Tag: Tony Ferguson

UFC 262 Results: Oliveira vs. Chandler

UFC 262LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler results throughout the night (Sat. 15th. April 2021) from the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas. Taking main event status in a vacant UFC lightweight championship tilt, the #3 ranked, Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira meets with the #4 rated, ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler as the promotion crowns it’s first […]

UFC 262

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler results throughout the night (Sat. 15th. April 2021) from the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas.

Taking main event status in a vacant UFC lightweight championship tilt, the #3 ranked, Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira meets with the #4 rated, ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler as the promotion crowns it’s first lightweight champion since the official vacating of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s crown earlier this year.

Entering the championship fight off the back of a division best, eight fight winning streak, Oliveira, the promotion’s most prolific submission artist earned his place in a vacant title fight with a unanimous decision win over former interim champion, Tony ‘El Cucuy’ Ferguson at UFC 256 in December.

Debuting in the UFC in January of this year in the co-headliner of UFC 257 on ‘Fight Island’ — Missouri veteran, Chandler stopped City Kickboxing striker, Dan Hooker with a brutal first round knockout following his move to the organization last year. Chandler is a former three-time Bellator MMA lightweight champion.

In tonight’s co-main event, the above-mentioned former interim lightweight best, Ferguson looks to snap a two-fight losing skid as he meets with Kings MMA staple, Beneil Dariush who has won his last six consecutively.

Prior to his December defeat to Oliveira, Ferguson suffered the snapping of his division-tying twelve fight undefeated streak in the form of a short-notice interim title loss to Justin Gaethje in April at UFC 249. Last featuring at UFC Vegas 18 in February, Dariush took home a second career win over Diego Ferreira via a close split decision success.

UFC 262 Results: Oliveira vs. Chandler

Main Card: (ESPN+/Pay-Per-View 10 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler (*)

Lightweight: Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush

Catchweight (137lbs): Matt Schnell vs. Rogerio Bontorin

Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian vs. Viviane Araujo

Featherweight: Shane Burgos vs. Edson Barboza

Preliminary Card: (ESPN/ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

Middleweight: Ronaldo Souza vs. Andre Muniz

Featherweight: Lando Vannata vs. Mike Grundy

Middleweight: Jordan Wright vs. Jamie Pickett

Flyweight: Andrea Lee vs. Antonina Shevchenko

Early Preliminary Card: (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass 6:30 p.m. ET)

Flyweight: Gina Mazany vs. Priscila Cachoeira

Featherweight: Kevin Aguilar vs. Tucker Lutz

Lightweight: Christos Giagos def. Sean Soriano via second round (3:59) submission (D’Arce choke)

(*) for the vacant UFC lightweight championship

Beneil Dariush Says He and Tony Ferguson Are ‘Willing to Die’ in UFC 262 Fight

UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush said
both himself and UFC 262 opponent Tony Ferguson are “willing to die
in that Octagon” in order to pick up the win Saturday…

UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush said
both himself and UFC 262 opponent Tony Ferguson are “willing to die
in that Octagon” in order to pick up the win Saturday…

UFC 262 Fighters Will Get A Raise On Their Performance Bonus Payouts

Everything is bigger in Texas, and for the first time in 13 years, UFC fighters will receive a bump in their performance bonus payouts this weekend at UFC 262. The UFC bonus payouts will increase from an initial $50,000 USD to $75,000 USD. This is a si…

Everything is bigger in Texas, and for the first time in 13 years, UFC fighters will receive a bump in their performance bonus payouts this weekend at UFC 262. The UFC bonus payouts will increase from an initial $50,000 USD to $75,000 USD. This is a significant increase considering the company had a cap of […]

Tony Ferguson Gets His Wish, UFC 262 Bonuses Up To $75,000

Tony FergusonTony Ferguson has convinced Dana White to increase the bonus money on offer at UFC 262. Ahead of his eagerly anticipated fight with Beneil Dariush, Ferguson asked the UFC president to bump up the bonus money for this weekend’s event. “(Last time when I fought in Houston), we were here for the performance-bonus meeting,” Ferguson […]

Tony Ferguson

Tony Ferguson has convinced Dana White to increase the bonus money on offer at UFC 262.

Ahead of his eagerly anticipated fight with Beneil Dariush, Ferguson asked the UFC president to bump up the bonus money for this weekend’s event.

“(Last time when I fought in Houston), we were here for the performance-bonus meeting,” Ferguson said to White at Thursday’s pre-fight press conference. “(Travis Browne) said, ‘You know, everything is bigger in Texas, Dana, right?’ Right, you remember that? He said, ‘How about a bigger bonus?’ So, I’m going to ask you, Dana. Since we are here, like last time, can we have a bigger bonus this time?” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

The cheering crowd in attendance clearly liked the idea but White stayed silent, leaving everyone to assume the bonus money would not be increased.

Last night, Raphael Marinho of Combate reported that for one night only the fighters could win $75,000 in bonus money at UFC 262.

“Ultimate increased the bonus amount for UFC 262. Winners of “Fight of the Night” and “Performance of the Night” will win $ 75,000. Amount is usually $ 50,000.#feedmma,” Marinho wrote on social media.

The 50 percent increase for the ‘Fight of the Night’ and ‘Performance of the Night’ winners is believed to be a one-time deal. As of next week the bonus cheques will return to $50,000.

Full UFC 262 Fight Card

MAIN CARD

Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler

Beneil Dariush vs. Tony Ferguson

Rogerio Bontorin vs. Matt Schnell

Viviane Araujo vs. Katlyn Chookagian

Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos

PRELIMS

Andre Muniz vs. Ronaldo Souza

Mike Grundy vs. Lando Vannata

Jamie Pickett vs. Jordan Wright

Andrea Lee vs. Antonina Shevchenko

Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gina Mazany

Kevin Aguilar vs. Tucker Lutz

Christos Giagos vs. Sean Soriano

Do you think Tony Ferguson will earn himself a $75K bonus at UFC 262?

TGIFighting: Michael Chandler: Oliveira ‘Doesn’t Have 25 Hard Minutes in Him’

Happy Friday and welcome back to TGIFighting. We’ll get you set for this weekend’s MMA action and react to the news of the day. Let’s get it on…

Happy Friday and welcome back to TGIFighting. We’ll get you set for this weekend’s MMA action and react to the news of the day. Let’s get it on…

Tony Ferguson Goes Bezerk On LW Peers At UFC 262 Press Conference

Tony Ferguson was in rare form at yesterday’s UFC 262 press conference, and he held nothing back from his lightweight peers, whether a current opponent, booked in another fight, or even retired. In order of proximity, let’s begin with Ferguson taking a…

Tony Ferguson was in rare form at yesterday’s UFC 262 press conference, and he held nothing back from his lightweight peers, whether a current opponent, booked in another fight, or even retired. In order of proximity, let’s begin with Ferguson taking aim at the distant Khabib Nurmagomedov. The frequent misses of the Khabib/Ferguson feud that […]