Tag: Polyana Viana

UFC on ESPN 51 pre-event facts: Cub Swanson hits landmark record in featherweight return

The best facts and figures about UFC on ESPN 51, where Cub Swanson makes history with his return to the featherweight division.

The octagon returns to the confines of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday for the first time in nearly one month with UFC on ESPN 51, which airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.

Brazilian welterweight veterans collide in a five-round main event. [autotag]Vicente Luque[/autotag] (21-9-1 MMA, 14-5 UFC) returns to action from a nearly yearlong layoff and the hopes of snapping a two-fight losing skid when he meets former lightweight titleholder and MMA legend [autotag]Rafael dos Anjos[/autotag] (33-14 MMA, 21-12 UFC).

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (May 29-June 4)

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 May 29-June 4.

UFC Fight Night 223 hit with four changes in days leading up to fight card

The UFC fight card for Saturday in Las Vegas was hit with four changes in recent days.

Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 223 looks a little different than it did one week ago.

Two bouts originally scheduled for the event have been postponed to later dates, while two others have been canceled with one fighter rebooked against a new opponent. One affected bout was scheduled for the main card, while the other three were prelims.

UFC Fight Night 223 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Feb. 27-March 5)

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 Feb. 27-March 5.

UFC Fight Night 214 post-event facts: Neil Magny passes Georges St-Pierre on wins list

Neil Magny passing Georges St-Pierre for most welterweight wins was one of many notable feats to come out of UFC Fight Night 214.

UFC Fight Night 214 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and it was an action-filled card with nine of 11 fights ending inside the distance.

The main event saw [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] (13-2-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC) break through as the next strawweight contender. She scored a standing TKO over fellow Brazilian standout [autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag] (17-2-2 MMA, 6-2-2 UFC) in the third round of their clash.

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 Fight Night 214.

Polyana Viana hopes 47-second KO jumpstarts UFC title run in 2023

Polyana Viana couldn’t have closed out her year in the cage better than she did Saturday at UFC Fight Night 214.

LAS VEGAS – UFC strawweight [autotag]Polyana Viana[/autotag] couldn’t have closed out her year in the cage better than she did Saturday, could she?

Viana obliterated Jinh Yu Frey on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 214, landing a vicious series of punches that floored her opponent and earned her the knockout win in 47 seconds at the UFC Apex.

The win meant Viana (13-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) rebounded from a unanimous decision loss to Tabatha Ricci in her only other fight of 2022 in May. It was also her first knockout win in eight fights since joining the UFC 2018. And as if that wasn’t enough, Viana earned a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus for her effort.

“I’m from jiu-jitsu, so most of my fights are submissions, which I really like,” Viana told reporters afterward through an interpreter. “This is my first knockout (in the UFC). Of course, it ranks up there.”

She continued, “We came for the knockout. I didn’t expect it to come that fast, but we came for the knockout.”

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Like other Brazilians on the card, Viana dealt with travel issues getting to Las Vegas for fight week in the aftermath of the country’s presidential election.  While the card resulted in a record-tying four fighters missing weight, Viana wasn’t one of them – none of the Brazilians were – despite the situation.

“This really got in my way. It was the hardest time I’ve ever had to drop weight,” Viana said. “… I cried in the bathtub. I thanked my team for being around me. They wouldn’t have ever let me give up.

“It’s not the responsibility of the athlete to win per se, but it is the responsibility of the athlete to make weight.”

With a difficult fight week and rewarding victory behind her, Viana, 30, is turning her attention to 2023. Winner of three of her past four fights, Viana said she’d like to compete four times next year in hopes of making a run at the 115-pound title.

She knows precisely when she’d like to start.

“I have a date and location I’d like to fight – in Rio on the 21st of January (UFC 283),” Viana said. “Let’s see what the UFC comes up with (for an opponent.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 214.

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UFC Fight Night 214 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event combines for $12,000

UFC Fight Night 214 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 214 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $126,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 214 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Darrick Minner[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Shayilan Nuerdanbieke[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Grant Dawson[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Mark Madsen[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Shanna Young[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Benito Lopez[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Polyana Viana[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jinh Yu Frey[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Johnny Munoz[/autotag]: $4,50
def. [autotag]Liudvik Sholinian[/autotag]: $4,0000

[autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Carlos Candelario[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Tamires Vidal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ramona Pascual[/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 2147 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2141 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: $7,222,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,399,500

UFC Fight Night 214 video: Polyana Viana’s insane combo floors Jinh Yu Frey in 47 seconds

Polyana Viana once again showed her early fight power when she completely obliterated Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Night 214.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Polyana Viana[/autotag] once again showed her early fight power when she completely obliterated [autotag]Jinh Yu Frey[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 214.

In the very early stages of her strawweight bout with Fey on Saturday at the UFC Apex, Viana (13-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) uncorked a knee and then a series of punches that put the lights out on her opponent, bringing an end to the fight in a mere 47 seconds.

Check out the replay of the Brazilian’s handiwork below (via Twitter):

With the win, Viana kept her 100 percent career finishing rate intact. She’s earned all four of her octagon victories in the first round, and is proving to be one of the most dangerous finishers at 115 pounds.

After the triumphant performance, Viana called for a spot on the UFC 283 card in her native Brazil on Jan. 21.

Up-to-the-minute results of UFC Fight Night 214 include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 214.

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