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Jake Ellenberger’s TUF 24 Finale Appeal Dismissed by NAC

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Jake Ellenberger suffered a TKO loss at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 Finale in bizarre fashion. The veteran welterweight bruiser took on Jorge Masvidal inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. During the fight, “The Juggernaut” pushed forward, but somehow got his foot stuck between the canvas and the bottom of the fence.

Masvidal teed off on Ellenberger and referee Herb Dean halted the bout for a timeout. That timeout ended up being the end of the fight as there was no rule stating a fight can be temporarily halted due to a cage malfunction. As a result, Masvidal was awarded with a TKO win.

Ellenberger appealed the outcome, but it fell on deaf ears. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NAC) dismissed the appeal (via The MMA Underground). Here’s what Executive Director Bob Bennett had to say regarding the NAC’s dismissal:

“There is no provision in NAC 467 that prevents referees from calling a timeout to consult with other officials prior to rendering a decision. NAC 467 does not include a provision that requires the continuation of contests in such circumstances. Alleged precedent does not provide grounds for a change of a referee’s decision.”

It’s a tough break for Ellenberger, who hasn’t been able to replicate the success he had during his six-fight winning streak from early 2010 through early 2012. He’s gone 2-6 in his last eight bouts and has been finished four times in that span.

“The Juggernaut” had been briefly cut by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in March 2016. Ellenberger was able to convince UFC President Dana White to keep his job. He was given another chance and made the most of it by knocking out Matt Brown at UFC 201. It was his first win since Feb. 2015 against Josh Koscheck.

It’ll be interesting to see if the result of Ellenberger’s last fight will send him packing for good.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM21dN9HTwg

Jake Ellenberger suffered a TKO loss at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 Finale in bizarre fashion. The veteran welterweight bruiser took on Jorge Masvidal inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. During the fight, “The Juggernaut” pushed forward, but somehow got his foot stuck between the canvas and the bottom of the fence.

Masvidal teed off on Ellenberger and referee Herb Dean halted the bout for a timeout. That timeout ended up being the end of the fight as there was no rule stating a fight can be temporarily halted due to a cage malfunction. As a result, Masvidal was awarded with a TKO win.

Ellenberger appealed the outcome, but it fell on deaf ears. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NAC) dismissed the appeal (via The MMA Underground). Here’s what Executive Director Bob Bennett had to say regarding the NAC’s dismissal:

“There is no provision in NAC 467 that prevents referees from calling a timeout to consult with other officials prior to rendering a decision. NAC 467 does not include a provision that requires the continuation of contests in such circumstances. Alleged precedent does not provide grounds for a change of a referee’s decision.”

It’s a tough break for Ellenberger, who hasn’t been able to replicate the success he had during his six-fight winning streak from early 2010 through early 2012. He’s gone 2-6 in his last eight bouts and has been finished four times in that span.

“The Juggernaut” had been briefly cut by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in March 2016. Ellenberger was able to convince UFC President Dana White to keep his job. He was given another chance and made the most of it by knocking out Matt Brown at UFC 201. It was his first win since Feb. 2015 against Josh Koscheck.

It’ll be interesting to see if the result of Ellenberger’s last fight will send him packing for good.

TUF 24 Finale Medical Suspensions: Cejudo & Ellenberger Earn Long Stints

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle this past at TUF 24 Finale, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale) took place on Saturday, December 3,

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With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle this past at TUF 24 Finale, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.

The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale) took place on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Some of the more notable suspensions include Henry Cejudo and Jake Ellenberger being suspended for potentially six months. Here are the entire medical suspensions:

Henry Cejudo: Must have left hand x-rayed, if positive then must be cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until 06/02/17; minimum suspension of no contest until 12/25, no contact until 12/18

Jake Ellenberger: Must have left foot x-rayed or have an MRI, if positive then must be cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until 06/02/17; minimum suspension of no contest until 01/03/17, no contact until 12/25

Ryan Benoit: Must have nose x-rayed, if positive then must be cleared by doctor or no contest until 06/02/17; minimum suspension of no contest until 01/03/17, no contact until 12/25

Devin Clark: Must have right thumb x-rayed, if positive then must be cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until 06/02/17

Sara McMann: Suspended until 01/18/17, no contact until 01/03/17

Gray Maynard: Suspended until 01/18/17, no contact until 01/03/17 due to left eyebrow laceration

Matt Schnell: Suspended until 01/18/17, no contact until 01/03/17

Jamie Moyle: Suspended until 01/18/17, no contact until 01/03/17 due to laceration above left eye

Elvis Mutapcic: Suspended until 01/18/17, no contact until 01/03/17 due to left frontal scalp laceration

Tim Elliott: Suspended until 01/03/17, no contact until 12/25

Jared Cannonier: Suspended until 12/25, no contact until 12/18

Rob Font: Must have follow-up MRA in two years, due 12/01/18

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TUF 24 Finale Draws Big Viewership Numbers

TUF 24 Finale was a rating success for not only the UFC but for FOX Sports 1. The TUF 24 Finale main card did an average of 1,032 million viewers. This is was down from the TUF 23 Finale that drew 1.086 million viewers and was headlined by Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha. The TUF

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TUF 24 Finale was a rating success for not only the UFC but for FOX Sports 1.

