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UFC Fight Night 237 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Headliners get combined $17,000

UFC Fight Night 237 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

MEXICO CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 237 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $135,500.

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 237 took place at Mexico City Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 237 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Brandon Royval[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Brian Ortega[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Daniel Zellhuber[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Fransisco Prado[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Yazmin Jauregui[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Sam Hughes[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Manuel Torres[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Chris Duncan[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Cristian Quinonez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jesus Aguilar[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Mateus Mendonca[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Edgar Chairez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Lacerda[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Fares Ziam[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Claudio Puelles[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ronaldo Rodriguez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Denys Bondar[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Felipe dos Santos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Victor Altamirano[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Muhammad Naimov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Erik Silva[/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 2371 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: $1,228,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $23,935,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 237.

Coming off first career loss, UFC Fight Night 237’s Yazmin Jauregui vows to knock out Sam Hughes

Yazmin Jauregui will be looking for a knockout on home soil in her return to action after suffering her first pro loss.

MEXICO CITY – [autotag]Yazmin Jauregui[/autotag] is coming off the first loss of her professional career, but is eyeing a triumphant return to action.

At UFC Fight Night 237, Tijuana’s Jauregui (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) takes on fellow strawweight Sam Hughes at Mexico City Arena. It’s a matchup that gets Jauregui pumped because Hughes (8-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has a resume filled with well-respected names.

Regardless of her opponent’s experience, Jauregui sees herself finishing the fight by knockout.

“I’m really excited about this fight because I know Sam Hughes is a really experienced fighter that has fought girls in the elite of the division,” Jauregui told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “But I know I’m going to win. I know I’m going to knock her out and it’s going to be in the name of my people.”

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Jauregui will be looking to move past her previous outing, which was a disappointing outcome. At UFC 290, she suffered her first professional loss to Denise Gomes in the opening seconds of the fight. With the lessons learned from her defeat, if all goes well for Jauregui, she will return to her winning ways on her home country’s soil.

“I learned a lot because that fight I was really sure I was doing a perfect fighting style but then I learned that it’s not,” Jauregui said. “I improved so much in these past few months, and of course, how much I grew up as a fighter.”

Watch Jauregui’s full media day interview in the video above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 237.

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.

Yazmin Jauregui vs. Sam Hughes set for UFC’s February return to Mexico City

A homegrown prospect will be on the bill when the UFC returns to Mexico in two months.

The lineup for the UFC’s long-awaited return to Mexico in two months continues to build with the addition of a women’s strawweight bout featuring a home-grown prospect.

[autotag]Yazmin Jauregui[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will take on [autotag]Sam Hughes[/autotag] (8-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) at the UFC’s Fight Night event in Mexico City on Feb. 24. MMA Junkie confirmed the matchup with people with knowledge of the booking following an initial report from UFC broadcast partner ESPN (via ESPN Deportes).

The UFC’s return to Mexico City will be its first visit to the country in about 4.5 years. The event takes place at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, which has hosted the promotion on five previous occasions in the past nine years. The event will stream on ESPN+.

Jauregui will fight in front of her home fans in Mexico for the first time in the UFC. The former Combate Global tournament winner won her first two UFC bouts in 2022 against Iasmin Lucindo and Istela Nunes.

But in July, Jauregui suffered her first pro loss when Denise Gomes knocked her out in just 20 seconds at UFC 290 in Las Vegas. Now she’ll be looking to rebound for the first time in her career, as well.

Hughes got back in the win column in April with a decision over Jaqueline Amorim at UFC 287. That put her back on the right track after a loss to Piera Rodriguez snapped a two-fight winning streak that came on the heels of losses in her first three fights in the UFC.

With the addition, the UFC Mexico City lineup now includes:

  • Brandon Moreno vs. Amir Albazi
  • Yair Rodriguez vs. Brian Ortega
  • Edgar Chairez vs. Daniel Lacerda
  • Victor Altamarino vs. Felipe dos Santos
  • Sam Hughes vs. Yazmin Jauregui

UFC prospect Yazmin Jauregui details mental state after first loss, still thinks her ‘moment will come’

Highly touted UFC prospect Yazmin Jauregui is keeping her head held high after suffering her first professional defeat.

