Tag: Sam Patterson

Sam Patterson says his fight IQ was always going to be too high for Kiefer Crosbie at UFC 304

Sam Patterson has back-to-back first-round submission wins – both of which were passed up for post-fight bonuses.

MANCHESTER, England – [autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag] beat Kiefer Crosbie with a first-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 304 at Co-op Live in Manchester, England.

Take a look inside the fight with Patterson, who has back-to-back first-round submission wins – both of which were passed up for post-fight bonuses.

Sam Patterson def. Kiefer Crosbie

Result: Sam Patterson def. Kiefer Crosbie via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 2:50
Updated records: Patterson (12-2-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Crosbie (10-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC)
Key stats: Patterson has 11 of his 12 wins by stoppage, including seven by submission.

Patterson on the fight’s key moment

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JULY 27: Sam Patterson (L) of England trade punches with Kiefer Crosbie of Ireland in their welterweight bout during the UFC 304 event at Co-op Live on July 27, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images)

“I thought my fight IQ was too high for him. Don’t get me wrong – everyone in the UFC is dangerous, and it only takes one punch to change everything. So I took him just as serious as any of my opponents. I just thought my fight IQ would be too much for him. I was just going to go in there and do what I do – keep my hands up and chin down and wait for the opportunity to present itself.”

Patterson on his bonus potential (he didn’t get one)

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JULY 27: Sam Patterson of England celebrates his victory against Kiefer Crosbie of Ireland in their welterweight bout during the UFC 304 event at Co-op Live on July 27, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images)

“It’s amazing. To win is everything. To be honest, I wanted to go out there and get a knockout when they put $100K on the line (for bonuses) – I can’t lie. I wanted to get the knockout because you’re probably more likely to get the bonus. I was told there was two performance bonuses, and if that weren’t Performance of the Night – I barely barely got touched.”

Patterson on what he wants next

Sam Patterson def. Kiefer Crosbie, UFC 304 (via UFC)

“I definitely want more. I want three fights this year. A dream of mine is to fight in Vegas again. I fought in Vegas on the Contender Series. It’d be nice to go back there and do it in the UFC officially. This is my third pay-per-view now, so put me on the pay-per-view at the end of the year. Let me open the card. That would be absolutely amazing.

“To be honest, I haven’t looked at anyone in the welterweight division. I’m so focused on myself and I truly believe I’m earning my stripes. I’m not in the position to be calling people out. I think you start doing it in your top 15 or trying to break into the top 15. I’m early into my career and I’m just getting my foot in the door trying to prove myself. I think I’m on the way to do that. So one more fight this year and we’ll see where we’re at.”

To hear more from Patterson, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 304.

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UFC 304 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Leon Edwards, Tom Aspinall lead with $42,000

Leon Edwards and Tom Aspinall fetched maximum $42,000 payouts under the Promotional Guidelines Compliance for entering UFC 304 with belts.

MANCHESTER, England – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 304 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $307,500.

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 304 took place at Co-op Live. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 304 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Belal Muhammad[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Leon Edwards[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Curtis Blaydes[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Paddy Pimblett[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]King Green[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Gregory Rodrigues[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Christian Leroy Duncan[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Giga Chikadze[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Nathaniel Wood[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Pineda[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Bruna Brasil[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Caolan Loughran[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Muhammad Mokaev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Manel Kape[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Oban Elliott[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Preston Parsons[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kiefer Crosbie[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Mick Parkin[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Lukasz Brzeski[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Shauna Bannon[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Alice Ardelean[/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 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: $4,575,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $27,312,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 304.

Sam Patterson def. Kiefer Crosbie at UFC 304: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Sam Patterson’s first-round submission win over Kiefer Crosbie at UFC 304.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag]’s first-round submission win over [autotag]Kiefer Crosbie[/autotag] at UFC 304 at Co-op Live in Manchester, England. (Photos by Ben Roberts, Getty Images; UFC; MMA Junkie)

UFC 304 video: Sam Patterson chokes out Kiefer Crosbie in first round

Sam Patterson was quickly able to establish dominance on the ground before submitting Kiefer Crosbie.

MANCHESTER, England – [autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag] was quickly able to establish dominance on the ground before submitting Kiefer Crosbie.