The TUF 24 Finale main card did an average of 1,032 million viewers. This is was down from the TUF 23 Finale that drew 1.086 million viewers and was headlined by Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha. The TUF 24 Finale main card aired from 10:00pm-1:22am ET. The prelims drew 887,000, which is up from the TUF 23 Finale prelims, which drew 642,000. The pre-fight show drew 479,000, and the post-fight show did 280,000.

The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale) took place on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was headlined by a UFC Flyweight Championship bout with current champion Demetrious Johnson facing the winner of the flyweight tournament from The Ultimate Fighter 24, which was Tim Elliott. A flyweight bout between season coaches and former title challengers Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejudo served as the co-main event.

For 2016, the UFC is averaging 994,000 viewers for FS1 Fight Night events, which is up 10% from 2015’s average. The prelims are also up, 21% with a 739,000 average this year, up from 610,000 last year.

The UFC returns to television this Saturday with UFC 206 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET and FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET. The main card airs on PPV at 10 p.m. ET. An interim featherweight title bout between Max Holloway and former UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis will headline this event.

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TUF 24 Finale Fighter Pay: Demetrious Johnson Leads with $350,000

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With another Las Vegas UFC card out of the way, that means that the fighter pay was released quickly, and MMAFighting snapped it up. Here’s how everyone on the card stacked up income-wise (all winners’ pay is split 50/50 between show money and win bonus unless otherwise noted):

Prelims on UFC Fight Pass
Devin Clark: ($20,000) defeated Josh Stansbury ($12,000)
Anthony Smith ($30,000) defeated Elvis Mutapcic ($16,000)

Prelims on FOX Sports 1
Jamie Moyle ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) defeated Kailin Curran ($20,000)
“Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim ($20,000) defeated Brendan O’Reilly ($12,000)
Rob Font ($33,000) defeated Matt Schnell ($10,000)
Ryan Hall ($34,000) defeated Gray Maynard ($51,000)

Main Card on Fox Sports 1
Brandon Moreno ($24,000) defeatedRyan Benoit ($15,000)
Sara McMann ($56,000) defeated Alexis Davis ($27,000)
Jared Cannonier ($24,000) defeated Ion Cutelaba ($12,000)
Jorge Masvidal ($120,000) defeated Jake Ellenberger ($78,000)
Joseph Benavidez ($140,000) defeated Henry Cejudo ($50,000)
Demetrious Johnson ($350,000 with no win bonus) defeated Tim Elliott ($100,000)

It looks like there are some changes in the UFC’s payout strategies. In the past, TUF winners generally went up very slowly from the UFC minimum at the time (which currently appears to be $10,000) with escalators in maybe the $2,000 to show range per fight. Ryan Hall, in his first fight since winning TUF 22 a year ago at a $10,000/$10,000 purse, saw his show and win money nearly double to $17,000 on each side. Meanwhile, Tim Elliott, presumably due to the nature of TUF 24, got a big jump to $100,000 to show. That’s four times as much as Carla Esparez and Rose Namajunas were contracted to earn in the strawweight tournament finals of TUF 20, which took place two years ago.

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CQLTEkLJGU

With another Las Vegas UFC card out of the way, that means that the fighter pay was released quickly, and MMAFighting snapped it up. Here’s how everyone on the card stacked up income-wise (all winners’ pay is split 50/50 between show money and win bonus unless otherwise noted):

Prelims on UFC Fight Pass
Devin Clark: ($20,000) defeated Josh Stansbury ($12,000)
Anthony Smith ($30,000) defeated Elvis Mutapcic ($16,000)

Prelims on FOX Sports 1
Jamie Moyle ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) defeated Kailin Curran ($20,000)
“Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim ($20,000) defeated Brendan O’Reilly ($12,000)
Rob Font ($33,000) defeated Matt Schnell ($10,000)
Ryan Hall ($34,000) defeated Gray Maynard ($51,000)