UFC 290 unexpectedly turned out to be a first for [autotag]Yazmin Jauregui[/autotag].

To many observers’ surprise, the then-undefeated Jauregui tasted defeat for the very first time. Jauregui (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), a highly touted prospect in the strawweight division, was stopped by Denis Gomes just 20 second into their bout last month in Las Vegas.

It was a tough pill to swallow for Jauregui, who hoped to enter the rankings with a win.

“The truth is that it was really sad how things went down for me,” Jauregui told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “At that moment, I was disappointed with how things went down, with how I lost. I would’ve liked to put up a fight.

“The truth is that I prepared well in camp. I can tell you that it was one of the hardest and longest camps that I did for a fight. So when the result happened, I couldn’t believe it. I was disappointed and upset. I wanted to fight. But thank God it wasn’t a bad KO, it was a TKO, and my health is good, and I’m well.

“It took me a few days to process everything. It wasn’t really the loss, but how I lost. That was the main thing. I’m not scared to lose. That’s how this sport is – cruel. It can give you beautiful things, and you can win and get recognition. However, at the same time, you can lose and experience the exact opposite. It was tough to process, but I’m now 100 percent.”

Jauregui said it took her about three to four days to process the defeat before she turned the page mentally. It was a tough thing to experience but not tough enough to deter her from her goal of becoming UFC champion.

“I didn’t want to speak with anyone or be too much on social media or anything like that, because the moment was for me,” Jauregui said. “I needed to meditate on the situation, figure out what I needed to do and hit the reset button, because there’s no way I was going to stay like that forever. I was born to do this. This is part of it. After the third day, I went, ‘It’s done. I know I lost, but what’s next?'”

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Jauregui knows the error she committed from a technical standpoint, falling for Gomes’ faint to the body and eating a monster right hook to the chin. In addition to that, Jauregui believes she didn’t enter the fight with the right mentality.

“I went over the fight that same night after the event and the day after the event, and I’ve seen it a few times after that, too,” Jauregui said when asked about her performance. “I think I know what happened. I didn’t activate my fight mode, my fight instinct mode. That mode that when you step in the octagon, and you know it’s all or nothing.

“I was a bit overconfident, because I had done my job well in preparation and I felt so good in the locker room. The cardio, the strength, the technique, everything looked good. Maybe I stepped in the octagon too relaxed, a bit overconfident like, ‘Hey, I did the work well. Now I just need to have fun.’ And yeah, you do need to have fun, but at the end of the day you’re fighting, and the person in front of you doesn’t want you doing well. They want you to lose, they want to beat you, and I think that’s what happened. I entered too relaxed.”

Jauregui recently underwent surgery to repair an umbilical hernia that stemmed from her training camp for UFC 290. She’s recovering and eyes a December or January return.

The 24-year-old believes this defeat is part of the process and journey to becoming an elite fighter, and she plans to come back even stronger.

“I don’t want to lose,” Jauregui said. “I like competing and giving it my all at all times, but many people have developed very high expectations of me and my career, saying I’m the next champion and that I need to fight for the belt now and all these type of comments.

“However, people don’t know that this is a process and I can’t rush or skip the process. My moment will come and God’s timing is perfect, so I just need to keep working hard and keep moving forward. In a way, the loss did take some weight off my shoulders so people stop saying that I need to fight for the belt now, because that’s just not how things work.”

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UFC prospect Yazmin Jauregui undergoes hernia surgery, eyes December or January return

UFC prospect Yazmin Jauregui went under the knife to repair a hernia.

[autotag]Yazmin Jauregui[/autotag] went under the knife.

The UFC strawweight prospect had a surgery earlier this month to repair an umbilical hernia that surfaced during her preparation for UFC 290 in July. Jauregui (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) recently revealed the news to MMA Junkie.

“I just got a surgery done. I went under the knife less than (three) weeks ago because I had an issue on my stomach,” Jauregui said in Spanish. “I got an umbilical hernia, and it was bothering me, so I had to do a surgery, and now I’m in recovery. I’m here (vacationing) with my family, taking it easy, so I can recover and be able to return. Health always comes first.”

