Ryan Gandra

Disclosed fighter salaries for UFC 331 show Patricio Pitbull and Marlon Vera each earning $400,000, while Tai Tuivasa took home $350,000. Gable Stevenson received $160,000 and Edmen Shahbazyan $250,000, with show-and-win splits applying to most fighters on the card. At the lower end of the scale, Ju Sang Yoo earned $12,000 and Ozzy Diaz $25,000, figures that exclude bonuses and undisclosed incentives.

O'Neill, Sharaf, Despaigne+11

After his first-round knockout at UFC 331, Ryan Gandra called out Israel Adesanya in a post-fight interview, targeting one of the division's most prominent names. Gandra joins a recent wave of younger middleweights — including Gautier and Abus — publicly challenging Adesanya as his career enters its later stages.

Adesanya

Ryan Gandra knocked out Ozzy Diaz in the first round at UFC 331, improving to 11-1 in MMA and 3-0 in the UFC with all three Octagon wins coming by first-round knockout. Gandra drove Diaz to the fence, landed a combination that scored a knockdown, and the referee stepped in to stop the fight. The victory extends Gandra's winning streak to ten, including six straight stoppages by knockout, and he has not tasted defeat since 2022.

Diaz