UFC 301 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jose Aldo gets $21,000

[ RIO DE JANEIRO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 301 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $280,000. 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 301 took place at … Read more

Jose Aldo still holds records after layoff

[ 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-301-pre-event-facts-jose-aldo-still-holds-records-retirement-layoff The UFC turns the page to its May schedule on Saturday with UFC 301, which takes place at Rio Arena in Rio de Janeiro. A flyweight championship fight will headline the promotion’s 40th all-time … Read more

Karolina Kowalkiewicz keen to test 22-year-old Iasmin Lucindo

[ Karolina Kowalkiewicz’s assignment at UFC 301 is one that no female in company history has ever been tasked with before. Former UFC title challenger Kowalkiewicz (16-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) is set to take on surging strawweight prospect Iasmin Lucindo (15-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC) on Saturday at Rio Arena in Rio de Janeiro (pay-per-view, ESPN2, … Read more

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (March 11-17)

[ 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