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Trevin Giles to make UFC return after syncopal episode, booked vs. Bevon Lewis on Nov. 7

At UFC on ESPN+ 31, Trevin Giles fainted moments prior to his supposed-to-be walkout.

Three weeks after fainting just prior to his planned walk to the cage on Aug. 1, [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag] is booked for his next fight.

Giles (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) will take on [autotag]Bevon Lewis[/autotag] (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout at a UFC event on Nov. 7. The location and venue of the event has not been officially announced at this time.

Multiple people with knowledge of the situation recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Giles also mentioned the fight on his official Instagram page.

Ahead of his fight against Kevin Holland at UFC on ESPN+ 31, Giles fainted in the runway, causing the bout to be called off moments before the main card broadcast begun. Prior to his syncopal episode, Giles had snapped a two-fight losing streak by defeating James Krause at UFC 247 in February.

Lewis picked up his first UFC win at UFC on ESPN 24 in January, defeating Dequan Townsend by unanimous decision. Prior to that, Lewis, a UFC development deal signee, lost his first two UFC fights to Uriah Hall and Darren Stewart.

With the addition, the Nov. 7 lineup includes:

  • Brendan Allen vs. Ian Heinisch
  • Vanessa Melo vs. Sarah Moras
  • Kyle Daukaus vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
  • Dustin Jacoby vs. Justin Ledet
  • Trevin Giles vs. Bevon Lewis

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Trevin Giles released from hospital after fainting at UFC on ESPN+ 31, to undergo further testing

According to Trevin Giles’ manager Oren Hodak, Giles has been discharged from the hospital after fainting prior to UFC on ESPN+ 31.

According to [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag]’ manager Oren Hodak, Giles has been discharged from the hospital.

Giles (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who fainted prior to his walkout at UFC on ESPN+ 31, had his fight against [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag] canceled by the Nevada Athletic Commission due to precautionary reasons.

Giles spent the night at the hospital for further medical evaluation, citing heart irregularities as the possible issue in a statement provided on his Instagram.

“Got held over night in the hospital. Apparently I have heart irregularities that may be the cause of all this. Just had a heart cardiogram this morning. Waiting for the good news and back to Houston I go. I will enjoy my family, assure all my loved ones that I’m okay, then I will prepare to handle some unfinished business. Thanks for all the love and concern.”

Giles has since been released from the hospital. He flew back to Houston on Sunday to undergo further testing in his hometown. In another statement provided on the “Texas MMA Round Up” Facebook page, Giles said that once cleared, he hopes his fight with Holland gets rebooked.

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UFC on ESPN+ 31 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $34.5 million

UFC on ESPN+ 31 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 31 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $103,500.

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 on ESPN+ 31 took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card streamed ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN+ 31 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Derek Brunson[/autotag]: $20,000
def. [autotag]Edmen Shahbazyan[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jennifer Maia[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Joanne Calderwood[/autotag]: $10,000

[autotag]Vicente Luque[/autotag]: $10,000
def. [autotag]Randy Brown[/autotag]: $5,000

[autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag]: $15,000
def. [autotag]Lando Vannata[/autotag]: $5,000

[autotag]Jonathan Martinez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Frankie Saenz[/autotag]: $5,000

[autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Johnny Munhoz[/autotag]: $3,500

[autotag]Jamall Emmers[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Vincent Cachero[/autotag]: $3,500

[autotag]Chris Gutierrez[/autotag]: $4,000
vs. [autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag]: $3,500

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’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 $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,000; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.

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 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,601,000
2019 total: $7,370,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $34,605,500

Trevin Giles faints prior to walkout; UFC on ESPN+ 31 bout with Kevin Holland canceled

Trevin Giles vs. Kevin Holland was scrapped from UFC on ESPN+31 just moments before the fight was supposed to happen.

The phrase “last-minute fight fallout” is thrown around a lot when bouts are canceled near fight night, but it was literal at UFC on ESPN+ 31.

Just moments before the main-card opener at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night was scheduled to go down, [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag] fainted before making his walk to the octagon. This forced the Nevada Athletic Commission to cancel his middleweight matchup against [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag] due to precautionary reasons.

The news was announced during the UFC broadcast.

Giles (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) was shown on the broadcast sitting on his own power. He wanted to fight against Holland (17-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC), but the NAC didn’t allow the bout to go ahead. No further details on the situation were revealed.

Below was the UFC’s announcement on the cancellation:

Meanwhile, Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports reported the UFC attempted to make a makeshift bout between Holland and Ed Herman, who had his scheduled fight with Gerald Meerschaert fall out earlier in the day when the latter tested positive for COVID-19. However, Herman got the first flight out of Vegas after his fight dropped out, which ended that possible scenario.

Holland, meanwhile, cast some doubt on Giles’ withdrawal in an interview with reporters, including MMA Junkie.

“In the back of my head, I’m honestly believing that he held his breath until he passed out, so that way, he didn’t get the smackdown,” Holland said.

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Trevin Giles plans on knocking Kevin Holland out of his comfort zone at UFC on ESPN+ 31

Trevin Giles says the key to victory against Kevin Holland is to knock the confident middleweight out of his comfort zone.

[autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag] knows he has to tame [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]’s theatrics.

Giles (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) faces Holland on Saturday at UFC on ESPN+ 31, which takes place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+.

