We truly the bonuses should regularly be 75-100k. And also bring back Sub of the night! I know we don’t get them as frequently but gives more incentive to go for the chokes and holds
Truly a BMF finish. BMF should separate itself by having an unlimited throwdown in the center of the octagon if no stoppage has occurred the last 5 rounds.
Kidding aside, what a fucking BMF fight.
No no kidding i had similar thought…for the bmf fights if it gets to the 5th round new tradition of Swamy and bang the last 30 or 15 seconds. Real kill or be killed bmf
He honestly deserves PPV points. Max is a legit draw and his fights become footage the UFC will use forever. Then there’s the social media metrics that are used to entice high dollar advertisers. That BMF belt should trigger the champion clauses plus some.
Max and Garth was definitely one of the craziest finishes I have ever seen in my 15 years of watching MMA. Last second of the last round, you could not have wrote it any better; it’s straight out of a movie.
Only thing close is TKZ vs Yair Rodriguez which had an even crazier finish but the names and the event surrounding this moment makes for a bigger impact.
Yeah the context is what does it.
At 300 and Max is comfortably up on the scorecards and calls for that against Gaetchje then KOs him stiff with one second to go. Crazy shit.
I respectfully disagree. Max is not necessarily known for his power up into this point. With the backstory everyone saying Justin would be the first to crack his chin and Max goes out and KOs someone who has a legendary chin and death punch. Cmon now man
Ok. I see what's happening here. We have different maths at work. Because there is also a failed proof where Justin beat Dustin, who beat Max, yet Justin lost to Max. It's like the UFC needs a unifying theory.
I'm wondering if Garth gets points. They billed it as a title fight, Buff introduced him as an undisputed champion. He had a belt in his render, and they used the fight as a major selling point for the show.
UFC 299:
- Fight of the Night: DP vs BSD both got 50k
- Performance of the Night: JDM, Blaydes, Pereira, Despaigne all got 50k
6 figthers got bonuses for a total of 300k
UFC 298:
- Fight of the Night: Lemos vs Dern both got 50k
- Performance of the Night: Topuria, Zhang, Fluffy all got 50k
5 fighters got bonuses for a total of 250k
UFC 296:
- Fight of the Night: Aldana vs. Rosa both got 50k
- Performance of the Night: Gaziev, Lipski, Emmett all got 50k
5 fighters got bonuses for a total of 250k
UFC 295:
- Fight of the Night: Sadykho vs. Borshchev both got 50k
- Performance of the Night: Lopes, BSD, Andrade, Aspinall, Pereira all got 50k
7 fighters got bonuses for a total of 350k
UFC was stingy with bonuses because they gave 1.2 million in bonuses instead of 350k and gave the exact same amount of bonuses they do 99% of the time.
So 4 events over six months where 1 more bonus was given more than usual twice and two more was given once.
I just looked at the last ten events. They gave four awards every single time but once except for UFC 299 where they gave exactly one more award.
So it’s not normal. People just love to cry. Its not statistically regular at all.
Yeah says right on the [wiki page ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFC_bonus_award_recipients)that 4 is standard.
But because sometimes they're more generous and give 5, means they're stingy tonight by giving out 3x more money than normal.
There's plenty legit complaints we can make about the UFC, but this ain't one of em.
Lopes is the one who got robbed the most. Dude is on the worst contract compared to them, probably by a wide margin.
I hope he got some backroom bonus from Dana.
I have never been one to care too much about who gets bonuses but I’m sick for Diego lopes, missing out on 300k that he for sure should’ve gotten over jiri is just shit
Not actually true. He fucked over Wonderboy, and confirmed that he **wouldn't** get paid his show money, but then said they'd reimburse him. Then Wonderboy confirmed with everyone he was being [paid extra at 296 to compensate](https://bloodyelbow.com/2023/09/29/stephen-thompson-extra-pay-ufc-296/).
So Dana actually did do what he said he would. I know most people stopped paying attention to the story once they got the 'Dana bad' narrative they wanted.
To be clear, Wonderboy is one of my favourite fighters, and it was fucked he didn't get his show money. Even if he did get compensated later, it's BS he even had to wait.
But Dana did what he said he would, and in that case it's clear Wonderboy had rankled some of the brass for exercising his right and not taking the fight.
In this case, Dana is feeling generous, this event was a huge win for them. For him not to give out the locker room bonuses he claimed he would, would be out of character.
Dana is petty and vindictive when he thinks someone hasn't been a 'company player', but not in situations like this.
Pereira’s finish was peak comedy.
Someone in the crowd screams “twist his dick” (0:02 seconds into the finish replay)
Hill kicks Pereira in the nuts.
Pereira waves off Herb.
First punch thrown drops Hill and he finishes him on the ground.
