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Noche UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2023 total passes $6 million

Noche UFC 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 Noche UFC event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $185,500.

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.

Noche UFC took place at T-Mobile Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full Noche UFC UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag]: $42,000
vs. [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Jack Della Maddalena[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Terrence Mitchell[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Daniel Zellhuber[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Christos Giagos[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Kyle Nelson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Fernando Padilla[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Loopy Godinez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Elise Reed[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Roman Kopylov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Josh Fremd[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Edgar Chairez[/autotag]: $4,500
vs. [autotag]Daniel Lacerda[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Tracy Cortez[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Charlie Campbell[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Alex Reyes[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Josefine Knutsson[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Marnic Mann[/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 2261 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: $6,130,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $20,719,000

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Noche UFC play-by-play and live results

Check out live play-by-play and official results from Noche UFC in Las Vegas, featuring Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko 2.

LAS VEGAS – Noche UFC took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso (16-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) took on former champ Valentina Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC), whom she submitted earlier this year to win the title, in the main event rematch. In the co-feature, Jack Della Maddalena (16-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) put his unbeaten UFC record on the line against Kevin Holland (25-10 MMA, 12-7 UFC) at welterweight.

Check out full results and play-by-play below.

Noche UFC results: Raul Rosas Jr. mauls Terrance Mitchell in 54 seconds

Raul Rosas Jr. wasted little time bouncing back into the win column with a sub-minute finish at Noche UFC.

Mexican-American [autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag] erased the memory of his previous outing in less than a minute at Noche UFC.

On the main card of the event celebrating Mexican Independence Day at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Rosas Jr. (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) made quick work of Terrance Mitchell (14-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC). The hand speed of Rosas Jr. was too much for Mitchell, as the fight was stopped just 54 seconds into Round 1.

Rosas Jr. came out of the gates fast and landed a left hand punch that stiffened Mitchell. The way Mitchell fell to the canvas, it appeared Rosas Jr. landed a walk-off knockout, but the fight wasn’t quite done yet. Rosas Jr. capitalized on the moment as Mitchell attempted to stay in the fight, but the punches that rained down eventually led to the TKO stoppage a few seconds later.

 

“I had to prove a point today,” Rosas Jr. said during his post-fight interview with Daniel Cormier. “Last fight, no excuses – but man, I knew I had to come back from that. I knew I’m better than that. I disappointed my fans, my people. So, I hope I made y’all proud today.

“And Dana (White), another fifty Gs. Ain’t no comeback get better than that, and these custom suits ain’t cheap, and Uncle Sam is unforgiving. Woo!”

Rosas Jr., 18, rebounds from a unanimous decision loss to Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287, which was the first setback of his career. Both of Rosas Jr.’s victories have come by first-round finish.

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

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Raul Rosas Jr. def. Terrence Mitchell at Noche UFC: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Raul Rosas Jr.’s win over Terrence Mitchell at Noche UFC at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag]’s first-round TKO win over [autotag]Terrence Mitchell[/autotag] at Noche UFC at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Photos by Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA TODAY Sports; MMA Junkie; and UFC)

Noche UFC video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

Check out what the Noche UFC winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.

LAS VEGAS – Noche UFC took place Saturday with 11 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

You can hear from all the Noche UFC winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

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

Noche UFC: Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Terrence Mitchell odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing Saturday’s Noche UFC odds between Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Terrence Mitchell, with MMA picks and predictions.

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In a 3-round bantamweight bout on the main card, Raul Rosas Jr. and Terrence Mitchell meet at Noche UFC — also known as UFC Fight Night 227 and UFC on ESPN+ 85 — on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook‘s lines around the Noche UFC: Rosas Jr. vs. Mitchell odds, and make our expert picks and predictions.

Records: Rosas Jr. (7-1-0) | Mitchell (14-3-0)

The prelims can be viewed on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET and the main card starts at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

Rosas Jr., a.k.a. “El Niño Problema”, is an 18-year-old prospect who is already fighting in his 3rd UFC fight. He posted a 1st-round submission against Jay Perrin at UFC 282 in Dec. 2022 but lost via unanimous decision against Christian Rodriguez last time out at UFC 287 in April.

Mitchell is 33 years old, but he actually has one fewer UFC fight than Rosas Jr. That fight was a 1st-round KO/TKO loss against Cameron Saaiman at UFC 290 in July. Mitchell has a 7-inch reach advantage over the teen.

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Noche UFC: Rosas Jr. vs. Mitchell odds

Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:44 a.m. ET.

  • Fight result (2-way line): Rosas Jr. -770 (bet $770 to win $100) | Mitchell +540 (bet $100 to win $540)
  • Over/Under: 1.5 rounds (Over +205 | Under -280)
  • Will the fight go the distance? (Yes +640 | No -1100)

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Noche UFC: Rosas Jr. vs. Mitchell picks and predictions

Fight result (2-way line or moneyline)

Rosas Jr. (-770) will cost you more than 7 1/2 times your potential return, and that’s just too expensive if you want to back the teen phenom.

