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UFC Fight Night 234 post-event facts: Jim Miller adds more records to epic resume

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 234, which saw Jim Miller grow his all-time wins record and add more history to his resume.

The UFC returned from its holiday hiatus on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and although it wasn’t the most stacked lineup, UFC Fight Night 234 delivered seven stoppage results out of 11 bouts.

In the main event, Magomed Ankalaev (19-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) produced definitive closure on his rivalry with Johnny Walker (21-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC), scoring a second-round knockout in their light heavyweight rematch to potentially set himself up for a championship opportunity.

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 234.

UFC Fight Night 234 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jim Miller, Andrei Arlovski get max non-title payouts

UFC Fight Night 234 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 234 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $159,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 234 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Johnny Walker[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Gabriel Benitez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ricky Simon[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Phil Hawes[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Waldo Cortes-Acosta[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Andrei Arlovski[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Preston Parsons[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Marcus McGhee[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gaston Bolanos[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Farid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jean Silva[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Westin Wilson[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nikolas Motta[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Tom Nolan[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Joshua Van[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Felipe Bunes[/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 2341 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:

  • “UFC Fight Night 234: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2” – $159,500

Year-to-date total: $159,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $22,866,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 234.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Nov. 6-12)

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 the promotions from Nov. 6-12.

UFC Fight Night 226 post-event facts: Rose Namajunas’ career hits uncharted territory after loss

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 226, such as Rose Namajunas being on the first true losing skid of her career.

The UFC’s second trip to Paris was another significant event for French MMA with UFC Fight Night 226 going down Saturday at Accor Arena.

Multiple French fighters on the card thrived, but none more than former interim UFC heavyweight champion [autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC, who thrived in the main event with a second-round TKO of [autotag]Serghei Spivac[/autotag] (16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) to rebound from his loss against Jon Jones earlier this year.

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 226.

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Taylor Lapilus happy he won for France after Caolan Loughran insulted French MMA before UFC Paris

It was an especially sweet taste of victory for Taylor Lapilus, who shut up Caolan Loughran at UFC Paris.

PARIS – [autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag]’s win on Saturday night was extra special.

Not only did the victory at UFC Fight Night 226 mark his UFC return, but he also did it in his home country and against a man who had disrespected French MMA. Lapilus (19-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) beat Caolan Loughran (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in a unanimous decision on the preliminary card of the event.

Loughran flipped the bird to the Parisian crowd at Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins and had spoken badly about the level of French MMA in the leadup to the fight. Getting the victory was a must for Lapilus.

“You know, my reaction was that I simply wanted to represent my country in the best possible way,” Lapilus told reporters at the UFC Fight Night 226 post-fight press conference. “I love my country, and he particularly insulted it, so it was very important to me to represent it as best as possible, and I really, really wanted to win this fight.”

Lapilus fought for the UFC from 2015 to 2016 before returning to the regional scene. He picked up a record of 7-1 before making this return on Saturday night.

Although the return to the UFC was important, fighting in front of his people in the second-ever event in the UFC was special.

“It’s a feeling that I wish for every fighter, to be able to fight and win in front of your home crowd, a crowd like the one I just had,” Lapilus said. “But you know it’s so impressive and glad of the journey that I had because it was probably one of the most difficult camps I’ve had. I really struggled. But at the same time, to go through that, it’s not only a victory in the octagon, it’s more of a victory for every thing I had to go through, and I’m incredibly proud because of that most of all.”

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 226.

UFC Fight Night 226 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Multiple fighters top card with $11,000

UFC Fight Night 226 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

PARIS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 226 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $128,500.

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 226 took place at the Accor Arena in France. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 226 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Serghei Spivac[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Manon Fiorot[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Thiago Moises[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Volkan Oezdemir[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Bogdan Guskov[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]William Gomis[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yanis Ghemmouri[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Morgan Charriere[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Manolo Zecchini[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Caolan Loughran[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ange Loosa[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Rhys McKee[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nora Cornolle[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Joselyne Edwards[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Farid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kleydson Rodrigues[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jacqueline Cavalcanti[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Zarah Fairn[/autotag]: $4,500

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: $5,735,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $20,324,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 226.