Giles is well aware of what “Big Mouth” Holland (17-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC), who often talks to his opponents during his fights, brings to the table and isn’t planning on getting caught up in his antics.

“I expect him to be in there trying to have fun,” Giles told reporters, including MMA Junkie, during Thursday’s UFC on ESPN+ 31 virtual media day. “When he gets in there he seems like he’s enjoying himself and he’s getting his momentum going and stuff, and I feel like he gets to talking and it makes him a little more comfortable. It gives him some sort of momentum, but that’s what I expect. That’s Holland, that’s how he fights, that’s what he does.

“So I expect him to do that, and I expect him to move around and be athletic. He has a very carefree fight style so I expect him to be like that, and I expect him to use his length and for him to be relaxed and trying to have fun and it’s gonna be my job to not let him do that.”

It’s the second time Giles, who was originally scheduled to face Jun Yong Park, has had a last-second opponent change. In his past outing at UFC 247 in February, he edged out James Krause, who stepped in on just 24-hours notice.

Now he will look to secure back-to-back wins for the second time in his UFC career with victory against Holland in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

UFC on ESPN+ 31 predictions: Who’s picking Derek Brunson to halt Edmen Shahbazyan’s charge?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC on ESPN+ 31 main card in Las Vegas.

Brunson
vs.
Shahbazyan		 Calderwood
vs.
Maia		 Brown
vs.
Luque		 Green
vs.
Vannata		 Giles
vs.
Holland
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
2020: 71-46		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan (76%)		 calderwood2020
Calderwood (72%)		 luque2020
Luque (90%)		 vannata2020
Vannata (53%)		 holland2020
Holland (86%)
Nolan King
@mma_kings
2020: 84-33		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 vannata2020
Vannata		 holland2020
Holland
Dan Tom
@DanTomMMA
2020: 83-34		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 bgreen2020
Green		 holland2020
Holland
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
2020: 82-35		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 vannata2020
Vannata		 holland2020
Holland
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohnMMA
2020: 80-37
trophy copy 2014 Champion		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 vannata2020
Vannata		 giles2020
Giles
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
2020: 79-38		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 vannata2020
Vannata		 holland2020
Holland
Simon Head
@simonhead
2020: 78-39
trophy copy 2019 Champion*		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 bgreen2020
Green		 holland2020
Holland
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
2020: 78-39
trophy copy 2017 Champion		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 bgreen2020
Green		 holland2020
Holland
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
2020: 77-40
trophy copy 2018 Champion		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 bgreen2020
Green		 holland2020
Holland
Dave Doyle
@davedoylemma
2020: 76-41		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 jennifermaia2020
Maia		 luque2020
Luque		 vannata2020
Vannata		 holland2020
Holland
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
2020: 75-42		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 bgreen2020
Green		 holland2020
Holland
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
2020: 73-44		 brunson2020
Brunson		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 bgreen2020
Green		 holland2020
Holland
John Morgan
@MMAjunkieJohn
2020: 72-45		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 vannata2020
Vannata		 holland2020
Holland
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
2020: 72-45		 shahbazyan2020
Shahbazyan		 calderwood2020
Calderwood		 luque2020
Luque		 vannata2020
Vannata		 holland2020
Holland
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
2020: 49-68		 brunson2020
Brunson		 maia2020
Maia		 rbrown2020
Brown		 bgreen2020
Green		 giles2020
Giles

The UFC returns home to Las Vegas with a pair of ranked middleweight contenders at the top of the bill, looking to catapult themselves toward the top of the division with a statement victory.

UFC on ESPN+ 31 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, [autotag]Edmen Shahbazyan[/autotag] (11-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is the clear favorite to defeat [autotag]Derek Brunson[/autotag] (20-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC), with 12 of our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts selecting the undefeated prospect to continue his surge up the middleweight division. He’s also the favorite with our readers, too, with 76 percent backing him to get the win.

In the co-main event, Scotland’s [autotag]Joanne Calderwood[/autotag] (14-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) received similar backing from our panel, with 12 of the MMA Junkie team picking “JoJo” to get the victory over [autotag]Jennifer Maia[/autotag] (17-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC).

Brazilian welterweight [autotag]Vicente Luque[/autotag] (18-7-1 MMA, 11-3 UFC) is the most popular fighter on the card with our voting readers, with a whopping 90 percent picking him to prevail in his main card clash against [autotag]Randy Brown[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC). Thirteen of our 14 panelists also sided with Luque in their staff picks.

A fascinating striking battle is in prospect as lightweights [autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag] (25-10-1 MMA, 6-5 UFC) and [autotag]Lando Vannata[/autotag] (10-4-2 MMA, 3-4-2 UFC) face off, and the vote is suitably split, with Vannata edging the fan poll with 53 percent of the vote. The pair also split our staff picks panel, too, with each man receiving seven votes each.

The middleweight main card opener offers an interesting clash, too, but the panel and the fans seem much more unified in their assessment, with 86 percent of readers, and 12 of our panelists, picking [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag] (17-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) to take the victory over [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC).

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Shahbazyan (76 percent), Calderwood (72 percent), Luque (90 percent), Vannata (53 percent), and Holland (86 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

UFC on ESPN+ 31: Make your predictions for Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 31 event in Las Vegas.

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 31 event in Las Vegas.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC on ESPN+ 31 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC on ESPN+ 31 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams live on ESPN+.

Make your picks for all five main card fights inside:

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