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Jauregui suffered her first professional defeat at UFC 290 in Las Vegas. She was stopped in a TKO by Brazil’s Denise Gomes just 20 seconds into the fight.

The Mexican fighter said the hernia didn’t bother her too much ahead of UFC 290, and she was able to prepare properly despite the injury. However, after the fight, it was when Jauregui began having issues with the hernia.

“I actually got it in the last month of camp,” Jauregui said. “I began seeing a mass in my abdomen, and it was like a big ball right next to the belly button. I was aware that my belly button had erupted, and I went to do a check-up, and evidently I had a hernia.

“After the fight, once I tried to get back to training the following week, I began getting abdomen pain whenever I would do force. The area hurt. I was getting a lot of inflammation. The doctors told me I needed a surgery, but that I could wait if it didn’t hurt. It hurt, but it wasn’t too, too bad, and they told me some people put it off two or three years until it gets worse, but I’m a professional athlete, so I got it done now.”

Jauregui is three weeks into her recovery. She was given two months of rehab and an extra month before she could train full on. As of now, Jauregui is just working on mobility but is itching to fight again. She hopes it’s December or early 2024.

“Thank God my body and my physique, the work I’ve done as an athlete, it’s given me a recovery faster than normal,” Jauregui said. “I would like to say that December maybe I could fight that month because I would like to fight again this year, but the truth is that it all depends on how I feel and recover. If I can be in the octagon in December, great, let’s go. But if it’s January, then we fight in January, but the main goal is to fully recover and then go.

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UFC 290 post-event facts: Alexandre Pantoja benefits from rare split decision title change

The best facts from UFC 290, which featured a record amount of sub-minute finishes and saw Alexandre Pantoja win gold in rare fashion.

The UFC’s 11th annual International Fight Week closed on a memorable high Saturday with UFC 290, which took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

After a explosive and entertaining lead up to the night’s title fights, one belt stayed put while another changed hands.

In the main event, [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag] (26-2 MMA, 13-1 UFC) dismantled [autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag] (15-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) en route to a third-round TKO for his fifth featherweight title defense. The co-headliner saw [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag] (26-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) capture the flyweight strap with a split decision win over [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag] (21-7-2 MMA, 9-3-2 UFC) in a Fight of the Year contender.

For more on the numbers behind the main event, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 290.

UFC 290 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Robbie Lawler nets $21,000 in retirement bout

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 290 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $319,500, the highest number of 2023.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 290 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $319,500.

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

The full UFC 290 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Dan Hooker[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Bo Nickal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Val Woodburn[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Robbie Lawler[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Niko Price[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Tatsuro Taira[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Edgar Chairez[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yazmin Jauregui[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Alonzo Menifield[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Jimmy Crute[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Cameron Saaiman[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Terrence Mitchell[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jesus Aguilar[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Shannon Ross[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Esteban Ribovics[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kamuela Kirk[/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: $4,428,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,017,500

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

Denise Gomes def. Yazmin Jauregui at UFC 290: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Denise Gomes’ first-round TKO win over Yazmin Jauregui at UFC 290 in Las Vegas.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]’ first-round TKO win over [autotag]Yazmin Jauregui[/autotag] at UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Photos by Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA TODAY Sports)

UFC 290 pre-event facts: Alexander Volkanovski can score rare type of title defense

Check out the most notable UFC 290 pre-event facts as champ Alexander Volkanovski returns to 145 pounds after losing to Islam Makhachev.

The UFC’s 11th annual International Fight Week festivities are upon us, all of which concludes Saturday with UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+.

A tentpole of the UFC’s yearly schedule features two championship fights at the top of the bill. In the main event, [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag] (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) and [autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag] (15-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) meet in a featherweight championship unification bout, while in the co-headliner, flyweight [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag] (21-6-2 MMA, 9-2-2 UFC) takes on streaking challenger [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag] (25-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC).

For more on the numbers behind both title fights, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC 290.

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