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UFC veterans in MMA and karate action Dec. 14-17

Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC wraps up its year with a pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.

UFC 296 takes place at T-Mobile Arena, and features a pair of title fights. In the main event, [autotag]Leon Edwards[/autotag] looks to defend his welterweight title against [autotag]Colby Covington[/autotag], and [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag] defends his flyweight crown against [autotag]Brandon Royval[/autotag].

Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing Dec. 14-17.

Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend’s competitors.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

UFC veterans in MMA, bareknuckle MMA and kickboxing action Sept. 7-9

Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC travels to Australia for UFC 293.

The pay-per-view event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney features a middleweight title fight between champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] and [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag].

Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing in MMA, bareknuckle MMA and kickboxing this week from Sept. 7-9.

Check out the names and details about their bouts below.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

UFC parts ways with eight fighters, including two after decade-long tenures

Eight fighters are no longer on the UFC roster including two fighters who have been with the promotion for approximately a decade each.

Eight fighters are no longer on the UFC roster, including two athletes who were with the promotion approximately a decade each.

Whether it was the impending wave of fighters who will be signed to compete on “Dana White’s Contender Series,” Season 7 or simply performance or contract-based decisions, the promotion parted ways with these fighters in recent weeks.

Algorithm-based Twitter account UFC Roster Watch first published the transactions when the promotion removed the fighters from official rankings eligibility.

Unless denoted, it is unclear whether each athlete was released or fought out their contract.

UFC 285 post-event facts: Jon Jones enters a class of his own with heavyweight title win

The numbers show Jon Jones stands in rarified air after making it 15-0 in title fights when he claimed heavyweight gold at UFC 285.

The biggest UFC event of 2023 thus far delivered in spades Saturday with UFC 285 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 14-fight lineup featured eight finishes and two new champions crowned.

In the main event, [autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag] (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) returned from a 37-month layoff and joined an exclusive club of two-division titleholders. The former longtime light heavyweight champion captured heavyweight gold with a first-round submission of [autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag] (11-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC).

The co-headliner saw [autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) pull off one of the biggest title-fight upsets in recent memory when she dethroned [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag] (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC) with a fourth-round submission to capture the women’s flyweight title.

For more on the numbers coming out of both championship contests, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 285.

UFC 285 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jon Jones nets $32,000 in octagon return

Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane both received an equal $32,000 in UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay for their UFC 285 title fight.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 285 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $282,500.

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 285 took place at T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 285 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Shavkat Rakhmonov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Geoff Neal[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mateusz Gamrot[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Bo Nickal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jamie Pickett[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Cody Garbrandt[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Trevin Jones[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Derek Brunson[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Amanda Ribas[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Viviane Araujo[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: $6,000
def.[autotag]Julian Marquez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ian Garry[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Song Kenan[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Cameron Saaiman[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Mana Martinez[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Jessica Penne[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Farid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Da’Mon Blackshear[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Loik Radzhabov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Esteban Ribovics[/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 2011 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: $1,440,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $15,959,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 285.

UFC 285 results: Cody Garbrandt practices patience in unanimous decision win over Trevin Jones

Forgive Cody Garbrandt for not wanting to engage in a firefight with Trevin Jones at UFC 285, but it worked.

Forgive [autotag]Cody Garbrandt[/autotag] for not wanting to engage in a firefight with [autotag]Trevin Jones[/autotag]. All the former UFC bantamweight champion was looking for was a win.

Patience was the name of the game for Garbrandt (13-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) on Saturday night at 285 as he took a smart approach to earn a unanimous decision win over Jones (13-10 MMA, 1-4 UFC), who performed as though the moment was too big for him. All three judges scored the fight 29-28 in favor of Garbrandt.

The bantamweight bout closed out the UFC 285 preliminary card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

It was a much-needed victory for Garbrandt, who’s been reeling ever since losing the 135-pound title to rival T.J. Dillashaw five-and-half years ago at UFC 217.

Garbrandt, coming off the longest layoff of his career at 488 days, hadn’t competed since a December 2021 TKO loss to Kai Kara-France at UFC 269, the fourth time he’d been knocked out in his previous six bouts, so throwing caution to the wind against Jones wasn’t what he aimed to do. That much was clear early on.

In Round 1, Garbrandt started out landing hard kicks to the body. He had the crowd behind him as chants of “Cody! Cody! Cody!” rang out in the early going. Garbrandt looked comfortable in the cage despite his long layoff, landing more frequently and effectively in the first five minutes. The surprise was Jones’ hesitance to pressure Garbrandt, something he said he would do in the lead up.

The same tempo continued in Round 2 until Garbrant perfectly timed a takedown. Jones briefly caught him in a guillotine choke attempt, but Garbrandt quickly popped hi head out. Garbrandt worked to Jones’ back and at one point sunk in a rear-naked choke, but Jones was able to fend it off. It was another round that clearly went to Garbrandt.

Garbrandt seemed to hit cruise control in the third round, which put him in a little bit of trouble when Jones landed his best punch of the fight, a hard right hand, that stunned his opponent. Still, it was too little too late for Jones, who lost his fourth fight in a row.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 285 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 285.

