UFC on ESPN+ 18, also known as UFC Fight Night 160, UFC Copenhagen, and UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier, was held on September 28, at Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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. HAt UFC on ESPN+ 18 the performance bonuses were split evenly between the main card and the undercard, with bonuses going to the main event, and the very first fight on the card.
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Jared Cannonier defeated Jack Hermansson by TKO (Strikes, Round 2, 0:27)
https://twitter.com/BrMassami/status/1178269917625253888
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Ovince Saint Preux defeated Michael Oleksiejczuk by Submission (Von Flue Choke, Round 3, 2:14)
https://twitter.com/theUG/status/1178055332913803264
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•John Phillips defeated Alen Amedovski by KO (Punches, Round 1, 0:14)
https://twitter.com/ChampSportsProd/status/1178008468596412417
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Jack Shore defeated Nohelin Hernandez by Submission (RNC, Round 3, 2:51)
https://twitter.com/Round5R/status/1177968154703798279
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 243 on October 6, at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
