In addition to being paid a fixed amount to show and another, usually equal amount to win, each UFC event also awards four $50,000 Performance Bonuses. Usually, there is a Fight of the Night in which both fighters are given a performance bonus, and a performance bonus to the winner in two fights, sometimes, as happened here, no fight of the night is awarded; rather, four performance bonuses were given. “Performance Bonus” means the fight made you say “HOLY F@$%ING $#!@.”
One of the primary differences between the UFC model and the boxing model is the depth of the card. Sometimes the greatest fight isn’t the main event, or close to it. At UFC 240 three of the four bonuses went to undercard fighters.
$50,000 Fight of the Night
•Deiveson Figueiredo defeated Alexandre Pantoja by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1155271358206451712
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Geoff Neal defeated Niko Price by TKO (punches, Round 2, 2:39)
https://twitter.com/WhatsUp_MMA/status/1154063192693379074
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Hakeem Dawodu defeated Yoshinori Horie by TKO (Knee to the body and head kick, Round 3, 4:09)
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1155292450354847744
In addition, to the bonuses and purses, there are:
•Reebok pay, based on tenure, for wearing the distinctive apparel during fight week and in the Octagon;
•Sometimes fighters get discretionary locker room bonuses of varying amounts; despite their name, locker room bonuses actually come in the mail now;
•In some cases there is an LOA [Letter of Agreement] on the contract for additional income; and,
•The most elite fighters get points on the pay per view for PPV events, although this event was on ESPN+, not PPV.
The next league event is UFC on ESPN 5 on August 3 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