Patterson (12-2-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) scored his second straight first-round submission when he cinched in an arm-triangle choke on Crosbie (10-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at the 2:50 mark of Round 1 Saturday at Co-op Live. Patterson caught Crosbie coming in with an uppercut before taking him down to the mat and submitting him.

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

After losing his UFC debut, Patterson rebounded with back-to-back finishes. The 28-year-old Brit has now won 11 of his past 12. Meanwhile, Crosbie dropped to 0-2 in the UFC.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 304 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 304.

UFC 304 lineup in Manchester grows to 13 fights with addition of Conor McGregor teammate

The lineup is nearly complete for UFC 304, with 13 fights now booked after the addition of Conor McGregor teammate Kiefer Crosbie.

The lineup is nearly complete for UFC 304, which marks the promotion’s return to Manchester, England, after nearly eight years.

With two championship fights at the top of the bill in Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad for the welterweight title and Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes for the interim heavyweight strap, the undercard for the July 27 event at Co-op Live (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) is fulling out.

There are now 13 matchups set after UFC officials announced a pair of prelims: [autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) vs. [autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag] (17-7 MMA, 4-5 UFC) in the light heavyweight division, as well as Conor McGregor teammate [autotag]Kiefer Crosbie[/autotag] (10-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. [autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag] (11-2-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

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The latest UFC 304 lineup now includes:

  • Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad – for welterweight title
  • Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes – for interim heavyweight title
  • Bobby Green vs. Paddy Pimblett
  • Manel Kape vs. Muhammad Mokaev
  • Arnold Allen vs. Giga Chikadze
  • Daniel Pineda vs. Nathaniel Wood
  • Oban Elliott vs. Preston Parsons
  • Shauna Bannon vs. Ravena Oliveira
  • Bruna Brasil vs. Molly McCann
  • Caolan Loughran vs. Ramon Taveras
  • Lukasz Brzeski vs. Mick Parkin
  • Modestas Bukauskas vs. Marcin Prachnio
  • Kiefer Crosbie vs. Sam Patterson

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 304.

MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month for January: Jim Miller makes more history

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from January 2024.

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from January 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for January.

At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

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Nominees

Sam Patterson revitalized at welterweight, credits Michael ‘Venom’ Page for inspiration

Sam Patterson bounced back from a knockout loss 10 months ago for a quick finish of his own in his welterweight debut at UFC 297.

TORONTO – [autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag] beat Yohan Lainesse with a first-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 297 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

Take a look inside the fight with Patterson, who bounced back from a knockout loss 10 months ago for a quick finish of his own in his welterweight debut.

UFC 297 post-event facts: Dricus Du Plessis, Raquel Pennington make history in title wins

The best facts to come out of UFC 297, which saw two new champions crowned with historic achievements attached to both new reigns.

The UFC’s first pay-per-view of the year is likely to prove to be far from the most memorable, but UFC 297 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto did prove significant with two new champions crowned.

In the main event, [autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag] (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) edged [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag] (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) by split decision in the Fight of the Night to claim the middleweight championship. In the co-headliner, [autotag]Raquel Pennington[/autotag] (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) outlasted [autotag]Mayra Bueno Silva[/autotag] (10-3-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) for a unanimous decision for the vacant women’s bantamweight title.

For more on the numbers behind the title fights, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts for UFC 297.

UFC 297 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Sean Strickland’s $42,000 tops card

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 297 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $285,500.

TORONTO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 297 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $285,500.

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 297 took place at Scotiabank Arena in Canada. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 297 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Raquel Pennington[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Mayra Bueno Silva[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Chris Curtis[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Movsar Evloev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Garrett Armfield[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Brad Katona[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Sean Woodson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Ramon Taveras[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Serhiy Sidey[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Polyana Viana[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Sam Patterson[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yohan Lainesse[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Priscila Cachoeira[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jimmy Flick[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Malcolm Gordon[/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 $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: $445,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $23,152,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 297.

UFC 297 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

Check out what the UFC 297 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event in Toronto.

TORONTO – UFC 297 took place Saturday with 12 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

You can hear from all the UFC 297 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 297.