In addition to being paid a fixed amount to show and another, usually equal amount to win, each UFC event also awards four $50,000 Performance Bonuses. Usually, there is a Fight of the Night in which both fighters are given a performance bonus, and a performance bonus to the winner in two fights. “Performance Bonus” means the fight made you say “HOLY F@$%ING $#!@.”
UFC Fight Night 136 was a weird one. The fight of the night was Petr Yan beat Jin Soo Son, but Son missed weight making him ineligible for a bonus, so there were three bonuses given out.
Further, 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 Fight Night 136, while the main and the co-main each won a bonus, it was balanced with two undercard fighters also getting bonuses.
$50,000 Fight of the Night:
•Petr Yan beat Jin Soo Son via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/1041019440312213504
“>September 15, 2018
$50,000 Performance of the Night:
•Aleksei Oleinik beat Mark Hunt via Submission (Rear Naked choke) at 4:26 of Round 1
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1041053438879002624
“>September 15, 2018
$50,000 Performance of the Night
•Jan Błachowicz beat Nikita Krylov via Submission (modified D’Arce choke) at 2:41 of Round 2
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1041048153372286976
“>September 15, 2018
$50,000 Fight of the Night:
•Magomed Ankalaev beat Marcin Prachnio via KO (head kick and punches) in Round 1 at 3:09
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1040998272477753344
“>September 15, 2018
In addition, to the bonuses and purses, there is:
•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.
The next league event is UFC Fight Night 137: Manuwa vs. Santos on September 22, 2018 at Ginasio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil.
