Tag: Terrance McKinney

After yet another finish (and denied bonus) at UFC Saudi Arabia, Terrance McKinney looking for champ lifestyle

Terrance McKinney has 12 straight first-round finishes in his victories. The latest came against Damir Hadzovic at UFC Fight Night 250.

[autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag] beat Damir Hadzovic with a first-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 250 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Take a look inside the fight with McKinney, who has 12 straight first-round finishes.

Terrance McKinney def. Damir Hadzovic

Result: Terrance McKinney def. Damir Hadzovic via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:01
Updated records: McKinney (16-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC), Hadzovic (14-8 MMA, 4-6 UFC)
Key stats: McKinney outstruck Hadzovic by a whopping 69-4. All 16 of his wins are finishes, and now he’s even with eight knockouts and eight submissions.

Terrance McKinney def. Damir Hadzovic, UFC Fight Night 250 (via UFC)

McKinney on the fight’s key moment

“I knew he was going to be a little bit nervous, so we wanted to take advantage of that – be in his face, get him nervous and get him to start swinging big. I was able to find a counter right hand, and that was the end of the fight. He started shooting, and we just took advantage from there.”

McKinney on staying calm and confident

“I’m just humbling myself, listening to my coaches, trusting my teammates, trusting everyone around me, and most importantly, just staying humble and know that this is not my doing.”

McKinney on what he wants next

“I want two more victories (in 2025) and a shot at the top 15, where I know I can be, and most importantly just being a man my kids can look up to, and loving my wife and stop being a slut and really just buckle down and start being a champion on and off the mat.”

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To hear more from McKinney, check out his post-fight interview above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 250.

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UFC Fight Night 250 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Israel Adesanya leads card

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out $31.5 million to athletes since its deal began with Venum.

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 250 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $137,500.

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 250 took place at ANB Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 250 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Nassourdine Imavov[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Michael Page[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Shara Magomedov[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sergei Pavlovich[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Vinicius Oliveira[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Fares Ziam[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Mike Davis[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Muhammad Naimov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Kaan Ofli[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Thomas Petersen[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Damir Hadzovic[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Mayra Bueno Silva[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Bogdan Grad[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Lucas Alexander[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Hamdy Abdelwahab[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jamal Pogues[/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 2501 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 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $617,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $31,634,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 250.

UFC Saudi Arabia: Terrance McKinney now has 6 UFC first-round finishes – and 0 bonuses

The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday’s card, but once again passed over a fighter who always finishes his wins.

The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday’s card, but once again passed over a fighter who always finishes his wins.

Left off the list was [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag], who had a first-round TKO of Damir Hadzovic on the prelims for his 12th straight first-round finish in his wins. Six of those have come in the UFC, including one in 7 seconds and one in 20 seconds – yet none of them, including Saturday’s finish, have been worthy of an official post-fight bonus.

After UFC Fight Night 250, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Saudi Arabia. Check out the UFC Saudi Arabia winners below.

Fight of the Night: Vinicius Oliveira def. Said Nurmagomedov

Vinicius Oliveira def. Said Nurmagomedov, UFC Fight Night 250 (via UFC)

Vinicius Oliveira def. Said Nurmagomedov via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

[autotag]Vinicius Oliveira[/autotag] (22-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and [autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag] (18-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) threw themselves all over the cage for 15 minutes with wild exchanges. Ultimately, Oliveira kept his UFC record perfect with an upset unanimous decision.

Performance of the Night: Bogdan Grad

Bogdan Grad def. Lucas Alexander, UFC Fight Night 250 (via UFC)

Bogdan Grad def. Lucas Alexander via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:22

[autotag]Bogdan Grad[/autotag] (15-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a two-time fighter on Dana White’s Contender Series, had a rough first round against Lucas Alexander (8-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) – who missed weight for the bout. But in the second, he took over and late in the round, in full mount, pounded Alexander out. Then he said now that his UFC debut is in the books, he will be a problem for the featherweight division.

Performance of the Night: Nassourdine Imavov

Nassourdine Imavov def. Israel Adesanya, UFC Fight Night 250 (via UFC)

Nassourdine Imavov def. Israel Adesanya via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 0:30

[autotag]Nassourdine Imavov[/autotag] (16-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) stayed rolling at middleweight with his biggest win yet when he took out former champion Israel Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) with a knockout 30 seconds into the second round. Adesanya looked good in the first, but Imavov drilled him in the second and shut the lights out in a hurry for Adesanya’s third straight setback. Imavov called for a title shot with his seventh straight win in the weight class.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 250.

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UFC Fight Night 250 video: Terrance McKinney overwhelms Damir Hadzovic for quick TKO

Terrance McKinney has 16 career wins and 15 first-round finishes after dispatching of Damir Hadzovic at UFC Saudi Arabia.

[autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag] showed once again that his first wave of offence is tough to deal with when he put [autotag]Damir Hadzovic[/autotag] away early at UFC Fight Night 250.

It was short work for McKinney (16-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in the lightweight bout at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He stung Hadzovic (14-8 MMA, 4-6 UFC) with the hands early and forced his opponent to try to grapple. “T-Rex” countered with a guillotine attempt, which led to a reversal into top mount where he unleashed elbows and punches until the referee stepped in at the 2:01 mark of Round 1.

