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MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month for March 2024: Rare buggy choke

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[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/submission-of-the-month-march-2024-mitchell-goode-buggy-choke-cage-warriors-169 With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from March 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission … Read more

Jaqueline Amorim on the tap that wasn’t called, UFC Rio hopes

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[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-fight-night-239-video-jaqueline-amorim-phantom-tap-referee-brazil Matt Erickson and Ken Hathaway March 19, 2024 2:00 pm ET LAS VEGAS – Jaqueline Amorim beat Cory McKenna with a first-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 239 at … Read more

UFC Fight Night 239 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: $189,500

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[ LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 239 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $189,500. 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 239 … Read more

UFC Fight Night 239 post-event facts: Royce Gracie’s record matched

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[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-fight-night-239-post-event-facts-gerald-meerschaert-royce-gracie-submissions March 17, 2024 11:00 am ET UFC Fight Night 239 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex, and it was a submission-heavy event in Las Vegas. The last of six submission stoppages on the … Read more

UFC Fight Night 239 video: Backstage winner post-fight interviews

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[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-fight-night-239-video-backstage-interviews-post-fight-press-conference-las-vegas March 16, 2024 7:45 pm ET LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 239 took place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex … Read more

Jaqueline Amorim overcomes referee error

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[ LAS VEGAS – Jaqueline Amorim made quick work of Cory McKenna at UFC Fight Night 239 on Saturday, even with some confusion mid-submission. An IBJJF champion, Amorim (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) picked up another submission when she armbarred McKenna (8-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) for a tap at 1:38 of Round 1 in the strawweight bout at … Read more

Matchup Roundup: New UFC fights announced in the past week (Jan. 8-14)

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[ 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. … Read more