Instead, consider getting a little more specific. Take a look at METHOD OF VICTORY: ROSAS JR. BY SUBMISSION (-175) because despite that Holland is pretty solid on the canvas, and he is a perfect 6-0 via submission in his career as a professional, Rosas is special on the ground. He has 7 victories in 8 career bouts as a pro, with 5 of those victories coming via submission. His specialty is the armbar and rear-naked choke.

Over/Under (O/U)

No (-1100): Will the fight go the distance? is way too risky, costing 11 times your potential return. There is no way we can advise playing such a prop with a steep price tag.

Even Under 1.5 Rounds (-280) will cost you nearly 3 times your potential return. Consider the SUBMISSION ROUND COMBOS: ROSAS JR. TO WIN BY SUBMISSION IN ROUNDS 1 OR 2 (-155), as that isn’t priced out of line.

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Noche UFC marks the arrival of Mexican fighting culture to MMA

Why Noche UFC matters and what it means for MMA.

LAS VEGAS – In recent years, Mexico has made its presence known in MMA, especially in 2023. However, despite Mexican MMA reaching great heights, perhaps nothing matches, at least in the grand scheme of things, what the MMA world is about to witness with Noche UFC.

On Saturday, the UFC hosts an event at T-Mobile Arena to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. It’s the first of its kind in 30 years of the company’s history.

Guadalajara’s [autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag], the first Mexico-born female to win a UFC title, defends her flyweight belt against all-time great Valentina Shevchenko in the headlining act. This is an immediate rematch, as Grasso ended Shevchenko’s historic title reign this past March at UFC 285 in one of the biggest upsets in recent memory.

Along with Grasso, four other Mexico-born fighters compete on the card: [autotag]Daniel Zelhuber[/autotag], [autotag]Loopy Godinez[/autotag], [autotag]Edgar Chairez[/autotag] and [autotag]Fernando Padilla[/autotag]. Mexican-Americans [autotag]Tracy Cortez[/autotag] and [autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag] will also fight at the event.

For Grasso, this rematch comes under near-perfect circumstances.

“This is a very important date, and it has been, especially for boxers. They’ve historically headlined this date,” Grasso told MMA Junkie in Spanish when asked about fighting on Mexican Independence Day. “So for the UFC to have given me the chance to defend my title at Noche UFC, September 16, main event, T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – are you kidding me? This is huge. I’m so happy, very excited and very thankful with the UFC for this great opportunity.”

Boxing gets it

There have been a total of 10 UFC championship fights involving Mexico-born fighters, but Noche UFC is different. This is more than just a fighter from a certain nation headlining a UFC event in a highly relevant bout. It’s the arrival of Mexican culture in MMA, something that never has really been present before but has long been a goal of UFC CEO [autotag]Dana White[/autotag].

“Some of the baddest human beings to walk the face of the earth have come out of Mexico,” White told MMA Junkie and others back in March. “Me being a huge boxing fan growing up, Mexico has always been an important market to me. It took longer than I expected to, but it did and didn’t. I’m impatient, and I expect things a lot quicker than they happen, but the U.K. and Mexico are both very important to me.”

Mexico has long been a powerhouse in boxing, and its culture is very much embedded in the sport. Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day, apart from being Mexican holidays, are also synonymous with fighting.

Some of the greatest Mexican boxers such as Canelo Alvarez, Julio Cesar Chavez, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, and many others have built their careers and their biggest moments fighting around those dates. It’s tradition. Yet, the Mexican influence has never really taken off in MMA – until now.

From the matchmaking, name of the event, design of the promotion, and of course the date, the UFC has made sure to highlight Mexican culture in a way never seen before in elite MMA. They even had a mariachi band perform at Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins.

For the first time, the MMA world is getting a taste of what boxing has called the norm for many years. Grasso hopes Noche UFC is the first of many.

“There’s a lot of Mexicans in the UFC, many,” Grasso said in Spanish. “This is very important for me, to get this focus, this platform, so we can show who we are, our technique, and every single one of us as individuals. I really hope (this becomes recurrent).

“In an ideal world, I would love to fight every September 16. It would be really cool to see this become a tradition and fight in Las Vegas or Mexico if possible. That would be crazy.”

A UFC tradition?

Despite Noche UFC being an important event in the history of Mexican MMA, there are no guarantees the UFC will follow boxing and look to host these types of events on an annual basis. That’s why featherweight prospect Padilla feels he and his countrymen are fighting for more than themselves on Saturday.

“Us as Mexican fighters, the best thing we can do is go represent the country the best way possible,” Padilla told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “Our job this weekend is to go win and show that these events they’re making for Mexico need to stay because we’re going to give good fights.”

Padilla is not alone. Rosas, the youngest fighter on the UFC roster at 18, feels the same but maybe with a higher degree of confidence that Noche UFC will be a hit.

