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Check out what the UFC Fight Night 238 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.
LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 238 took place Saturday with 11 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 238 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 238.
Facing Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 238, undefeated Vitor Petrino is eyeing his third $50,000 bonus in four fights.
LAS VEGAS – After a very successful debut year in the UFC, [autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag] has his sights set on continuing what he started.
Brazil’s undefeated light heavyweight rattled off three victories in 2023 after being signed to the promotion following his appearance on Dana White’s Contender Series in September 2022. He also picked up a pair of bonuses; a Fight of the Night vs. Anton Turkalj and a Performance of the Night vs. Modestas Bukauskas.
Petrino (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will look to keep the momentum going in his first fight of 2024 against Tyson Pedro on the main card of UFC Fight Night 238 at the UFC Apex.
“I think it’s been a very productive year,” Petrino said through an interpreter at Wednesday’s media day. “We’ve been able to submit, we’ve been able to knock out, we’ve been able to get Fight of the Night. We’ve been able to show our work, and I think we’ve been able to show the world what we came here for.”
Petrino’s first test of the calendar year will be against Pedro (10-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC), who only has four more professional bouts total, but over twice the experience under the bright lights of the UFC.
“Tyson Pedro’s an experienced guy, a guy I used to watch before coming into the UFC,” Petrino said. “I like the style, he goes for it. He does a good job on the ground as well. I think this was good matchmaking, and I think it has all of the potential to be Fight of the Night.”
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Check out the full media day interview with Petrino in the video above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 238.
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 Jan. 29-Feb. 4.
Check out all the facts from UFC Sao, which saw Jailton Almeida log a record amount of ground control time over Derrick Lewis in the main event.
The UFC’s return to Sao Paulo after more than four years proved to be a forgettable one on Saturday, with UFC Fight Night 231 seeing six of 10 bouts go the distance with three canceled fights in the 48 hours leading up.
One of the fights go to the scorecards was the main event, [autotag]Jailton Almeida[/autotag] (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) earned a lopsided but somewhat underwhelming unanimous decision over [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag] (27-12 MMA, 18-10 UFC) to remain undefeated in heavyweight competition.
For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 231.
UFC Fight Night 231 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.
SAO PAULO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 231 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $145,000.
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 231 took place at Ginasio Do Ibirapuera in Brazil. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 231 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Jailton Almeida[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag]: $21,000
[autotag]Nicolas Dalby[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Gabriel Bonfim[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Don’Tale Mayes[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Caio Borralho[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Abus Magomedov[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Elves Brener[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kaynan Kruschewsky[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Rinat Fakhretdinov[/autotag]: $4,500
vs. [autotag]Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos[/autotag]: $11,000
[autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag]: $6,000
[autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Eudarda Moura[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Montserrat Conejo[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Marc Diakiese[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Kaue Fernandes[/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 2311 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: $7,033,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $21,552,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 231.
Check out which fighters took home an extra $50,000 for their performances at UFC Fight Night 231 in Sao Paulo.
The UFC handed out four post-fight bonuses after Saturday’s card, including rewards for a few devastating finishes.
After UFC Fight Night 231, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Sao Paulo. Check out the winners below.
Check out the best photos from Vitor Petrino’s second-round knockout win over Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Fight Night 231 in Sao Paulo.
Check out the best photos from [autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]’s second-round knockout win over [autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 231 at Ginasio Do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo. (Photos by Jason da Silva, USA TODAY Sports)
Check out this massive one-punch knockout from UFC Sao Paulo.
[autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag] has a knack for the knockout and he displayed that once again Saturday in his native Brazil.
In a light heavyweight bout on the UFC Fight Night 231 prelims, Petrino (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) one-punched former Cage Warriors champion [autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) to win by knockout at 1:03 of Round 2. The event took place at Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo.
A left hook was the finishing blow and no follow-up shots were needed or attempted, as referee Marc Goddard swiftly waived off the fight.
WHAT A LEFT FROM PETRINO 👊 #UFCSP pic.twitter.com/xSUlMRtxQY
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 4, 2023
With the win, Petrino remains undefeated and wins by knockout for the first time in the UFC. Bukauskas loses for the first time since he re-signed with the promotion in February. The loss snaps a four-fight winning streak.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 231 results include:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 231.
Rodolfo Bellato wants another shot at Vitor Petrino – the man that initially stopped his UFC dream.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Rodolfo Bellato[/autotag] wants another shot at [autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag] – the man that initially stopped his UFC dream.
In his second stint at Dana White’s Contender Series, Bellato (11-2) earned a UFC contract when he finished Murtaza Talha (6-1) by second-round TKO on Tuesday at DWCS 65.
Bellato fell short in his opportunity at a UFC contract last year, when Petrino knocked him out at DWCS 53. Now that he’s also a UFC fighter, Bellato hopes to run things back with Petrino (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in the future.
“For sure,” Bellato told MMA Junkie and other reporters during the DWCS 65 post-fight press conference. “I told him (Petrino), ‘One day I will win you.’ So, yes, I want this fight. First, I need to stay in the UFC, I recover my face, and if Dana wants, I’m ready for the fight with Vitor Petrino.”
Since losing to Petrino, Bellato scored two wins in 2023 before getting a second shot at DWCS. Meanwhile, Petrino remained unbeaten after finishing Bellato, scoring two octagon wins over Anton Turkalj and Marcin Prachnio. He is currently booked against Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Fight Night 231 on Nov. 4.
According to Bellato, Petrino is up for a future rematch.
“He told me, ‘I want to fight with you in a big event of the UFC, and let’s do a show for everyone,'” Bellato said.
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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for DWCS 65.
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 or officially announced by a promotion from July 24-30.
