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Tachi Palace Fights 11 Fighter Salaries: Gomez Earns $12K

Filed under: NewsThe fighter salaries for last Friday’s Tachi Palace Fights 11 event in Lemoore, Calif. ranged from $1,000 to $12,000, according to salaries reported to the California athletic commission.

Ulysses Gomez (9-2), who has fought at the Tac…

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The fighter salaries for last Friday’s Tachi Palace Fights 11 event in Lemoore, Calif. ranged from $1,000 to $12,000, according to salaries reported to the California athletic commission.

Ulysses Gomez (9-2), who has fought at the Tachi Palace his entire career except for one Bellator fight, was the highest earner on the card. Gomez picked up $6,000 to show and another $6,000 as a win bonus in his guillotine submission victory over Cody Gibson to claim the TPF bantamweight title.

Check out the rest of the salaries below.

Georgi Karakhanyan: $3,500 + $3,500 win bonus = $7,000 def. Isaac DeJesus: $5,000
Ulysses Gomez: $6,000 + $6,000 win bonus = $12,000 def. Cody Gibson: $2,500
Dustin Ortiz: $4,500 + $2,500 win bonus = $7,000 def. Josh Rave: $4,500
Phil Collins: $3,000 + $2,000 win bonus = $5,000 def. Andrew Martinez: $3,000
Francisco Rivera: $4,500 + $4,000 win bonus = $8,500 def. Brad McDonald: $4,000
Savant Young: $4,000 + $4,000 win bonus = $8,000 def. Robert Washington: $4,000
Bubba Jenkins: $2,000 + $1,500 win bonus = $3,500 def. Josh Williams: $1,000
Paul Ruiz: $750 + $750 win bonus = $1,500 def. Anthony Figueroa: $1,000
Jesse Bowen: $1,000 + $1,000 win bonus = $2,000 def. Sergio Quinones: $1,000
Edgar Diaz: $500 + $500 win bonus = $1,000 def. Alex Perez: $2,000
Javy Ayala: $750 + $750 win bonus = $1,500 def. Freddie Aquintania: $1,500

Notes: The four fighters in title bouts (Karakhanyan, DeJesus, Gomez and Gibson) were all drug tested and passed.

 

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UFC on FOX 2 Fight Card: Evans vs. Davis

Filed under: UFCThe UFC on FOX 2 fight card headlined by Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis is fast shaping up for the Jan. 22, 2012 event from the United Center in Chicago, Ill.

After hosting a heavyweight championship bout in November, the second live FOX …

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Rashad Evans takes on Phil Davis on the UFC on FOX 2 fight card.The UFC on FOX 2 fight card headlined by Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis is fast shaping up for the Jan. 22, 2012 event from the United Center in Chicago, Ill.

After hosting a heavyweight championship bout in November, the second live FOX event will feature two No. 1 contender bouts. Evans meets Davis for the next shot at the UFC light heavyweight title against the winner of UFC 140’s Jon Jones–Lyoto Machida. Meanwhile, Chael Sonnen and Mark Munoz will battle for a future shot against middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

The current lineup is below.

Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis
Chael Sonnen vs. Mark Munoz
Evan Dunham vs. Paul Sass
Michael Johnson vs. Cody McKenzie
Cub Swanson vs. George Roop
John-Olav Einemo vs. Mike Russow
Demetrious Johnson vs. Eddie Wineland

 

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UFC 140 Prelims to Air Live on ION Television

Filed under: UFC, NewsFour of the seven UFC 140 preliminary bouts will air live on ION television, the UFC recently announced.

Beginning at 7 pm. ET, ION will air Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzystof Soszynski, Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou, Dennis H…

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UFC 140 prelims to air live on ION Television.Four of the seven UFC 140 preliminary bouts will air live on ION television, the UFC recently announced.

Beginning at 7 pm. ET, ION will air Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzystof Soszynski, Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou, Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi and Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson.

The remaining preliminary bouts will be streamed on Facebook. Those fights are Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz, Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht and Mitch Clarke vs. John Cholish.
This will be the third time ION has televised UFC undercard bouts, but the first time with two hours set aside. ION aired one-hour UFC prelim shows for UFC 125 and UFC 127 earlier this year.

The UFC 140 pay-per-view starts at 9:00 p.m. ET for one final time before pay-per-views return to the 10 p.m. ET start time beginning with UFC 141.

Pay-Per-View Bouts – 9 p.m. ET
Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Tito Ortiz vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
Claude Patrick vs. Brian Ebersole

ION TV Preliminary Bouts – 7 p.m. ET
Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzystof Soszynski
Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou
Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson

Facebook Preliminary Bouts
Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht
John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke

 

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TUF 14 Finale Fighter Salaries: Michael Bisping Banks $425,000

Filed under: UFC, NewsMichael Bisping was by far the highest earner at The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale, earning a $425,000 purse in his win over Jason “Mayhem” Miller on Saturday in Las Vegas.

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Michael Bisping was by far the highest earner at The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale, earning a $425,000 purse in his win over Jason “Mayhem” Miller on Saturday in Las Vegas.

According to the salaries the UFC reported to the Nevada athletic commission, Bisping made $275,000 to show and another $150,000 as a win bonus. In Miller’s return to the UFC, he made $45,000 and would have made another $45,000 had he secured his first Octagon win.

