TUF 20 Finale salaries: Carla Esparza earns $50,000 for UFC title win

No surprise here, but if you’re fighting on The Ultimate Fighter, it’s better on your wallet to make the finals. UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza handily out-earned the rest of her fellow TUF 20 castmates at Friday’s The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale, pocketing $50,000 for her main event win according to figures released to MMAFighting.com by the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Despite being the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed and reigning Invicta FC champion, Esparza entered her finals bout against 22-year-old Rose Namajunas as a betting underdog. It didn’t matter though, as Esparza dominated Namajunas with her wrestling before securing a third-round submission finish to be crowned the UFC’s inaugural 115-pound champion.

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TUF 20 Finale salaries: Carla Esparza earns $50,000 for UFC title win

Junior dos Santos problems warning to other UFC colossi not named Cain Velasquez

what is the pattern to get the better of former UFC heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos? In the event you believed “do what Cain Velasquez did”, “Cigano” might surprise you.

dos Santos returns to the Octagon on Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 13 against Stipe Miocic in Phoenix, competing for the very first time since his second loss to UFC kingpin Cain Velasquez on October 2013, and he’s got a message for rising heavyweight Miocic.

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Junior dos Santos problems warning to other UFC colossi not named Cain Velasquez

Experts respond to CM Punk"s signing with UFC

In a move that surprised many, CM Punk is headed to the UFC. The former WWE champion could make his Octagon introduction in 2015, and let us simply say the statement had not been well-received by all. Check out how some of MMA’s top combatants responded to the news below.

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Experts respond to CM Punk"s signing with UFC

Edmond Tarverdyan on Travis Browne"s boxing: "I saw lots of errors"

Travis Browne surprised lots of folks when he said in a interview which he was merely merely “learning to fight” with new trainer Edmond Tarverdyan.

After all, this is a man who spent the past couple of years training at Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA in Albuquerque, N.M., regarded among the top teams on the planet. Tarverdyan tried to describe to Ariel Helwani what Brown meant when he talked to FOX Sports two months past. The trainer told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s The MMA Hour that he “saw lots of errors” in the heavyweight’s match when he arrived at Glendale Fighting Club.

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Edmond Tarverdyan on Travis Browne"s boxing: "I saw lots of errors"

Fightweets: Jon Fitch says he "feels poor for" up and coming UFC combatants

Jon Fitch has never been scared to speak his head. So that it ought to be not surprising the veteran welterweight has a solid view on his former company’s new uniform code.

The UFC’s exclusive six-year handle Reebok, which will mandate the apparel company’s equipment in the Octagon and get rid of the potpourri of symbols that have adorned combatants’ short pants and t shirts as long as everyone can recall, has been an instant favorable for combatants like Fitch, he says.

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Fightweets: Jon Fitch says he "feels poor for" up and coming UFC combatants

RFA"s Khalil Rountree desires to show Anderson Silva right

In a current press conference in Brazil, former UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva said that three of his teammates could win the belt that was his for seven years, however among the names found many by surprise.

Saying that Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Lyoto Machida could win the UFC gold is not shocking. Setting Khalil Rountree among them is.

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RFA"s Khalil Rountree desires to show Anderson Silva right

Torres-Magana, Rawlings-Clark highlight TUF 20 Ending fight statements

The UFC declared six undercard fights for the Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale on Wednesday — including one surprise introduction.

Tecia Torres will take on Angela Magana, Joanne Calderwood fights starter Seo Hee Ham, Felice Herrig meets Lisa Ellis, Angela Hill confronts Emily Kagan, Aisling Daly takes on Alex Chambers and Bec Rawlings fights Heather Jo Clark. The fights were declared on FOX Sports Live following the penultimate episode of The Ultimate Fighter’s 20th season.

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Torres-Magana, Rawlings-Clark highlight TUF 20 Ending fight statements

Conor McGregor on Dennis Siver"s drug test failure: "Iwill penalize him for it"

To say Conor McGregor has never been afraid to state his views could be an understatement.

So it shouldn’t be any surprise that McGregor just waited until the ink in the contract was dry before going after his next competitor’s weakest point.

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Conor McGregor on Dennis Siver"s drug test failure: "Iwill penalize him for it"

Manny Gamburyan scores recovery end at UFC 178, demands Bryan Caraway fight

LAS VEGAS – Manny Gamburyan had more than one surprise for the crowd in the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday in his bantamweight introduction.

Gamburyan (13-9, 1 no contest) pulled out a dramatic success in a fight he was handily losing by bowing Cody Gibson with four seconds left in the 2nd round.

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Manny Gamburyan scores recovery end at UFC 178, demands Bryan Caraway fight