Tag: Tresean Gore

Tresean Gore: No beef, all respect, but about that Michael Bisping criticism at UFC Fight Night 247 …

Tresean Gore returned from a layoff of more than two years to notch his second straight guillotine choke finish.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag] beat Antonio Trocoli with a first-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 247 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Take a look inside the fight with Gore, who returned from a layoff of more than two years to notch his second straight guillotine choke finish.

Tresean Gore def. Antonio Trocoli

Tresean Gore

Result: Tresean Gore def. Antonio Trocoli via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:23
Updated records: Gore (5-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) def. Antonio Trocoli (12-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC)
Key stats: Gore was one of 10 favorites to win in 11 fights.

Gore on the fight’s key moment, broadcast criticism

Tresean Gore, Michael Bisping UFC Fight Night 247

“Bisping literally always (criticizes my finishes). I don’t know why. Everything I do is just untechnical and wrong. Last time, I got that choke on that guy Josh (Fremd), he was like, ‘Oh man, it’s good. But it’s so super untechnical.’ Like bro: It was that untechnical because I literally just got the same choke in a row. It’s called a standing arm-in guillotine. It’s a technique. I shot on him and I switched the single leg to a (double). Probably if he says that’s not technical, then he doesn’t know how to grapple.

“But I respect him. He’s a former champion and I look forward to becoming a champion myself one day. I would never ever beef with a guy like this and I respect him. I’m trying to follow his path. He became a champion. I didn’t. I haven’t done sh*t in this sport, so I respect the pioneers like him, and I do crave to get that respect from veterans like him.”

Gore on his layoff

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 09: (L-R) Tresean Gore secures a guillotine choke submission against Antonio Trocoli of Brazil in a middleweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

“It was the hardest time in my life, to be honest. This is a quick sport and people move on. Now I watch people move on and I watch how fickle the fans were, and it made me closer to my wife, it made me closer to my son and more importantly, it made me closer to God. It made it made me really get in tune with God. And I feel like I’m where I need to be now, mentally.”

Gore on what he wants next

Bo Nickal

“I feel freaking good and I’m ready to get back in here. I would like to have the fight with Bo (Nickal) rebooked and fight him healthy.”

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

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.

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UFC Fight Night 247 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $30 million

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out more than $30 million to athletes since its deal began with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 247 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $188,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 247 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Carlos Prates[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Reinier de Ridder[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gerald Meerschaert[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Gaston Bolanos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cortavious Romious[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Luana Pinheiro[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mansur Abdul-Malik[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dusko Todorovic[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Zach Scroggin[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Charlie Radtke[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Da’Mon Blackshear[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Stamann[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Antonio Trocoli[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Melissa Mullins[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Klaudia Sygula[/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 2471 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: $7,281,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $30,018,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.

UFC Fight Night 247 video: Tresean Gore submits Antonio Trocoli in 83 seconds

Tresean Gore made Antonio Trocoli frantically tap out with a standing choke early in the first round at UFC Vegas 100.

[autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag] delivered the cleanest performance of his octagon tenure Saturday when he finished [autotag]Antonio Trocoli[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 247.

Gore (5-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) needed just 83 seconds to latch on a standing guillotine choke that forced Trocoli (12-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) to frantically tap out early in the opening round of the middleweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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

Gore, 30, was ecstatic after bringing his octagon record to .500 and becoming the first to submit Trocoli in MMA competition. He said he hopes the perception of him is changing after a rough start in the organization.

“I get black belts with that guillotine,” Gore said in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “You’re all going to have to learn to respect me. One step at a time you’re going to see that I’m not just a prospect, I’m a contender.”

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Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 247 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.

‘Gutted’ Tresean Gore out of UFC 298 due to shoulder injury

The UFC’s February pay-per-view in Anaheim is down a man as Tresean Gore is out vs. AJ Dobson.

UFC 298 has an unexpected opening.

“TUF 29” middleweight runner up [autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag] is out due to a shoulder injury, he revealed in a series of Instagram stories Wednesday.

One of the stories featured Dr. John Tokish, of the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, who explained Gore’s injuries, which include a labral tear, paralabral cyst, and likely Grade 2 AC joint separation.

“I don’t think he’s going to be ready in 12 days to be able to protect himself,” Tokish said.

Gore (4-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) was expected to fight [autotag]AJ Dobson[/autotag] (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) on the Feb. 17 preliminary card at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

“Gutted posting this, but the UFC didn’t clear me to fight. I initially was gonna fight anyway, but my Coach made me (get) a MRI because he didn’t want me fighting with one Arm!” Gore wrote. “Man I don’t understand why some things happen, but it’s all on God’s time not mine! I will be back and when the time is Right, I will be P4P. I can’t allow injury’s to kill my dream!”

It’s unclear if Dobson will remain on the card, although he teased fight news Wednesday on Instagram.

With the change, the UFC 298 fight card includes:

  • Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria
  • Henry Cejudo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
  • Paulo Costa vs. Robert Whittaker
  • Ian Garry vs. Geoff Neal
  • Anthony Hernandez vs. Roman Kopylov
  • Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Lemos
  • Andrea Lee vs. Miranda Maverick
  • Marcos Rogerio vs. Justin Tafa
  • Rinya Nakamura vs. Carlos Vera
  • Zhang Mingyang vs. Brendson Ribeiro
  • Oban Elliott vs. Val Woodburn
  • Danny Barlow vs. Yusaku Kinoshita

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 298.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC fights announced in the past week (Dec. 25-Dec. 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. 25-31.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC fights announced in the past week (Dec. 18-24)

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.

