimous decision in the matchup between featherweight contenders.

For more on the numbers to come out of the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC on ABC 5.

UFC on ABC 5 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Neil Magny’s $21,000 tops card

UFC on ABC 5 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ABC 5 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $174,000.

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 on ABC 5 takes place Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The main card airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC on ABC 5 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Amanda Ribas[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Austen Lane[/autotag]: $4,000
vs. [autotag]Justin Tafa[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]David Onama[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Gabriel Santos[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Phil Rowe[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Randy Brown[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Wellington Turman[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mateusz Rebecki[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Loik Radzhabov[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Joshua Van[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Zhalgas Zhumagulov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jose Mariscal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Trevor Peek[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jack Jenkins[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jamall Emmers[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sedriques Dumas[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cody Brundage[/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 $42,000 while title challengers get $40,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-40 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,964,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $18,553,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ABC 5.

Neil Magny def. Phil Rowe at UFC on ABC 5: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Neil Magny’s split decision win over Phil Rowe at UFC on ABC 5 in Jacksonville.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]’s split decision win over [autotag]Phil Rowe[/autotag] at UFC on ABC 5 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. (Photos by David Yeazell, USA TODAY Sports)

Phil Rowe sounds off on ‘weenie’ UFC commentators who criticized weight misses

Ahead of his UFC on ABC 5 bout against Neil Magny, Phil Rowe explains why he hasn’t been happy with the UFC commentators.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – [autotag]Phil Rowe[/autotag] has impressed in the cage, but issues on the scale have caused people to talk, namely the UFC commentators, which hasn’t sat well with the rising welterweight contender.

In what will be his fifth fight in the promotion at UFC on ABC 5, Rowe (10-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) meets the UFC welterweight wins record holder, Neil Magny (27-11 MMA, 20-9 UFC). The bout serves as Saturday’s feature preliminary bout at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena and airs on ESPN and ESPN+.

At Wednesday’s pre-fight media day, Rowe relayed some frustration about what he has heard on the microphone from the UFC commentators about his issues on the scale and his position as an up-and-coming fighter with three stoppage wins in the octagon. Although for two of those bouts, Rowe came in above the welterweight limit.

“I just missed weight, you know?” Rowe told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “What’s a weird thing too with MMA? Weight cutting. There’s nothing natural about weight cutting. I listened to commentators, and commentators are silly people because if you watch all my fights, every fight for whatever reason, I’m always the underdog. I don’t know why, but I am – which, I don’t care.

“Every single fight, if you listen to them talk about me, it’s very weird. They speak on me like, I don’t know, it’s always negative until the guy is laid out in front of me.”

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Rowe weighed 173.5 pounds for his UFC on ESPN 42 bout against Niko Price in December and weighed the same for his UFC on ESPN 28 bout against Orion Cosce in 2021. But between those bouts, there was no issue on the scale for Rowe’s fight against Jason Witt at UFC Fight Night 200 in February 2022. Despite what the scale read, Rowe showed up on fight night and finished each of those opponents.

“Everyone talks about if you miss weight, you had a bad camp or things didn’t go right,” Rowe said. “There is nothing natural about making weight. You can bust your ass for eight weeks, do everything right, and then two hours before the fight, miscalculate or don’t get in the sauna long enough. And then all of a sudden, you didn’t train hard enough, and now in the fight it’s like, ‘Well, he missed weight so, let’s see.”

“That sh*t ain’t normal. Cutting 25 pounds is not normal. I missed weight. Not my coaches, not my nutritionist. It was my fault, it was a time error thing. I was in Orlando at home, I didn’t stay at the fighter hotel. I decided to wake up very late, I got to the sauna, I didn’t have enough time. … But then you listen to these weenies on the mic talk, ‘Man, he wasn’t working hard enough, he cut weight.’ They don’t know sh*t. Cutting weight ain’t natural. I’ll make weight. I’m gonna show up, I’m gonna rumble, and try to knock this guy’s head off.”

If Rowe is successful against Magny, he may find himself in the UFC’s promotional rankings next week. This time around, he promises everything will be smooth on the scale, and then it’s time to worry about handling business inside the cage.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ABC 5.

UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria media day interviews

Watch the live stream for the UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria media day in Jacksonville, Fla.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The UFC returns to network television this Saturday with a key featherweight showdown.

In the main event of UFC on ABC 5, unbeaten rising contender [autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag] takes on former interim title challenger [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag], as he looks to get one step closer to UFC gold.

But before the two battle it out at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Topuria and Emmett will spoke to the media, along with 10 other fighters competing on the card, at Wednesday’s media day.

Above you can find the live video stream for the media day, and below each individual interview from the fighters.

UFC on ABC 5 pre-event facts: Neil Magny on cusp of UFC’s 21-win club

Check out the numbers behind UFC on ABC 5, where Neil Magny can become the ninth fighter in history to join UFC’s 21-win club.

The UFC will travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for the fourth consecutive year Saturday with UFC on ABC 5, which takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena with a main card that airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

A matchup of ranked featherweight contenders serves as the main event of the card. [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag] (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) will attempt to rebound from his failed bid at the interim title in February when he takes on undefeated rising star [autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag] (13-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC).

For more on the numbers behind the lineup, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC on ABC 5.

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (May 1-7)

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 May 1-7.

UFC on ABC 5 finalizing Neil Magny vs. Phil Rowe

The UFC on ABC 5 fight card for Jacksonville, Fla. continues to build with the addition of Neil Magny vs. Phil Rowe.

Two of the tallest and longest fighters in the UFC welterweight division are set to square off.

At UFC on ABC 5 in Jacksonville, Fla., longtime contender [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag] (27-10 MMA, 20-9 UFC) will return to take on [autotag]Phil Rowe[/autotag] (10-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC). The card takes place June 24 at VyStar Veterans Memorial 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.

Unusually lengthy for the 170-pound division, Magny is 6’3″ with an 80″ reach. Rowe is 6’3″ with an 80.5″ reach.

Magny, 35, looks to bounce back from a quick submission defeat in January when he stepped into a UFC 283 bout vs. Gilbert Burns on short notice. With the defeat, Magny fell to 6-2 in his most recent eight outings.

Rowe, 32, enters the bout on a three-fight winning streak. All three of those victories were TKOs, as he finished Orion Cosce, Jason Witt, and Niko Price with strikes.

With the addition, the UFC on ABC 5 lineup for June 24 in Jacksonville includes:

  • Josh Emmett vs. Ilia Topuria
  • Neil Magny vs. Phil Rowe
  • Maycee Barber vs. Amanda Ribas
  • Brendan Allen vs. Bruno Silva
  • Loik Radzhabov vs. Mateusz Rebecki
  • Kleydson Rodrigues vs. Tatsuro Taira
  • Sedriques Dumas vs. Punahele Soriano
  • Tabatha Ricci vs. Gillian Robertson
  • David Onama vs. Gabriel Santos

UFC on ESPN 42 post-event facts: Rafael dos Anjos first to reach 8-hour fight time milestone

Rafael dos Anjos became the first fighter in history to log eight hours of octagon fight time in his win at UFC on ESPN 42.

The UFC returned to Orlando, Fla., for the first time in nearly four years Saturday with UFC on ESPN 42, which took place at Amway Center and saw nine out of 14 fights end in a stoppage.

Stephen Thompson (17-6-1 MMA, 12-6-1 UFC) earned the most memorable result of all in the main event. The longtime welterweight contender went to war with Kevin Holland (23-9 MMA, 9-6 UFC). He emerged on top by fourth-round TKO due to corner stoppage and netted another Fight of the Night award in the process.

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 on ESPN 42.