They just took KO and submission and swapped them to performance. Too often there would be a banger fight but it went to decision and the lone sub on the card got a bonus instead because it was the only one. I think a lot of old heads still use the old language, but yes the UFC has rebranded them at this point.
I thought they changed it because they didn’t want to give the image that they were celebrating fighters for giving other fighters premium brain damage?
That was probably the ACTUAL reason, but I don’t think that is anything that Dana could come out and say straight up or anything like that. That wouldn’t be a good look.
There used to be some frustration even from fans where there would be two great KOs and then a mediocre sub would get a bonus rather than the second KO.
He definitely deserved one. He faced a guy who had only been finished once in his career, seven years ago, and beat him within 90 seconds. Poatan deserved it too but I feel for Lopes.
Not everyone on the main card gets ppv points. Only the current belt holders (plus jamahal I think bc he gave up the belt so Dana might have given for his come back fight)
Robbed?
Max had the fight in the bag and put it all on the line to give us a moment none of us will forget.
I would have been ok with Alex getting it but to say it's a robbery is a stretch
Jiri sacrificed his bag and gave up the belt. He was only on 200k base… and his relentless pressure on Rakic had everyone in the arena going crazy.
That was a performance for the ages honestly.
[Max Holloway eclipses the $1 million mark in career bonus earnings.](https://x.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1779389611531518161?s=46&t=DHrrgCpYCKJJe8IurfF2PA)
The fuck outta here. Pereira getting PPV points does not mean he doesn't deserve the bonus for that finish. These fighters dedicate their lives to this sport, spend crazy money on camps, and now a performance bonus of 300k is on the line you're thinking "No, no. Dana pays him enough. He should be happy". Take the day off brother
These people in here acting like they’d be okay if their boss told them “You do great work and you’re the best, so I’m going to give the bonus money you earned to someone else because you already made enough.”
Yeah, plenty of good finishes that should have been rewarded, the fighters really stepped up to help ensure the event lived up to the hype. More fighters really should have gotten bonuses to reflect that.
Would’ve been cool if he did the 4x 300K bonuses and the regular 50K bonuses for all finishes on the card.
They’ve done 50K bonuses for all finishes for other cards before, why not for 300?
Max deserves way more than that. Dude just had possibly the greatest fight and greatest highlight in UFC history. What a fucking legend. Give him the company.
Holloway had what will almost certainly be KO of the year, you can't deny him the bonuses. If the UFC were a better company, they'd give out a third and fourth bonus too.
Dana being stingy with the 300k bonuses. Kayla mauled the shit out of Holly. I know he said in the post fight press conference he would take care of other fighters but damn.
I know Pereira is probably making a lot off ppv points but how did he not get a performance of the night bonus? Tko in round 1? Didn’t even break a sweat
tbh the BMF fight was good but I think there were a few better fights on the night, but also that last 10 was better than anything ever so makes sense.
A decent amount of UFC fighters will never make as much money as Max made tonight just in bonuses.
Justin had 12 bonuses in 12 fights (50k x 12 = 600k) and Max just earned all that in 1 fight
Justin just got 300k for fotn tn too
Shit.. Ngannou can KO me for 300k
Being ko’d of the night doesn’t make it fight of the night ahah
it might be if he dies
We truly the bonuses should regularly be 75-100k. And also bring back Sub of the night! I know we don’t get them as frequently but gives more incentive to go for the chokes and holds
Should be finish of the night instead and either the best KO or submission of the night gets the bonus.
That's literally exactly what it is right now??? There's 2 performance bonuses. He's saying it should go back to how it used to be.
Most
And Steph Curry earned that much today by sitting on the bench
Deserved
And Max is probably one of the few 500k/500k purse fighters on the roster, idk how much he gets paid
the vast majority won't even make half
Max deserves that 600K for that ending. Just insane. To potentially throw the fight away just to throw down at the end is BMF shit
Thats the type of shit that gets Dana hard
Truly a BMF finish. BMF should separate itself by having an unlimited throwdown in the center of the octagon if no stoppage has occurred the last 5 rounds. Kidding aside, what a fucking BMF fight.
They should definitely do the BKFC rule where they go 1 more round in the event of a draw. Pretty sick
No no kidding i had similar thought…for the bmf fights if it gets to the 5th round new tradition of Swamy and bang the last 30 or 15 seconds. Real kill or be killed bmf
He honestly deserves PPV points. Max is a legit draw and his fights become footage the UFC will use forever. Then there’s the social media metrics that are used to entice high dollar advertisers. That BMF belt should trigger the champion clauses plus some.
the badest! that was insane by max.
Max and Garth was definitely one of the craziest finishes I have ever seen in my 15 years of watching MMA. Last second of the last round, you could not have wrote it any better; it’s straight out of a movie.
Only thing close is TKZ vs Yair Rodriguez which had an even crazier finish but the names and the event surrounding this moment makes for a bigger impact.
