What You Need to Know About UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24

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UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24 marks the next UFC Fight Night event of the 2024 Reignmakers UFC season. Similarly to 2023 Fight Night contests, users will be able to choose from CORE, RARE, ELITE, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER tier contests, which will hold true for all 2024 Reignmakers UFC events moving forward.

Moving forward, all UFC Fight Night Event Packs will come in one SKU. UFC Fight Night packs will include five (5) Fighter Game Cards with one guaranteed RARE+ card. The pack pool will include all participating fighters in the event and cards of all rarities. Each of the fighters scheduled to fight at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24 will be included in the pack pool with a supply of 1,700 CORE tier Fighter Game Cards, 400 RARE tier Fighter Game Cards, 100 ELITE tier Fighter Game Cards, 20 LEGENDARY tier Fighter Game Cards and 1 REIGNMAKER tier Fighter Game Card.

Along with the pack drop, REIGNMAKER tier Fighter Game Cards will be auctioned throughout the course of the week. For clarity, one (1) edition of each fighter participating in the event will have a REIGNMAKER tier Fighter Game Card within the pack pool and another REIGNMAKER tier Fighter Game Card for auction. In totality, fighters will have two REIGNMAKER tier Fighter Game Card editions released per fight.

How Contests Work

Scoring

Reignmakers UFC scoring will work the exact same as the DraftKings’ DFS scoring system users are accustomed to:

For more information on how the MMA scoring works on DraftKings, visit our Rules & Scoring page.

All lineups will feature a captain. Whichever fighter users place in their captain spot will receive a 1.5x bonus for all statistics accrued. Our DFS product has an entire page dedicated to MMA Captain Mode if looking for more information.

Contest Rarity Requirements

All Reignmakers cards have a series of properties associated with them, and these properties impact the way you play the game.

Card rarity is the most commonly used property to gate contests. Every contest will have rarity rules tied to entry.

The rarity requirements needed from Reignmakers UFC cards for the CORE, RARE, ELITE, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER tier contests for 2024 are shown below:

Note: Captains must be at the rarity tier of the contest or higher, so a RARE contest requires a captain to be at least of the RARE tier, ELITE contest requires a captain to be at least of the ELITE tier, etc.

Contest Fighter Requirements

Rosters are considered eligible as long as they include five (5) fighters scheduled to fight from a given event. No duplicate fighters are allowed. If a user owns multiple Fighter Game Cards of the same fighter, they may be used in separate lineups but not within the same lineup. Example: Lerone Murphy cannot be rostered twice within the same five (5) fighter lineup.

Contest Types for UFC Fight Nights Moving Forward

2024 UFC Fight Nights will include contests at all rarity levels moving forward. Essentially, each UFC Fight Night will include a CORE contest, a RARE contest, an ELITE contest, a LEGENDARY contest and a REIGNMAKER contest.

Prizing

UFC Fight Night events include $125,000 in total fantasy contest prizing.

Pack Price and Odds of Getting CORE vs RARE

The cost of a UFC Fight Night pack will be $19.99, and each pack will guarantee at least one (1) fighter game card that is of the RARE rarity tier or higher (which includes ELITE, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER). All 24 fighters scheduled to fight at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24 will be included in the pack pool.

Each fighter in UFC Fight Night Event Packs will have 1,700 CORE editions, 400 RARE editions, 100 ELITE editions, 20 LEGENDARY editions and one (1) REIGNMAKER edition. The new re-roll recipes will remove 150 CORE editions per fighter (including a few extras in order to fill packs), equating to 37,200 total CORE tier cards (37,196 in packs), 9,600 total RARE tier cards, 2,400 total ELITE tier cards, 480 total LEGENDARY tier cards and 24 total REIGNMAKER tier cards within the UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24 pack pool.

One REIGNMAKER tier addition of each fighter will also be auctioned off via the DraftKings Marketplace with a $1 starting bid and bid increment of $50. This will be the norm for all Event Sets moving forward, as well.

How to Build Your Lineup

UFC Fight Night Event Packs

Event packs will be an ongoing theme for Reignmakers UFC, as they will be available for purchase in anticipation of every Pay-Per-View and UFC Fight Night. Starting with the first event, contests of five different rarity tiers (CORE, RARE, ELITE, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER) will be offered at all events.

Packs this week will consist of CORE, RARE, ELITE, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER tier fighter game cards for all 24 fighters scheduled to fight at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24.

For all UFC Fight Nights, packs will include fighters scheduled to fight in that weekend’s events, so this format will remain consistent in 2024.

UFC Fight Night Fighter Game Card Utility

All fighters within UFC Fight Night packs are scheduled to fight on that weekend’s card and are eligible to roster within that specific UFC Fight Night’s contests. All Fighter Game Cards within 2024 Event Set packs from here on out will only be usable within their specific event (notated on both the packs and the Fighter Game Cards). Once the event has ended, these players will no longer be draftable within Reignmakers UFC contests. However, these cards can be used within the crafting portal and may be required at a later date to enter specific portfolio-gated contests.

What Sets Will Be Playable Within UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24?

Walkout, Glove Touch, Collide, Royal, Supercharged, Booster, IFW, DWCS and Fight Night 5.18.24 Event cards will all be playable within UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24 gameplay.

Priority Access for UFC Fight Night Packs Available for Elite+ Octagon Pass Holders

With only 9,940 packs available for the event, supplies will go fast! This event will feature a 100-pack purchase limit for the first 24 hours of the drop and then the maximum purchase limit per user will move to unlimited at 1:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 15.

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FAQ

What is the Re-Roll Trade-In Recipe?

Users may choose to trade-in a core card from a specific event for a one-card core pack that features core editions of all fighters in the event. Essentially, the recipe allows users to “try again” and see if they can turn a core card from their collection into a different fighter at no cost.

Can I Play Rarer Cards in Less Rare Contests?

Yes, if a contest requires a card to be “RARE or higher” or “RARE+: that means an ELITE, LEGENDARY or REIGNMAKER tier card may be used in that given roster spot, as well. If a contest requires an “ELITE or higher” or “ELITE+” card, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER cards may also be used in that given roster spot. If a contest requires a “LEGENDARY or higher” or “LEGENDARY+” card, a REIGNMAKER tier card may also be used in that roster spot.

Will there be ELITE, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER contests?

Yes, beginning in 2023, Reignmakers UFC contests will be offered at all rarity levels. Now that the “Weigh-In” phase is over, ELITE, LEGENDARY and REIGNMAKER contests will be offered at UFC Fight Night and Pay-Per-View Events.

How Do I Dictate Which Fighter I Start in the Captain Spot?

There is a designated captain spot within rosters. Any fighter placed in the captain spot will have their score multiplied by 1.5x.

What Happens if a Fighter is Removed from the Card or Their Fight is Canceled?

Go here for Reignmakers UFC’s full scratched fighter policy.

Can I Start Fighters In Lineup Spots that are Not Scheduled to Fight in UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy - 5.18.24?

No, fighters who are not a specific UFC Fight Night card are ineligible to be played within the given UFC Fight Night’s contests. Fighters are defined as “on the card” if they are listed in DraftKings’ draftable pool.

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