“Yeah, I hope this is done yearly,” Rosas told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “Saturday you will see the Mexican talent, and they will not regret putting this card together. I hope that next one can be in Mexico City or anywhere in Mexico, really. This Saturday they will get a little taste of how we Mexicans fight and how we turn up. They will see that this type of show is something they’re going to be in need of.”

Regardless of the results on Saturday night, there’s no denying that Mexico is finally extending its influence beyond the boxing world and beginning to grace the sport of MMA.

The future is uncertain, but Noche UFC is a strong indication that Mexico has arrived, and it could become the staple in MMA just as it’s done in boxing. El tiempo lo dira.

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Raul Rosas Jr. still aims to be youngest champion in UFC history: ‘Nothing has changed’

UFC’s Raul Rosas Jr. says his aim to be the youngest champion in UFC history still remains the same despite first pro loss.

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LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag]’s goal to become the youngest champion in UFC history still remains.

Rosas (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who’s the youngest fighter on the UFC roster, returns to action this Saturday at Noche UFC, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena. It’s his first fight back since suffering his first professional defeat. Despite the setback, Rosas’ ambitious career goals remain the same.

“Everything I’ve said in the past, all the goals I’ve set in the past, nothing has changed,” Rosas told MMA Junkie at Wednesday’s Noche UFC media day. “Everything remains the same. I meant everything. If you bring up something I’ve said in the past, I’ll still admit to it. I still think the same way. Nothing has changed.”

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After his appearance on Dana White’s Contender Series and successful UFC debut, Rosas quickly became one of the more popular rising stars on the UFC roster. This may be a double-edged sword given the nature of the fanbase. After his first loss back in April in Miami, he did feel the weight of his popularity.

“I got more love than hate,” Rosas said regarding his first defeat. “Everyone telling me since I lost that they can’t wait to see me come back, so I appreciate that, but of course, there was hate too. I knew this is how the sport is.

“Even if Khabib would come back and lose, the fans would turn their back on him. Every time I would go to a UFC event and saw a star of the show, he lost, everyone would turn their back on him, so we knew since we were little that that’s how the sport is, so it doesn’t really matter.”

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Noche UFC pre-event facts: Can Alexa Grasso overcome Valentina Shevchenko’s greatness – again?

The best facts and figures about Noche UFC, which features an Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko title rematch in the main event.

The first Noche UFC in history is set to take place Saturday with the Mexican Independence Day fight card slated to go down at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and stream on ESPN+.

An anticipated championship rematch will serve as the main event. After pulling off a stunning upset in March, women’s flyweight titleholder [autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) will attempt to prove her submission victory over [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag] (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC) was no fluke when they run it back for the belt.

For more on the numbers behind the title fight, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about Noche UFC.

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UFC’s Raul Rosas Jr. intent on continuing path to stardom: ‘The only thing that loss changed was my record’

Raul Rosas Jr. is eager to shake off the first loss of his professional career and continue to become one of the next big stars in the UFC.

LAS VEGAS – Eighteen-year-old UFC bantamweight [autotag]Raul Rosas Jr.[/autotag]’s confidence remains high after experiencing the first loss of his professional MMA career.

After becoming the youngest fighter to earn a UFC contract at 17 through the Dana White’s Contender Series pipeline, Rosas (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) lived up to the hype in his promotional debut by submitting Jay Perrin in the first round of their UFC 282 preliminary card bout. However, in his next outing, Rosas was tested by Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287, and ultimately ended up on the wrong side of a unanimous decision.

Following the loss, Rosas didn’t get down on himself or his promise as a rising star. He simply went back to the training room, analyzed his mistakes, and is now ready to get back in the win column.

“A lot of mistakes. There was a lot, I can’t even count,” Rosas told reporters about his last fight during an open workout media scrum at the UFC Apex. “But it was my fault. My team did the work, everybody did the work except me. So, it was on me. … There was never no pressure. Like I said, I’m my own process, my own journey. I only see gold, so everything else doesn’t matter to me.”

Rosas has never made excuses for his performance, and believes the push that surrounded his debut and sophomore outing didn’t detract from his humility or his focus on winning.

“That was one of my goals to retire undefeated, but now I have one loss on my record,” Rosas told reporters during an open workout media scrum at the UFC Apex. “But I’m going to keep it just like that, one loss on my record. I’m going to go out there and just make every other dream that I have come true.”

“… In my book, I’ve always been humble, just confident. I’m just saying what I think, I’m just preaching it because I know it’s real. I still think the same way. That didn’t change my mentality. The only thing that loss changed was my record and that’s about it.”

Rosas will get his chance to return to the win column Sept. 16 at Noche UFC, where he meets Terrence Mitchell (14-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC). The event celebrates Mexican Independence Day, which will bring Rosas’ heritage to the forefront along with other Mexican fighters set to compete. The young bantamweight feels the event is a solid stage to rebound and continue his path toward becoming a superstar.

“I know I’m ready, so I’m going to go out there Sept. 16, prove why I’m still active because I am who I say I am,” Rosas said. “So, I’m going to go out there and show it to myself.”

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