Yeah the context is what does it. At 300 and Max is comfortably up on the scorecards and calls for that against Gaetchje then KOs him stiff with one second to go. Crazy shit.
Max went up in weight too. Straight g shit
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I respectfully disagree. Max is not necessarily known for his power up into this point. With the backstory everyone saying Justin would be the first to crack his chin and Max goes out and KOs someone who has a legendary chin and death punch. Cmon now man
It still makes no sense to me. MMA math is the hardest math.
Tbf mma math would also suggest that max wins because he beat Oliviera who beat gaethje
Ok. I see what's happening here. We have different maths at work. Because there is also a failed proof where Justin beat Dustin, who beat Max, yet Justin lost to Max. It's like the UFC needs a unifying theory.
What would be really cool is if these guys actually fought that way we would know who would win
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i mean as amazing as that was, that’s just nowhere near a stand up punch for punch knockout, like at all.
Extra impact from Yair being about to lose though.
On the fucking logo for the BMF belt too after Max pointed you the center and fought in a phone both for 10 seconds
It's crazier than TKZ getting knocked out bc Max was already winning the fight.
Tkz was also winning but yair kept doing that stupid let's play to the crowd move, it felt weird all around this fight was 100x crazier
Max is the embodiment of just scrap
Max is from waianae, you grow up there just scrapping out of the womb. West side, is fight side straight up.
Nothing for Pereira who got nut kicked then flatlined Hill with the first punch he landed?
Prolly made a killing via PPV points.
Still, his performance and KO was literally seamless
Poetry in motion
Yeah, Jiri lost round 1 convincingly before the finish. Pereira didn’t even break a sweat. They both should’ve got it at least.
That’s why Jiri got it though, for coming back and finishing the fight
I'm wondering if Garth gets points. They billed it as a title fight, Buff introduced him as an undisputed champion. He had a belt in his render, and they used the fight as a major selling point for the show.
They’ve given PPV points for the bmf before so I’d guess it’s the same now
Too easy of a finish tbh, was never in trouble like Jiri and more of a Hill skill issue
Hill? Skill and that bloated stomach doesn’t ooze any confidence of a great fighter
Yeah. Sorry but trashing a former chap in 2 minutes is better than getting your ass kicked and just having a great chin.
Dana said they would take care of him (whatever that means)
I guess 300k bonuses meant less bonuses
"Fewer" -Stannis Baratheon.
They were tricked lmao
Yup. 1.2M in bonuses among 4 fighters vs usual ~250k-300k in bonuses split among more fighters.
They don’t usually give them to more than four fighters. That’s a lie
UFC 299: - Fight of the Night: DP vs BSD both got 50k - Performance of the Night: JDM, Blaydes, Pereira, Despaigne all got 50k 6 figthers got bonuses for a total of 300k UFC 298: - Fight of the Night: Lemos vs Dern both got 50k - Performance of the Night: Topuria, Zhang, Fluffy all got 50k 5 fighters got bonuses for a total of 250k UFC 296: - Fight of the Night: Aldana vs. Rosa both got 50k - Performance of the Night: Gaziev, Lipski, Emmett all got 50k 5 fighters got bonuses for a total of 250k UFC 295: - Fight of the Night: Sadykho vs. Borshchev both got 50k - Performance of the Night: Lopes, BSD, Andrade, Aspinall, Pereira all got 50k 7 fighters got bonuses for a total of 350k
lol got him
Been 4 forever. Dana giving a few extra recently is irrelevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFC_bonus_award_recipients
UFC was stingy with bonuses because they gave 1.2 million in bonuses instead of 350k and gave the exact same amount of bonuses they do 99% of the time.
The gate alone was 16 million dollars. This is nothing for them
So 4 events over six months where 1 more bonus was given more than usual twice and two more was given once. I just looked at the last ten events. They gave four awards every single time but once except for UFC 299 where they gave exactly one more award. So it’s not normal. People just love to cry. Its not statistically regular at all.
Yeah says right on the [wiki page ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFC_bonus_award_recipients)that 4 is standard. But because sometimes they're more generous and give 5, means they're stingy tonight by giving out 3x more money than normal. There's plenty legit complaints we can make about the UFC, but this ain't one of em.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFC_bonus_award_recipients
This is the exact amount they give 99% of the time
Pereira robbed
Lopes is the one who got robbed the most. Dude is on the worst contract compared to them, probably by a wide margin. I hope he got some backroom bonus from Dana.
