UFC on ESPN+ 20, also known as UFC Singapore, UFC Fight Night 162, and UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren was held on October 26 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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. However, at UFC Singapore ALL the bonuses went to the main card.
$50,000 Fight of the Night
•Demian Maia defeated Ben Askren by Submission (Rear Naked choke, Round 3, 3:54)
https://twitter.com/ArabicMMA/status/1188107458973257728
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Beneil Dariush defeated Frank Camacho by Submission (Rear Naked choke, Round 1, 2:03)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1187411215875637248
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Ciryl Gane defeated Don’Tale Mayes by Submission (Heel hook, Round 3, 4:46)
https://twitter.com/VonPreux/status/1188084642773192706
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.
Attendance: 7,155
The next league event is UFC 244 on November 2, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The event will be the BMF belt holder.
