UFC on ESPN 3 performance bonuses and highlights
Francis Ngannou, Joe Benavidez, Alonzo Menifield, and Eryk Anders each won $50,000 performance bonuses at UFC on ESPN 3.
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 on ESPN 3 in Minneapolis, three of the four bonuses awarded went the main card, two to the main and co-main.
Further, at this event, a Fight of the Night was not awarded, and instead four performance bonuses were awarded. Each was for a KO.
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Francis Ngannou defeated Junior dos Santos by TKO (Strikes, Round 1, 1:11)
https://twitter.com/RoyJonesy/status/1145175470129815552
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Joseph Benavidez defeated Jussier Formiga by TKO (Strikes, Round 2, 4:47)
https://twitter.com/BloodyElbow/status/1145170307088437248
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Alonzo Menifield defeated Paul Craig by KO (Punches, Round 1, 3:19)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1145140540066820096
$50,000 Performance Bonus:
•Eryk Anders defeated Vinicius Moreira by TKO (Strikes, Round 1, 1:18)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1145124191131226112
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.
The next league event is UFC 239 on July 6, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