Check out the rest of the salaries below.

Spike TV Bouts

Michael Bisping: $275,000 + $150,000 bonus = $425,000 def. Jason “Mayhem” Miller: $45,000
Diego Brandao: $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. Dennis Bermudez: $8,000
John Dodson $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. T.J. Dillashaw : $8,000
Tony Ferguson: $15,000 + $15,000 bonus = $30,000 def. Yves Edwards: $16,000
Johnny Bedford $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. Louis Gaudinot : $8,000

Preliminary Bouts
Marcus Brimage: $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. Stephen Bass : $8,000
John Albert: $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. Dustin Pague: $8,000
Roland Delorme: $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. Josh Ferguson: $8,000
Steven Siler: $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. Josh Clopton: $6,000
Bryan Caraway: $8,000 + $8,000 bonus = $16,000 def. Dustin Neace: $8,000

Post-Fight Bonuses ($40,000 each)
KO of the Night: John Dodson
Submission of the Night: Diego Brandao
Fight of the Night: Diego Brandao vs. Dennis Bermudez

 

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Weekend Results: Bubba Jenkins Wins MMA Debut

Bubba Jenkins can also add MMA to his list of accomplishments in 2011.

Jenkins, who won the NCAA wrestling title at 157 pounds in March, successfully made his MMA debut this past Friday at Tachi Palace Fights 11 in Lemoore, Calif., forcing opponent J…

Bubba Jenkins can also add MMA to his list of accomplishments in 2011.

Jenkins, who won the NCAA wrestling title at 157 pounds in March, successfully made his MMA debut this past Friday at Tachi Palace Fights 11 in Lemoore, Calif., forcing opponent Josh Williams to tap to strikes at two minutes and four seconds of the first round.

Jenkins, 23, has been training for MMA with the American Top Team in Florida.

Denis Kang, Corey Hill and others were also in action over the weekend. Check out a quick rundown below.
— Also at TPF 11, Bellator veteran Georgi Karakhanyan won the 145-pound title with a triangle choke over Isaac DeJesus. Former 125-pound TPF champion Ulysses Gomez took home the 135-pound belt with a guillotine over Cody Gibson.

— At Friday’s XFC 15, Nick Newell extended his win streak to six with a heel hook in 71 seconds.

— On the same XFC 15 card, Corey Hill bounced back from his September 2010 loss to “Razor” Rob McCullough by scoring a Brabo choke win over Charlie Rader … One-time Bellator competitor Felice Herrig had her two-fight win streak snapped in a decision loss to Carla Esparza.

— Former PRIDE and UFC fighter Denis Kang dropped his third straight fight on Saturday at Road FC 5 in Seoul, South Korea. Kang lost by TKO to PRIDE veteran Shungo Oyama, who earned his third consecutive victory.

— In Japan, two new Pancrase champions were declared at Saturday’s Pancrase Impressive Tour 13 event. Mitsuhisa Sunabe became the first-ever 125-pound Pancrase titleholder by stopping Hiroyuki Abe with strikes in the third. Shooto and Sengoku veteran Shintaro Ishiwatari bested Manabu Inoue for the 135-pound title by majority decision.

— UFC veteran Pete Spratt stopped Canada’s own Martin Grandmont in the main event of Instinct MMA on Friday in Quebec.

 

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Yuichiro ‘Jienotsu’ Nagashima Set for Mixed Rules Bout at ‘Genki Desu Ka!!’

Filed under: News, JapanYuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima, who knocked out Shinya Aoki last New Year’s Eve in a kickboxing/MMA fight, will fight again under the mixed rules format on Dec. 31 at “Genki Desu Ka!!” taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in S…

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Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima, who knocked out Shinya Aoki last New Year’s Eve in a kickboxing/MMA fight, will fight again under the mixed rules format on Dec. 31 at “Genki Desu Ka!!” taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Nagashima, a K-1 MAX fighter known for engaging in school girl cosplay, has been booked to face former DEEP lightweight champion and DREAM veteran Katsunori Kikuno. In this special attraction, one round will be under K-1 kickboxing rules and the other under DREAM mixed martial arts rules.

Nagashima, who fought MMA in 2005-2006 before making the jump full-time to K-1 in 2007, recently made clear his interest in returning to MMA. Following a UFC 137 pre-fight press conference in October, Nagashima introduced himself to UFC president Dana White and asked for an opportunity inside the UFC cage.

At Dynamite!! 2010, Nagashima caught the attention of Japanese MMA fans by scoring a second-round KO over Aoki. And he did so in the MMA round of the fight with a knee four seconds in. Unlike last year, Nagashima will be fighting an MMA fighter who prefers to keep the fight on the feet. Kikuno carries one of the more unusual fighting stances in MMA with his emphasis in Kyokushin Karate. Kikuno also has a judo background but his strength in MMA has been in the standup department. Nine out of his 16 wins have come by way of (T)KO.


The current “Genki Desu Ka!!” lineup is below.

Dream Lightweight Title Bout
Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka

Dream Featherweight Title Bout
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi “Lion” Inoue

Dream Bantamweight World GP
Semifinals: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques
Semifinals: Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelos
Finals: Winner of Fernandes-Marques vs. Winner of Imanari-Banuelos
Reserve: Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev

Other MMA Bouts
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata

Mixed Rules Bout
Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno

 

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