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UFC Vegas 75 Bonuses: Shattering records, snagging $50k

BAD MMA News — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 14:31:48 +0000

The UFC Vegas 75 bonuses are in with main eventer Jared Cannonier shattering records and taking home an additional $50,000 for his efforts. UFC Vegas 75 Fight of the Night: Jared Cannonier defeats Marvin Vettori Marvin Vettori started strong, wobbling Jared Cannonier in the first round of their fight, but that only served to stoke the fire in his opponent. Cannonier stormed back with a vengeance, unleashing 241 significant strikes over the course of their five-round UFC Vegas 75 main event. That is the new record for most significant strikes landed in a single UFC middleweight bout. Cannonier won a unanimous decision from the judges, which should edge him up from No. 4 in the rankings of a top heavy middleweight division.

UFC 289 Bonuses: Charles Oliveira record-setting win leads the charge

BAD MMA News — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 06:57:55 +0000

The UFC 289 bonuses are in with co-main eventer Charles Oliveira leading the charge with his record-setting victory over Beneil Dariush. UFC 289 Performance of the Night: Charles Oliveira Oliveira lost his UFC lightweight title on the scale, when he missed weight ahead of a victory over Justing Gaethje at UFC 274.

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UFC Vegas 74 Bonuses: Jim Miller historic KO earns $50K

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 06:58:32 +0000

Jim Miller not only padded his UFC record for most victories with a 23-second knockout, he also led the charge on the UFC Vegas 74 bonuses. Miller, Muhammad Naimov, Alex Caceres, and Daniel Pineda all added an extra $50,000 to their paychecks by earning post-fight awards. UFC Vegas 74 Performance Bonus: Jim Miller Miller just keeps notching more and more UFC records. He has the most bouts in UFC history, the most victories, and he has the second most finishes in the promotion’s history. It took him just 23 seconds to knock out last-minute replacement Jesse Butler to earn his 14th official bonus. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1665188265136369664?s=20 UFC Vegas 74 Performance Bonus: Muhammad Naimov Naimov was down going into the second round, but left no doubts as to who won the fight with Jamie Mullarkey

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UFC Vegas 73 Bonuses: Diego Ferreira sleeps Michael Johnson to lead the charge

BAD MMA News — Sun, 21 May 2023 03:32:16 +0000

With six finishes and a blistering main event, UFC Vegas 73 delivered for fight fans and made it difficult for officials to narrow it down for the post-fight Performance Bonuses. Performance of the Night: Diego Ferreira Wow! Just wow! How else can we better describe Diego Ferreira’s incredible overhand right that clobbered Michale Johnson, sending him crashing back to the canvas… OUT COLD! It was an incredible, much needed, performance for Ferreira following a one-and-a-half-year layoff on the heels of three consecutive losses. The victory put Ferreira back in play and earned him one of the four UFC Vegas 73 post-fight performance bonuses accompanied by a $50,000 check. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1660064114910322689?s=20 Performance of the Night: Viacheslav Borshchev Viacheslav Borshchev not only earned a Performance of the Night bonus for his blistering knockout of Hayisaer Maheshate in the second round of their UFC Vegas 73 prelim headliner, but also for his post-knockout performance. Borshchev dropped Maheshate with a powerful one-two punch combo and finished him off with a few ground and pound punches for good measure

UFC Vegas 73 Bonuses: Diego Ferreira sleeps Michael Johnson to lead the charge – MMA Weekly

UFC London bonuses: Paddy Pimblett, Meatball Molly McCann wow British crowd

BAD MMA News — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:05:43 +0000

The UFC London bonuses were announced shortly following Saturday’s event. To no one’s surprise, British stars Paddy Pimblett and “Meatball” Molly McCann were among the winners of the $50,000 USD performance bonus winners after wowing their home country crowd. UFC London Bonus winners Performance Of The Night: Paddy Pimblett Paddy Pimblett rarely fails to excite his British fans. It was no different on Saturday, as he secured a tight rear-naked choke midway through the second round of his bout with Jordan Leavitt. It was his third finish and third performance bonus in as many bouts in the Octagon. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1550950704713412608?s=20&t=ZKvLu52_tqYaVNnM4t_Y8Q Emotional Paddy Pimblett dedicates victory to friend who committed suicide Performance Of The Night: Molly McCann Pimblett’s teammate and country woman “Meatball” Molly McCann also wowed her fans with a first-round stoppage of Hannah Goldy.

UFC Vegas 57 bonuses: Final four fights take home the awards

BAD MMA News — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 06:29:30 +0000

Officials awarded three Performance of the Night honors, as well as a Fight of the Night award, in announcing the UFC Vegas 57 bonuses on Saturday. The fights took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a lightweight main event between Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot. All four of the UFC Vegas 57 bonuses were nabbed by the final four bouts of the night. Thiago Moises sank a rear-naked choke to submit Christos Giagos in the first round of their lightweight bout. He earned a $50,000 performance bonus for the finish. https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1540899409084329984?s=20&t=iHgVSbZOSDWzCBZdNXtuNg Shortly after Moises finished his fight, heavyweight Josh Parisian earned his $50,000 bonus by finishing Alan Baudot.

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UFC 163 Fighter Bonuses: Anthony Perosh Leads $50,000 Award Winners with 14-Second KO

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 09:55:03 +0000

The Ultimate Fighting Championship handed out $50,000 performance bonuses to four fighters following UFC 163 on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Anthony Perosh, Sergio Moraes, Ian McCall and Iliarde Santos took home the bonus awards. Knockout of the Night honors went to Anthony Perosh , who knocked out Vinny Magalhaes in just 14 seconds. The Australian knocked Magalhaes down with a right hand and finished with a series of punches on the ground. The Submission of the Night award went to Sergio Moraes for his first round submission of Neil Magny. Moraes was able to get inside Magny’s reach advantage to get the fight to the ground. From there, he applied a triangle choke and forced The Ultimate Fighter alum to tap out. Fight of the Night was awarded to flyweights Ian McCall and Iliarde Santos . The fight kicked off the preliminary card that aired on FX. McCall was the quicker fighter, beating Santos to the punch throughout the fight. Santos pressed forward and had his moments, but in the end, McCall won by unanimous decision

Dana White: ‘Delusional’ Jon Fitch made $302K in UFC discretionary bonus money

BAD MMA News — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0000

When Dana White first heard that Jon Fitch described his experience with the promotion as a “hostile work environment,” the UFC boss had to do a double take. After all, he and UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta authorized more than $400,000 in non-contracted compensation for Fitch during his time with the promotion. “In the time Jon Fitch was with us, we paid him $302,000 in discretionary bonuses – $302,000,” White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “That’s money that me and Lorenzo decided to give him above and beyond the deal that he signed. He also made $130,000 on performance bonuses for his two ‘Fight of the Night’ bonuses.

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