Check out the replay of McKinney’s handiwork below (via X):

With the win, McKinney kept his 100 percent career stoppage rate in tact. He has earned all 15 of his victories inside the first round (including all six in the UFC), and after changing camps prior to this performance, the 30-year-old said he hopes this is the start of meeting his full potential.

“I took a change, moved to Orlando, Florida, and you guys see me reap the blessings of my hard work,” McKinney said in his post-fight interview with Paul Felder. “I’d like to fight Chris Duncan next. Baby, let’s get it.”

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Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 250 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 250.

Terrance McKinney vs. Damir Hadzovic joins February’s UFC Saudi Arabia card

Terrance McKinney’s 10th UFC bout will go down February in Saudi Arabia, and so far he hasn’t had a fight go past eight minutes.

[autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag] will bring his action-packed style back to the octagon in February when he takes on [autotag]Damir Hadzovic[/autotag] in a lightweight bout in Saudi Arabia.

McKinney (15-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) is set to clash with Hadzovic (14-7 MMA, 4-5 UFC) at UFC Fight Night: Riyadh on Feb. 1 at The Venue. Both fighters recently confirmed the matchup on social media.

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The fight will mark McKinney’s 10th octagon appearance, and so far he hasn’t had a fight go past eight minutes. He has experienced mixed results, but one way or another, he has proven himself to be a violent figure with notable wins over Fares Ziam and Matt Frevola.

Hadzovic, meanwhile, has had ups and downs of his own inside the cage, but has maintained a spot on the UFC roster since April 2016. He hasn’t seen action in more than two years, and will try to beat McKinney to break out of a 1-3 slump in his past four contests.

The latest UFC Fight Night lineup for Saudi Arabia now includes:

  • Sergei Pavlovich vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  • Ikram Aliskerov vs. Andre Muniz
  • Said Nurmagomedov vs. Vinicius Oliveira
  • Damir Hadzovic vs. Terrance McKinney
  • Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Jordan Leavitt
  • Lucas Alexander vs. Bogdan Grad
  • Muhammad Naimov vs. Kaan Ofli
  • Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Jamal Pogues
  • Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
  • Shamil Gaziev vs. Thomas Petersen

UFC on ESPN 56 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2024 total passes $3 million

UFC on ESPN 56 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

ST. LOUIS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 56 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,000.

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 on ESPN 56 took place at Enterprise Arena. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 56 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Nursulton Ruziboev[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alonzo Menifield[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Diego Ferreira[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Mateusz Rebecki[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sean Woodson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Waldo Cortes-Acosta[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Robelis Despaigne[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Esteban Ribovics[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Tecia Pennington[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Trey Waters[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Billy Ray Goff[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Veronica Hardy[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]JJ Aldrich[/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 $4,560; 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 $56,000 while title challengers get $56,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-56 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,106,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $25,843,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 56.

UFC on ESPN 56 video: Esteban Ribovics head kick knockout seats Terrance McKinney against fence

Shades of Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie transpired at UFC on ESPN 56, as Esteban Ribovics made Terrance McKinney take a seat.

UFC on ESPN 56 was a decision-heavy affair until [autotag]Esteban Ribovics[/autotag] showed up.

On the prelims at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Ribovics (13-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) knocked out [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag] (15-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) with a heavy right high kick. The stoppage came 37 seconds into the first round.

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For as short as it was, the fight was wild from the opening bell. Ribovics nearly caught McKinney with a knee in a previous exchange. The kick did the trick, however, as McKinney was sent into a seated position against the fence, reminiscent of Kevin Lee’s all-time knockout of Gregor Gillespie.

With the win, Ribovics extends his winning streak to two after a debut loss to Loik Radzhabov. On the flip side, McKinney has his two-fight winning streak snapped.

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Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 56 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 56.

Esteban Ribovics def. Terrance McKinney at UFC on ESPN 56: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Esteban Ribovics’s first-round knockout win over Terrance McKinney at UFC on ESPN 56.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Esteban Ribovics[/autotag]’ first-round knockout win over [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag] at UFC on ESPN 56 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. (Fight and venue photos by Jeff Le, USA Today Sports)

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Feb. 12-18)

Check out the UFC, PFL, and Bellator fights 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, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Feb. 12-18.

UFC books Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics for May showdown

“T-Wrecks” Terrance McKinney has his next UFC test: up-and-coming Argentine Esteban Ribovics.

UFC fan-favorite [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag] is back, but will have a hungry Argentine up-and-comer waiting in the wings for him in his return.

McKinney (15-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) will face [autotag]Esteban Ribovics[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night event May 11. The card does not currently have a known location or venue.

Two people including McKinney’s manager Oren Hodak, of KO Reps, confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie on Monday after an initial report by ESPN Knockout commentator Gaston Reyno.

McKinney, 29, has won back-to-back fights by first-round knockout. He finished Mike Breeden in 85 seconds in August before a 20-second pummeling of Brendon Marotte in October.

Ribovics, 27, signed with the UFC after an impressive first-round TKO of Thomas Paull on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022. Ribovics lost his promotional debut to Loik Radzhabov by unanimous decision. He picked up his first UFC victory in July when he defeated Kamuela Kirk by unanimous decision.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for May 11 includes:

  • Jake Hadley vs. Charles Johnson
  • Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics