UFC Fight Night 109 performance bonuses and highlights
Four fighters won $50,000 performance bonuses at UFC Fight Night 109 in Stockholm, Sweden.
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 $#!@.”
One of the primary differences between the UFC model and the boxing model is the depth of the card. Sometimes the best fights are all the way down on the UFC Fight Pass prelims. This time both the Fight of the Night was the main event, but one performance bonus went to the very first fight on the card, way down on the Fight Pass prelims, and the other went to the very first fight on the FS1 prelims,
Fight of the Night: $50,000 bonuses
Alexander Gustafsson defeated Glover Teixeira by Knockout (Punches, Round 5, 1:07
Performance of the Night: $50,000 bonus
Damir Hadzovic defeated Marcin Held by Knockout (Knee, Round 3, 0:07)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/868835558809718785
Performance of the Night: $50,000 bonus
Bojan Velickovic defeated Nico Musoke by TKO (Punches, Round 3, 4:37)
In a bonus of another sort, after winning the main event, Alexander Gustafsson proposed to his girlfriend in the Octagon, and she accepted 🙂
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 UFC event is UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway on Jun 3, 2017 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil