Tag: Tyson Nam

Video: Former UFC fighter Tyson Nam hits devastating one-punch knockout in first fight since release

That’s one way for Tyson Nam to get the UFC’s attention again.

If [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag]’s hope is to catch the UFC matchmakers’ attention for a possible return, his fight on Friday night can only help his cause.

Competing for the first time since the UFC released him last summer, Nam absolutely obliterated Mark Coates with one punch in the Front Street Fights 28 main event in Boise, Idaho. When you can immediately throw up your hands in victory, that’s when you know you hit a devastating knockout – which is what Nam did the moment his overhand right landed flush on Coates’ face and sent his limp body to the canvas.

Watch the brutal finish in the video below (via X):

Nam, who went 3-5 in the UFC, was released from the promotion on the heels of a split decision loss to Azat Maksum last July at UFC on ESPN 49, which Nam disputed. Shortly after, Nam told MMA Junkie’s Nolan King that he felt both “salty” and grateful after his UFC tenure came to an end.

“I know there’s a flyweight bout every weekend,” Nam said at the time, “and if somebody gets injured I just hope I’ll be on the top of the list of Mick Maynard’s list to throw me in there on a short-notice fight.”

Maybe with this finish, Nam put himself up there.

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Tyson Nam both ‘salty’ and grateful after end of UFC tenure, plans to continue MMA career

Tyson Nam is frustrated to see his UFC run come to an end after what he views as an unjust defeat, but optimistic in the future.

[autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag] is frustrated to see his UFC run come to an end after what he views as an unjust defeat, but is optimistic toward the future.

Nam (21-14-1 MMA, 3-5 UFC) parted ways with the promotion after he suffered a split decision loss to Azat Maksum at UFC on ESPN 49 in July. It was his third defeat in his past four fights, and from there the UFC brass decided the 39-year-old would no longer be on the roster.

It would be one thing if Nam felt he didn’t belong at the UFC level anymore. However, he pushed an undefeated prospect like Maksum to the brink over three rounds and felt he should’ve got the win on the scorecards, which makes it a difficult pill to swallow.

“The numbers on the stat sheet literally says I was more active round-by-round, I landed more and I still can’t come out with the nod from the judges,” Nam told MMA Junkie. “So it’s just a sh*tty feeling every which way. Not only is my bank account a little bit light, but I’m unemployed as well. That’s just how it is right now.

“I’m just sitting here confused, upset. There’s nothing I could do to change the outcome. I did literally everyone possible that I knew how to do since – I’ve been in the game for 17 years – how to win a fight. I literally changed that around and I still come out on the short end of the stick.”

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After making his MMA debut in February 2006, Nam finally reached the pinnacle of the sport and made his UFC debut in September 2019. All three of his wins inside the octagon came by knockout, and he was only finished once in five defeats with the organization.

Some of his losses came to elite competition such as Sergio Pettis, Kai Kara-France and Matt Schnell, and rarely did he get blown out. To have his stint with the UFC come to an end in a fight he felt he won, is not easy.

“I knew that I need a win, I need to win very decisively and in a big fashion against a 16-0, undefeated, future flyweight champ of the UFC division,” Nam said. “I’m so salty, but at the same time I’m forever grateful to have been part of the UFC. That’s everyone’s dream to fight under the big lights and under the biggest MMA promotion ever created.”

The situation puts Nam at something of a crossroads. He turns 40 in October, and it’s not typical for flyweight fighters to thrive around that age. He’s not ready to hang up the gloves and retire yet, though, and Nam said he’s surveying his options going forward, with his ultimate hope being a UFC return – no matter the circumstances.

“I think I will continue (my career),” Nam said. “I know there’s a flyweight bout every weekend and if somebody gets injured I just hope I’ll be on the top of the list of Mick Maynard’s list to throw me in there on a short-notice fight.”

