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 on ESPN+ 13, the bonuses were split evenly between the main card and the prelims.
For the third event in a row, rather than a fight of the night and two performance bonuses, four performance bonuses were awarded.
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Urijah Faber defeated Ricky Simon by TKO (Strikes, Round 1, 0:46)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1150221502156902400
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Josh Emmett defeated Mirsad Bektic by TKO (Punches, Round 1, 4:25)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1150215555342725120
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Andre Fili defeated Sheymon Moraes by TKO (Strikes, Round 1, 3:07)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1150185214078885888
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Jonathan Martinez defeated Liu Pingyuan by KO (Knee, Round 3, 3:54)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1150168644237664257
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 4, also known as UFC San Antonio, and UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards on July 20, 2019 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