Taylor Lapilus def. Caolan Loughran at UFC Fight Night 226: Best photos

Check out these photos highlighting Taylor Lapilus’ unanimous decision win over Caolan Loughran at UFC Fight Night 226.

Check out these photos highlighting [autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag]’ unanimous decision win over Caolan Loughran at UFC Fight Night 226 from Accor Arena in Paris. (Photos by Per Haljestam, USA TODAY Sports)

UFC Fight Night 226 faceoff highlights and gallery from Paris, where middle fingers flew

Check out the UFC Fight Night 226 faceoffs and photo gallery, including one brash Irishman who decided to flip the crowd the double bird.

PARIS – UFC Fight Night 226 ceremonial faceoffs took place hours after weigh-ins Friday.

All 22 fighters came face-to-face with their opponents for the final times ahead of Saturday’s bouts at Accor Arena. Among those featured on the card are heavyweight contenders [autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag] (11-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and [autotag]Serghei Spivac[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), who square off in the five-round main event.

In the co-main event, a pivotal flyweight bout pins [autotag]Manon Fiorot[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) against former UFC strawweight queen [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag] (11-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC).

Check out a highlight of the faceoffs, including an intense one between [autotag]Caolan Loughran[/autotag] (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and [autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag] (18-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), as well as a full photo gallery below (via USA Today photographer Per Haljestam).

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 226.

Taylor Lapilus didn’t understand his UFC release, but says he became better from it

Taylor Lapilus could be forgiven by most for wondering just what happened in his first stint in the UFC.

PARIS – [autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag] could be forgiven by most for wondering just what happened in his first stint in the UFC.

The French bantamweight won three of his first four fights in the promotion, including a stoppage. But after his win over Leandro Issa in September 2016, he eventually found himself outside the UFC looking to get back.

Six years later, he made it back – almost. A year ago, he was set for his return at the UFC’s debut event in Paris, but had to pull out with an injury. This week, he got a scare when Muin Gafurov pulled out of their bout in Paris, but after a shuffle, Lapilus (18-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will fight Caolan Loughran (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

But now, nearly seven years after he most recently made a UFC walk, he’ll do it again – even if he still doesn’t understand why a 3-1 run led to his release. At 7-1 since then, including an Ares FC bantamweight title, Lapilus might prefer to let his performance do the talking Saturday.

Lapilus talked about that and more at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 226 media day in Paris.

Check out the full interview in the video above. UFC Fight Night 226 takes place Saturday at Accor Arena and is the UFC’s second visit to France. The event streams on ESPN+.

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UFC Fight Night 226 gets two shuffled matchups: William Gomis, Taylor Lapilus stay on Paris lineup

UFC Fight Night 226 will remain intact in Paris after a shuffle in the lineup.

UFC Fight Night 226 will remain mostly intact after a shuffle in the lineup.

After Lucas Almeida and Muin Gafurov were forced out of their respective bouts, [autotag]William Gomis[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and [autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag] (18-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) were in need of new opponents.

The UFC switched the lineup and booked Gomis in a featherweight bout against [autotag]Yanis Ghemmouri[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who was originally scheduled to face Cage Warriors champion [autotag]Caolan Loughran[/autotag] (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Lapilus will now face Loughran.

Two people with knowledge of the changes confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie after an initial report by The AB Show.

UFC Fight Night 226 takes place Saturday at Accor Arena in Paris. The event streams on ESPN+.

The UFC Fight Night 226 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)

  • Ciryl Gane vs. Serghei Spivac
  • Manon Fiorot vs. Rose Namajunas
  • Thiago Moises vs. Benoit Saint-Denis
  • Bogdan Guskov vs. Volkan Oezdemir
  • Yanis Ghemmouri vs. William Gomis

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, noon ET)

  • Morgan Charriere vs. Manolo Zecchini
  • Taylor Lapilus vs. Caolan Loughran
  • Ange Loosa vs. Rhys McKee
  • Nora Cornolle vs. Joselyne Edwards
  • Farid Basharat vs. Kleydson Rodrigues
  • Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Zarah Fairn

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