Main Card on Fox Sports 1
Brandon Moreno ($24,000) defeatedRyan Benoit ($15,000)
Sara McMann ($56,000) defeated Alexis Davis ($27,000)
Jared Cannonier ($24,000) defeated Ion Cutelaba ($12,000)
Jorge Masvidal ($120,000) defeated Jake Ellenberger ($78,000)
Joseph Benavidez ($140,000) defeated Henry Cejudo ($50,000)
Demetrious Johnson ($350,000 with no win bonus) defeated Tim Elliott ($100,000)

It looks like there are some changes in the UFC’s payout strategies. In the past, TUF winners generally went up very slowly from the UFC minimum at the time (which currently appears to be $10,000) with escalators in maybe the $2,000 to show range per fight. Ryan Hall, in his first fight since winning TUF 22 a year ago at a $10,000/$10,000 purse, saw his show and win money nearly double to $17,000 on each side. Meanwhile, Tim Elliott, presumably due to the nature of TUF 24, got a big jump to $100,000 to show. That’s four times as much as Carla Esparez and Rose Namajunas were contracted to earn in the strawweight tournament finals of TUF 20, which took place two years ago.

 

TUF 24 Finale Salaries: Demetrious Johnson Makes Bank

The Nevada Athletic Commission released the TUF 24 Finale salaries on Monday, and the UFC had to pay some of the top tier fighters who took part in the event some big money. The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale) took place on Saturday, December 3, 2016

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The Nevada Athletic Commission released the TUF 24 Finale salaries on Monday, and the UFC had to pay some of the top tier fighters who took part in the event some big money.

The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale) took place on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was headlined by a UFC flyweight championship bout with current champion Demetrious Johnson facing flyweight tournament victor from The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 Tim Elliott.

A flyweight bout between season coaches and former title challengers Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejudo served as the co-main event. Rounding out the main card was Jake Ellenberger vs. Jorge Masvidal, Jared Cannonier vs. Ion Cutelaba, Alexis Davis vs. Sara McMann and Ryan Benoit vs. Brandon Moreno.

The full UFC payouts include:

Main Card (FOX Sports 1)

Demetrious Johnson ($350,000 + no win bonus = $350,000) def. Tim Elliott ($100,000)

Joseph Benavidez ($70,000 + $70,000 = $140,000) def. Henry Cejudo ($50,000)

Jorge Masvidal ($60,000 + $60,000 = $120,000) def. Jake Ellenberger ($78,000)

Jared Cannonier (12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Ion Cutelaba ($12,000)

Sara McMann ($28,000 + $28,000 = $56,000) def. Alexis Davis ($27,000)

Brandon Moreno ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Ryan Benoit ($15,000)

Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1)

Ryan Hall ($17,000 + $17,000 = $34,000) def. Gray Maynard ($51,000)

Rob Font ($16,500 + $16,500 = $33,000) def. Matt Schnell ($10,000)

Dong Hyun Kim ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Brendan O’Reilly ($12,000)

Jamie Moyle ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Kailin Curran ($20,000)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Anthony Smith ($15,000 + $15,000 = $30,000) def. Elvis Mutapcic ($16,000)

Devin Clark: ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Josh Stansbury ($12,000)

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Jorge Masvidal Scores Unusual TKO Win Over Jake Ellenberger

A welterweight bout between two veteran fighters went down inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 Finale. The 170-pound stalwarts were Jorge Masvidal (31-11) and Jake Ellenberger (31-12). “Gamebred” earned a TKO win and despite an impressive performance, his victory was unusual to say the least. Ellenberger threw

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A welterweight bout between two veteran fighters went down inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 Finale. The 170-pound stalwarts were Jorge Masvidal (31-11) and Jake Ellenberger (31-12).

“Gamebred” earned a TKO win and despite an impressive performance, his victory was unusual to say the least.

Ellenberger threw a leg kick early and Masvidal answered with one of his own. “Gamebred” caught a leg and landed two left hooks. A combination landed for “Juggernaut.” Masvidal swarmed Ellenberger with a combination including a knee to the head. He dropped his opponent and continued throwing leather. They engaged in the clinch and separated. Blood trickled down the nose of Ellenberger. A hard leg kick landed for “Gamebred.” A wheel kick found the mark for Masvidal.

Ellenberger ran at Masvidal, but his toes got caught in the fence. He had trouble getting his foot free as Masvidal threw some punches. Time was called initially for a malfunction. Referee Herb Dean ended the fight and Masvidal was awarded the TKO win in bizarre fashion.

Final Result: Jorge Masvidal def. Jake Ellenberger via TKO – R1, 4:05

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