Trevin Jones ahead of UFC 285: ‘I’m focused on the best Cody Garbrandt’

Trevin Jones won’t take into account Cody Garbrandt’s recent slump when he fights the former bantamweight champion at UFC 285.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Trevin Jones[/autotag] won’t take into account [autotag]Cody Garbrandt[/autotag]’s recent slump.

Jones (13-9 MMA, 1-3 UFC) faces Garbrandt (12-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) on Saturday’s featured prelim at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.

Since winning the bantamweight title with a flawless performance over Dominick Cruz, Garbrandt has struggled. “No Love” has dropped five of his past six and suffered knockouts in four of those losses. But Jones won’t put too much weight on Garbrandt’s skid, and will expect the prime version of him.

“I’m focused on the best Cody,” Jones told reporters at the UFC 285 media day Wednesday. “He doesn’t want to lose just like I don’t want to lose, so I’m not focused on any of that. I’m not focused on what people are saying. I’m only focused on myself, my game plan, and what I need to do to Cody to beat him.”

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With Garbrandt’s willingness to brawl, Jones sees himself winning by knockout. But in this fight, Jones anticipates Garbrandt will try to wrestle him.

“Absolutely, I believe I have a lot of power, and if he gets overaggressive with me and I could lay that shot, I have to believe that,” Jones said. “I also believe that he’ll try to wrestle me and take me down, so I’m also preparing for that considering the way my last fight went. So I’m prepared for this guy. Yeah, he’s a former champion, but I’m always willing to put myself up to the task and I’m ready for this fight.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 285.

Cody Garbrandt determined to turn around UFC career: ‘I still have a lot of fight left in me’

Cody Garbrandt is confident he can bounce back from current losing skid.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Cody Garbrandt[/autotag] is confident there are better days ahead in his fighting career.

The former UFC bantamweight champion is determined to turn things around and get back to his winning ways. That all starts this Saturday, when Garbrandt (12-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) makes his return against [autotag]Trevin Jones[/autotag] on the preliminary card of UFC 285 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Garbrandt enters the bout on the heels of two consecutive defeats and a run of 1-5 in his past six fights. It’s not an ideal circumstance to be fighting Jones (13-9 MMA, 1-3 UFC), but Garbrandt feels he’s made the necessary changes to succeed.

“This is the best I’ve felt in years,” Garbrandt told reporters at the UFC 285 media day on Wednesday. “I’m excited to go out there and showcase my skills on Saturday. I’m a former world champion. I had that going on.

“I’m looking to rebound from the skid that I have going on. I understand that there’s ups and downs in life and just keeping the balance. I just need some momentum. You saw what momentum did in 2016. I went from unranked to world champion. All it takes is one fight at a time and then snowball effect, and I’ll make it back to the top.”

Garbrandt is now training in Las Vegas, as he relocated from Sacramento, Calif. He also revealed that heading into his last fight against Kai Kara-France, which he lost by TKO, he was going through a divorce and had several injuries. The 31-year-old said his life and mental health are in a much better place now.

Some may doubt Garbrandt’s abilities to bounce back from his streak, but that’s OK with the former champion.

“Honestly, it’s always been like that,” Garbrandt said. “I’ve had doubt since I was born. I was born into dirt. My mom was a single parent, we weren’t supposed to make it this far, so I just keep proving everyone wrong, staying humble, do what I need to do, and just go in there and train every day and get better.

“Also understand that it happens, it’s a fight, you know. This is a game of inches. Sometimes you might get caught, and luckily I was 11-0, champion, 25 years old. I truly believe that I still have a lot of fight left in me. As long as the passion and the hunger is there, the sky is the limit.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 285.

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Video: ‘UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane’ media day live stream

Before UFC 285 on Saturday,main card and prelim fighters are scheduled to speak to reporters at media day.

LAS VEGAS – A numbered UFC event returns to “Sin City” on Saturday for UFC 285, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

Before fight night arrives, though, notable athletes from the card are scheduled to speak to reporters Wednesday at media day, and MMA Junkie will have a live stream beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT.

That includes headliners Jon Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) and Ciryl Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who are scheduled to clash for the vacant heavyweight title in the main event.

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 285.

UFC 285 pre-event facts: Valentina Shevchenko’s remarkable resume speaks volumes about greatness

Go inside the numbers of UFC 285, the deepest card of the year, where history is at stake – both good and bad – for multiple fighters.

The crown jewel of the UFC’s first-quarter schedule for 2023 takes place Saturday with UFC 285. The loaded fight card goes down at T-Mobile Arena with a main card scheduled to air on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.

Two championship fights top the card, and they feature arguably the greatest male and female athletes the sport has ever seen. In the headlining act, Former light heavyweight champion [autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag] (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) will finally return from a more than three-year layoff and make the move to heavyweight for a vacant title showdown with [autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag] (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC).

The co-headliner, meanwhile, will see decorated women’s flyweight champion [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag] (23-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) attempt to make her eighth consecutive defense of her belt when she welcomes Mexican challenger [autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag] (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC).

For more on the numbers behind the two title fights, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC 285.