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Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Feb. 12-18.
All the UFC 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.
Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Dec. 25-31.
All the UFC 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.
Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Dec. 18-24.
Check out all the facts and figures from UFC Fight Night 224, which saw several fighters suffer their first career or octagon defeat.
The UFC made its 15th stop in London on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 224, which went down at The O2. It was the longest event of the year so far.
Many of the 15 fights on the docket went to decisions, but one man who didn’t need the judges was [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who effortlessly ran through [autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag] (24-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC) for a first-round TKO in his return from a lengthy injury layoff.
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 224.
UFC Fight Night 224 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.
LONDON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 224 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $225,000.
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 Fight Night 224 took place at the The 02. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 224 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Julija Stoliarenko[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Nathaniel Wood[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Paul Craig[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Andre Muniz[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Fares Ziam[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jai Herbert[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Josh Culibao[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Daniel Marcos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Davey Grant[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Jonny Parsons[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Danny Roberts[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Joel Alvarez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marc Diakiese[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Mick Parkin[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jamal Pogues[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Makhmud Muradov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Bryan Barberena[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Ketlen Vieira[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Pannie Kianzad[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Chris Duncan[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yanal Ashmoz[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Bruna Brasil[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Shauna Bannon[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Jafel Filho[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Barez[/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 2241 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: $4,780,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,369,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.
Check out the best photos from Bruna Brasil’s unanimous decision win over Shauna Bannon at UFC Fight Night 224 at The O2 in London.
Check out the best photos from [autotag]Bruna Brasil[/autotag]’s unanimous decision win over [autotag]Shauna Bannon[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 224 at The O2 in London. (Photos by Per Haljestam, USA TODAY Sports)
Shauna Bannon’s transition to MMA from a history in other combat sports has been perfect so far, but Saturday the stakes get turned up.
LONDON – [autotag]Shauna Bannon[/autotag]’s transition to MMA from a history in other combat sports has been perfect so far, but Saturday the stakes get turned up.
Bannon (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make her promotional debut in a women’s strawweight bout on the ESPN+ prelims at UFC Fight Night 224 against Bruna Brasil (8-3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Bannon, a Dubliner who trains with under former UFC fighter Paddy Holohan, has a pair of Invicta wins on her resume ahead of her UFC debut, which will come in at The O2 in London.
The former kickboxing and taekwondo Olympic hopeful said the pressure that comes Saturday is what she thrives on.
“One hundred percent, there’s going to be pressure and it will be overwhelming and you feel that in every fight,” Bannon told MMA Junkie at Thursday’s media day in London. “I think if you don’t feel that, you’re not human. That’s what makes me perform. If I was to go out and not have those little bit of nerves and butterflies in my stomach, I wouldn’t perform my best. That’s all part of it, and that’s what makes me ‘Mama B.'”
Bannon said she also is buoyed by support of a fellow Irishman, Conor McGregor. Although he’s not part of her gym team, he’s part of Team Bannon, and that’s giving her confidence.
So, too, does the idea of winning for her son, Jayce – and the payoff for putting in as many full days as she can with him while also getting ready for her fight.
“It’s hectic, for sure,” Bannon said. “But if I come home from my morning session and I’m wrecked, exhausted, and I get to look at Jayce, he brightens up my day and he motivates me and he gets me going for my second session of the day. I think I have the best of both worlds. Some people work a 9-to-5 job and don’t get to see their kids for the full day.
“The morning, I drop Jayce, get my morning session in, come back, get to spend the whole afternoon and evening with him before my evening session – so I think I have the best of both worlds. It is super tiring and it’s great. I get to see him and his developments and each stage of him coming up.”
Check out Bannon’s full UFC Fight Night 224 media day interview in the video above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.
Find out who joined the UFC in June and learn more about them here.
The UFC roster is bigger than ever – and it continues to expand.
Fresh faces appear on nearly every card, whether onboarded as short-notice opening fillers, “Dana White’s Contender Series” signees, or the increasingly rare straight-up additions. Sometimes, it’s hard to keep track of the hustle and bustle of the mixed martial arts news beat, but here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got you covered.
“Fresh Ink” is your list of fighters added to the UFC roster the previous month and provides background on who they are and where they came from.
Check out the June 2023 list below.
All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.
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Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by a promotion from June 5-11.
Shauna Bannon joins Conor McGregor and Ian Garry as the three fighters from Ireland on the UFC roster.
The Irish headcount in the UFC is now up to three.
Joining Conor McGregor and Ian Garry on the UFC roster is undefeated strawweight fighter [autotag]Shauna Bannon[/autotag] (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who recently signed with the promotion.
Bannon, 29, becomes the second Irish woman in promotion history. The first was Aisling Daly, who competed in the UFC three times from 2014 to 2015.
Two people with knowledge of the signing confirmed it to MMA Junkie. Algorithm-based roster tabulator UFC Roster Watch was first to post about the addition to the promotion.
Bannon later posted a confirmation on her Twitter and added that she will debut July 22 at the UFC Fight Night in London. She did not name her opponent.
“I can finally announce I am now a @ufc fighter,” Bannon wrote. “So grateful for everyone who had a part in me getting here over my 25 years in martial arts 🥋 We have had many ups and downs lots of highs and lows and I am now reaching a huge milestone in my career!”
I can finally announce I am now a @ufc fighter 😭
So grateful for everyone who had a part in me getting here over my 25 years in martial arts 🥋 We have had many ups and downs lots of highs and lows and I am now reaching a huge milestone in my career! pic.twitter.com/lOwUelcAwb
— Shauna Bannon (@ShaunaBannon5) June 7, 2023
Bannon enters her UFC debut as an Invicta alumnus with an extensive amateur record. She trains under former UFC flyweight Paddy Holohan in Dublin. She most recently competed in March when she defeated Finland’s Minna Grusander (6-5) by unanimous decision.
