50k Bonuses: Lytle, Stevenson, Sotiropoulos, Velasquez
The UFC handed out its usual post-fight awards with each winner taking home a healthy $50,000 bonus. Cain Velasquez captured…
The UFC handed out its usual post-fight awards with each winner taking home a healthy $50,000 bonus.
Cain Velasquez captured the Knockout of the Night bonus, moving from rising contender to the next in line for a title shot behind the winner of Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin. He floored Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira with a right hook-left hook combination that earned him his eighth victory with no defeats.
Home country hero George Sotiropoulos earned one of the biggest wins of his career with a dominating performance over perennial UFC title contender Joe Stevenson. Their performance was enough to earn them each a Fight of the Night bonus.
Chris Lytle scored the Submission of the Night with his knee bar of H.I.T. Squad fighter Brian Foster.
Fight of the Night (50k bnonus each)
–Joe Stevenson and George Sotiropoulos
Knockout of the Night (50k bnonus)
–Cain Velasquez
Submission of the Night (50k bnonus)
–Chris Lytle