Video: ‘UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez’ media day interviews

Before UFC 290 on Saturday, the title-fight competitors, main card and more are scheduled to speak to reporters at media day.

LAS VEGAS – The UFC returns to “Sin City” on Saturday for UFC 290, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

Before fight night arrives, though, the main card and featured prelim athletes spoke to reporters Wednesday at media day.

If you happen to miss any of the individual sessions on the live stream, check below for the archived videos of each media day.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 290.

Bo Nickal in need of new UFC 290 opponent after Tresean Gore injury withdrawal

Bo Nickal’s status for UFC 290 suddenly is in jeopardy through no fault of his own. 

(Editor’s note: Three hours after this story published, Bo Nickal secured a new opponent for UFC 290. You can read all about it here.)

[autotag]Bo Nickal[/autotag]’s status for UFC 290 suddenly is in jeopardy through no fault of his own.

With only five days until Saturday’s pay-per-view event, Nickal’s opponent, [autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag], has withdrawn from their scheduled main-card fight because of a wrist injury. Gore (4-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) made the announcement Tuesday morning on his Instagram stories. According to Ariel Helwani, the UFC is working on finding a last-minute replacement for Nickal and hopes to finalize a new bout before today is over.

Nickal (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), 27, made his promotional debut in March at UFC 285, where he defeated Jamie Pickett in the first round with a triangle choke. The win didn’t come without controversy as Pickett and his team initially sought to appeal the result due to a potential low blow that occurred before the finishing sequence. However, the result of the fight was upheld after the appeal fell through.

Nickal, a three-time NCAA Division I national champion wrestler out of Penn State, has won all four of his professional MMA bouts in the first round. That includes two buzzworthy Dana White’s Contender Series appearances last year, which took place just seven weeks apart.

Gore, who participated in “The Ultimate Fighter 29,” had been set to compete for the first time in 2023. Gore said his wrist injury could require surgery that would keep him out of action for six months to a year.

In his last appearance, Gore picked up his first UFC win by submitting Josh Fremd in the second round with a guillotine choke.

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Below is the UFC 290 lineup:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez
  • Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja
  • Dricus Du Plessis vs. Robert Whittaker
  • Dan Hooker vs. Jalin Turner
  • Bo Nickal vs. opponent TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD (ABC/ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Robbie Lawler vs. Niko Price
  • Josiah Harrell vs. Jack Della Maddalena
  • Denise Gomes vs. Yazmin Jauregui
  • Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • Vitor Petrino vs. Marcin Prachnio
  • Jesus Aguilar vs. Shannon Ross
  • Kamuela Kirk vs. Esteban Ribovics
  • Terrence Mitchell vs. Cameron Saaiman
  • Edgar Chairez vs. Tatsuro Taira

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 290.

Dan Hardy: Tresean Gore matchup designed for ‘Bo Nickal to pick up another win’

Dan Hardy sees Tresean Gore as a tailor-made matchup for Bo Nickal.

[autotag]Dan Hardy[/autotag] sees [autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag] as a tailor-made matchup for [autotag]Bo Nickal[/autotag].

Nickal (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) meets Gore (4-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) on Saturday’s UFC 290 pay-per-view main card opener at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC/ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.

Standout wrestler Nickal is one of the most highly touted prospects in the sport, but Hardy thinks the UFC has been giving him favorable matchups.

“I kind of feel like this one’s been matched for Bo Nickal to pick up another win,” Hardy said on his YouTube channel. “I mean, 4-0 against 4-2. I’m very excited for Bo Nickal, but it’s like, sometimes I feel like fighters join the UFC a little bit too soon, and then you can kind of tell that they’re curating their career too much, if that makes sense.”

Nickal has finished all four of his professional fights in less than a round, and Hardy expects another quick finish for the three-time NCAA Division-I national wrestling champion.

“I’m kind of expecting Bo Nickal to make the most of the pressure that Tresean Gore’s going to probably put him under,” Hardy said. “It makes no sense for Tresean Gore to back up and give him any space because then he’s going to get pushed around and Bo Nickal is going to set up his level change.

“Ultimately, I just think this fight’s going to be on the floor within a minute, and Bo Nickal is probably going to be able to beat him up from top position to soften him up and then attack some kind of neck attack, anaconda, arm triangle, rear-naked choke, et cetera, et cetera.”

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 290.

Video: UFC 290 ‘Countdown’ for Tresean Gore vs. Bo Nickal

Did you miss the debut of UFC 290 “Countdown” or just want to watch it again? Check out the main card opener preview now.

Did you miss the debut of UFC 290 “Countdown” or just want to watch it again? Check out the main card opener preview now.

The segment takes a special look at the middleweight main card opener between [autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag] (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and highly touted wrestling standout [autotag]Bo Nickal[/autotag] (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who is a massive 12-1 betting favorite.

UFC 290 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC/ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.

“Countdown” goes behind the scenes with the two fighters, and you can watch the full segment above. And don’t miss the entire episode in the video below.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 290.