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

Experts respond to UFC-Reebok sponsorship, new uniform plan

The future of sponsorships in mixed martial arts radically changed on Tuesday, as the UFC and Reebok declared a landmark six-year deal that will efficiently replace in-cage fighter patrons having a uniform supplied by Reebok. Whether this shift will finally be a positive or negative net increase on combatants’ wallets remains to be seen — details of the recent tiered payout system are, only at that point, foggy — but there is no underselling the value UFC’s conclusion here.

Check out reactions to the statement from professional combatants both in and out from the UFC below, which we’ll be upgrading occasionally through the entire day.

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Experts respond to UFC-Reebok sponsorship, new uniform plan

Dustin Poirier: "I still believe I could overcome [Conor McGregor]"

From the time it is all said and done, the fight week Dustin Poirier experienced at UFC 178 could very well turn out to be the worst of his career.

With Las Vegas devoured in Irish green, Poirier’s grudge match against Conor McGregor efficiently propelled itself to the unofficial main event of the pay per view card. By the finish of it, the cocksure Irishman took the air of a soothsayer, his forecast of a first-round knockout validated within just two minutes, while Poirier was left shell shocked and heartbroken, being forced to pick up the bits from a mostly anticlimactic operation.

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Dustin Poirier: "I still believe I could overcome [Conor McGregor]"

"Enter the Jungle": IceT narrates documentary about Jungle Fight promotion

Wallid Ismail, among the very most charismatic figures in MMA, will give enthusiasts an all-access pass to his MMA promotion Jungle Fight.

In a documentary called “Enter the Jungle,” produced by Alexander Harvey and Tommy Sowards and narrated by Icet, it reveals how things work in the largest Brazilian MMA promotion.

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"Enter the Jungle": IceT narrates documentary about Jungle Fight promotion

The MMA Hour - 253 - Wallid Ismail

MMA legend Wallid Ismail discusses the coming Jungle Fight documentary and much more.

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The MMA Hour - 253 - Wallid Ismail

Wallid Ismail: "Jose Aldo saved Brazilian MMA"

Jose Aldo successfully defended his UFC featherweight title on Saturday night, and his triumph over Chad Mendes was tremendous for his nation.

Wallid Ismail, former MMA fighter and longtime MMA advocate as the president of Jungle Fight, told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour a loss in the primary event of UFC 179 would happen to be horrible for the future of the sport in Brazil.

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Wallid Ismail: "Jose Aldo saved Brazilian MMA"

Royce Gracie on Eddie Bravo: "Do this rubber guard things and I Will hit you in the nose"

Royce Gracie and Eddie Bravo had an altercation before this season, minutes after Bravo’s Metamoris 3 match against Royler Gracie. Seven months after, the heat is still there.

Royce Gracie, who has not competed under grappling rules since a entry loss to Wallid Ismail in 1998, told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he would not set the gi on to confront Bravo in a grappling match, but does not rule out competing against him in a MMA fight.

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Royce Gracie on Eddie Bravo: "Do this rubber guard things and I Will hit you in the nose"

Battlegrounds MMA tournament winner Roan Carneiro has unfinished business in the UFC

It takes a lot of heart and skills to win a MMA fight today. Roan Carneiro did it, and he did it three times in one night.

“Jucao,” a former UFC fighter, defeated Brock Larson, Trey Houston and Randall Wallace on Friday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma to win the Battlegrounds MMA one-night welterweight tournament, and it was tougher than most people imagine.

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Battlegrounds MMA tournament winner Roan Carneiro has unfinished business in the UFC

Roan Carneiro: Commission ‘robbed me’ after BattleGrounds tournament win

Roan Carneiro won the BattleGrounds MMA welterweight tournament with three wins on Friday night, but he has another battle to fight.

“Jucao,” a UFC veteran who defeated Randall Wallace, Trey Huston and Brock Larson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Oct. 3, claims that the Oklahoma Athletic Commission “robbed” part of his $50,000 prize after his win over Larson.

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Roan Carneiro: Commission ‘robbed me’ after BattleGrounds tournament win

Battlegrounds MMA results: UFC vet Roan Carneiro decisions Brock Larson to win eight-man, one-night tournament

In a finals match-up between UFC veterans, Roan Carneiro handily defeated an exhausted Brock Larson to emerge the winner of Battlegrounds MMA’s throwback one-night, eight-man tournament on Friday at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.

Carneiro (20-9) overcame Larson, Trey Houston, and Randall Wallace in succession to win the night’s $50,000 grand prize.

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Battlegrounds MMA results: UFC vet Roan Carneiro decisions Brock Larson to win eight-man, one-night tournament