After the eleven bouts for UFC 115 at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada were completed, UFC president Dana White handed out the fight bonuses. Suffice it to say, the bonuses were larger than the norm.
Below are the bonuses given out, along with the recipients:
Submission of the Night:
Mirko Filipovic ($85,000)
Knockout of the Night:
Rich Franklin ($85,000)
Fight of the Night:
Carlos Condit and Rory McDonald ($85,000 each)
The days of the $50,000 fight bonuses are now a thing of the past. If you are a UFC fighter and you have a standout performance, you’ll get a bump in pay – $65,000 to be exact.
That’s exactly what four of the fighters involved with UFC 111 received for their efforts. The recipients are:
While Chris “Lights Out” Lytle will probably never wear champiuonship gold with the UFC, he certainly has a knack of earning a supplemental income by way of fight bonuses.
Typically, a UFC fighter receives a double-digit payday at a fight and that’s it. That’s where Lytle stands out. While he gets his regular pay like the other combatants, he by and large exceeds the others on fight night bonuses.
As of this post, Lytle has amassed seven fight bonuses equalling a whopping $310,000. Below is a leaderboard, courtesy of Cage Potato, which shows the fight bonuses earned by UFC fighters:
Fighters With Seven Bonuses:
Chris Lytle: 4 Fight of the Night bonuses, 2 Submission of the Night bonuses, 1 Knockout of the Night bonus; $310,000 total
Fighters With Five Bonuses:
Anderson Silva: 2 KOTN, 2 FOTN, 1 SOTN; $280,000 total
Nate Diaz: 3 FOTN, 2 SOTN; $170,000 total
Tyson Griffin: 5 FOTN
Joe Lauzon: 2 FOTN, 2 SOTN, 1 KOTN
Fighters With Four Bonuses:
Quinton Jackson: 2 FOTN, 2 KOTN; $220,000 total
Forrest Griffin: 3 FOTN, 1 SOTN; $220,000 total
Demian Maia: 4 SOTN; $215,000 total
Wilson Gouveia: 2 FOTN, 1 KOTN, 1 SOTN; $205,000 total
Marcus Davis: 2 FOTN, 1 KOTN, 1 SOTN; $160,000 total
Sam Stout: 4 FOTN
Jason MacDonald: 3 SOTN, 1 KOTN
Active UFC fighters who have scored three bonuses during their time in the Octagon include Wanderlei Silva, Josh Koscheck, Clay Guida, Alan Belcher, Paul Taylor, Terry Etim, Thiago Tavares, and Matt Wiman.
Again, Lytle’s knack for earning the fight bonuses proves that while a championship is not in his immediate future, he is without a fighter who fans will pay to see.
Three fighters at WEC 46 earned a little extra cash for their efforts; interestingly enough, because there was no knockout during the card, no bonus was awarded for “Knockout of the Night”.
Below are the three fighters who earned the aforementioned bonuses:
Saturday night at WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff found six fighters earning a little bonus money for their efforts in the cage. The six earned bonus money for Submission of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Fight of the Night. The six fighters are:
Submission of the Night:
Brad Pickett ($10,000)
Knockout of the Night:
Anthony Njokuani ($10,000)
Fight of the Night:
Donald Cerrone, Ed Ratcliff ($10,000 each)
Scott Jorgensen, Takeya Mizugaki ($5,000 each)
In addition to their base salaries within the WEC, four fighters earned $10,000 bonuses for: Fight of the Night, Submission of the Night and Knockout of the Night; they are:
I think it is safe to say that UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun was a huge financial success as 16,000 hit the turnstiles at Stapels Center with a live gate of $1.9 million. And as per custom, bonuses were handed out, with Patrick Barry being the biggest recipient of bonuses as he cleared $120,000 along with his normal pay.
Barry pocketed that large bonus by earning a Knockout of the Night and along with Antoni Hardonk earned a bonus for Fight of the Night. Meanwhile, Stefan Struve earned $60,000 for Submission of the Night as he triangle-choked Chase Gormley in the first round of their bout.
With UFC 102 now a distant memory, not only did four fighters earn their regular pay along with sponsor money, they also earned fight bonuses; each fighter earned $60,000 apiece. Below are the recipients of the fight bonuses; bonuses were earned for: Submission of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Fight of the Night:
Bonuses were earned by four fighters during WEC 42: Bowles vs. Torres, which took place on Sunday. Below are the bonuses earned:
As is usually the custom following all UFC events, bonuses are passed out and announced; the same was done at the UFC 101 post-fight press conference. Anderson Silva cleaned up as cashed in on two of the bonuses; below are the bonuses claimed after UFC 101: Declaration:
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