UFC on ESPN 49 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Holly Holm tops card with $11,000

UFC on ESPN 49 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 on ESPN 49 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $126,500.

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 49 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 49 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Mayra Bueno Silva[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Holly Holm[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Jack Della Maddalena[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Bassil Hafez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Fransisco Prado[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ottman Azaitar[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Junyong Park[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Albert Duraev[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Norma Dumont[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Chelsea Chandler[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nazim Sadykhov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Melsik Baghdasaryan[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Tucker Lutz[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Viktoriia Dudakova[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Istela Nunes[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Melquizael Costa[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Austin Lingo[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Evan Elder[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Genaro Valdez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Azat Maksum[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Alexander Munoz[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Carl Deaton[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ailin Perez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ashlee Evans-Smith[/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 $4,500; 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 $49,000 while title challengers get $49,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-49 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $4,555,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,144,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 49.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (April 24-30)

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 from April 24-30.

UFC Fight Night 221 post-event facts: Merab Dvalishvili sets takedown attempt record

Merab Dvalishvili attempted a historic number of takedowns in his dominant win over Petr Yan in the UFC Fight Night 221 headliner.

The UFC hosted yet another event on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 221, which took place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

[autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag] (16-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) continued to emerge as a contender in the main event when he outworked former champion [autotag]Petr Yan[/autotag] (16-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) to win a unanimous decision with a relentless pace of striking and takedown attempts.

For more on the numbers from the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 221.

UFC Fight Night 221 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $16 million

UFC Fight Night 221 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 221 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $194,000.

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 Fight Night 221 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 221 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

[autotag]Petr Yan[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Alexander Volkov[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Alexandr Romanov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Nikita Krylov[/autotag]: $16,000
[autotag]Ryan Spann[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Jonathan Martinez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Guido Cannetti[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Anton Turkalj[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Karl Williams[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Lukasz Brzeski[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Raphael Assuncao[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Davey Grant[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Josh Fremd[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Sedriques Dumas[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Victor Henry[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Tony Gravely[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ariane Lipski[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]JJ Aldrich [/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Carlston Harris[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Jared Gooden[/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 2217 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2211 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: $1,634,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $16,153,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 221.

Fight Tracks: The walkout songs of UFC Fight Night 221 with Tupac, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Elvis

Check out all the fighter walkout songs from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 221 event.

While it takes intense training, world-class skills and maybe even a bit of luck to register a UFC win, picking the right song to accompany you to the cage is a key talent, as well.

See what the fighters from UFC Fight Night 221 went with as their backing tracks in Las Vegas.

Bruno Silva def. Tyson Nam at UFC Fight Night 221: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Bruno Silva’s technical submission win over Tyson Nam at UFC Fight Night 221.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag]’s technical submission win over [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 221 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. (Photos by Ron Chenoy, USA TODAY Sports)

UFC Fight Night 221 video: Bruno Silva punts Tyson Nam in jaw, then chokes out remaining consciousness

In one of the most beautifully violent finishes of the year, Bruno Silva put Tyson Nam to sleep with a kick and rear-naked choke.

[autotag]Bruno Silva[/autotag] showed well-rounded technique and finesse in a violent finish of [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag] at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 221.

In a flyweight bout on the preliminary card, Silva (12-5-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) landed a front kick to the face of Nam (21-12-1 MMA, 3-3 UFC) before he snatched a deep rear-naked choke and squeezed the remaining consciousness out of his opponent. The stoppage came at the 1:23 mark of Round 2.

Silva had not competed in almost two years prior to UFC Fight Night 221, but extends his winning streak to three. A product of Fight Ready MMA, Silva has turned his career around after a 0-2 (with one no contest) start to his UFC tenure. With the defeat, Nam has now lost two of his most recent three bouts.

The up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 221 results include:

  • Bruno Silva def. Tyson Nam via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:23
  • Carlston Harris def. Jared Gooden via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 221.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Nov. 14-20)

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 from Nov. 14-20.