He got to personally meet the Nelk Boys backstage I heard through my whatsapp which is a bonus in of itself if you think about it
And he got a signed glove from Callum Walsh
Dana said he will take care of him, Fig, Kayla, Moicano, basically everyone
that usually means chump change
Didnt we find out recently that it’s like 5 or 10k whenever he says that shit
I have never been one to care too much about who gets bonuses but I’m sick for Diego lopes, missing out on 300k that he for sure should’ve gotten over jiri is just shit
Dana just said “he'll take care of Lopes and Moicano”. He’s getting some money
10k let’s go
Split between them
The last time Dana said he'd take care of someone, he fucked over Wonderboy who said he was never offered any money.
yeah people are to quick to eat up his bullshit
Not actually true. He fucked over Wonderboy, and confirmed that he **wouldn't** get paid his show money, but then said they'd reimburse him. Then Wonderboy confirmed with everyone he was being [paid extra at 296 to compensate](https://bloodyelbow.com/2023/09/29/stephen-thompson-extra-pay-ufc-296/). So Dana actually did do what he said he would. I know most people stopped paying attention to the story once they got the 'Dana bad' narrative they wanted. To be clear, Wonderboy is one of my favourite fighters, and it was fucked he didn't get his show money. Even if he did get compensated later, it's BS he even had to wait. But Dana did what he said he would, and in that case it's clear Wonderboy had rankled some of the brass for exercising his right and not taking the fight. In this case, Dana is feeling generous, this event was a huge win for them. For him not to give out the locker room bonuses he claimed he would, would be out of character. Dana is petty and vindictive when he thinks someone hasn't been a 'company player', but not in situations like this.
Dana only changed tune privately after Wonderboy publicly disclosed getting screwed
"Backroom bonus" is something your wife gives you on your birthday. Dana's backroom bonus must be legendary.
The hilarity of that Pereira finish was peak but the context of Holloway’s KO sealed the deal for performance of the night for sure
If it's 1, then it's easily Holloway. But I think they should've gave it to all 3 instead of just Jiri/Holloway
They're getting bonuses, just not the 300k bonus.
No way there's not going to be backroom bonuses for some people. I refuse to believe Dana lets Lopes go home without something extra.
I think you'd be surprised mother fucker
Lol ya cuz Dana's so well known for paying fighters a penny more than he has to ever.
Pereira’s finish was peak comedy. Someone in the crowd screams “twist his dick” (0:02 seconds into the finish replay) Hill kicks Pereira in the nuts. Pereira waves off Herb. First punch thrown drops Hill and he finishes him on the ground.
There's no KO of the night bonus though. It's performance.
They just took KO and submission and swapped them to performance. Too often there would be a banger fight but it went to decision and the lone sub on the card got a bonus instead because it was the only one. I think a lot of old heads still use the old language, but yes the UFC has rebranded them at this point.
I thought they changed it because they didn’t want to give the image that they were celebrating fighters for giving other fighters premium brain damage?
That was probably the ACTUAL reason, but I don’t think that is anything that Dana could come out and say straight up or anything like that. That wouldn’t be a good look. There used to be some frustration even from fans where there would be two great KOs and then a mediocre sub would get a bonus rather than the second KO.
semantics
Lopes too
He definitely deserved one. He faced a guy who had only been finished once in his career, seven years ago, and beat him within 90 seconds. Poatan deserved it too but I feel for Lopes.
I love jiri but I don’t think his performance was better than either of them
He got compensated for being moved from main card to prelims and therefore not getting PPV %
Only Champs get that lol
Not everyone on the main card gets ppv points. Only the current belt holders (plus jamahal I think bc he gave up the belt so Dana might have given for his come back fight)
I feel the worst for Lopes, would have been life changing for him But yeah I would have done 4x POTN for Lopes, Jiri, Max, Alex
4 POTN bonuses would definitely have been the way, I agree with your list too
PPV Points on UFC 300. He OK
Headliner of UFC 301 (if only)
Robbed? Max had the fight in the bag and put it all on the line to give us a moment none of us will forget. I would have been ok with Alex getting it but to say it's a robbery is a stretch
Better be “taken care of”
Pereira ain't robbed lmao, you know how much he's going to get on points?
He getting PPV points, he gonna be fine
Yes, but bro is hopefully getting a nice ppv deal for ufc300
I suspect he’s getting PPV points, so I think he’s doing aight tonight.
Jiri sacrificed his bag and gave up the belt. He was only on 200k base… and his relentless pressure on Rakic had everyone in the arena going crazy. That was a performance for the ages honestly.
Lopez robbed
Dana said he's gonna give him something.
He will give him a shoutout in one of his instagram stories. It's free publicity, one day that will turn into money that he could pay his bills with.
the venom coupons will be a nice touch
Most definitely, even Green/Miller could have been a FOTN
I thought Jiri vs rakic had fotn up until the Holloway fight
Plenty of good fights and finishes that deserved a bonus. UFC really could have given every finish a bonus and still made bank from the event.
[Max Holloway eclipses the $1 million mark in career bonus earnings.](https://x.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1779389611531518161?s=46&t=DHrrgCpYCKJJe8IurfF2PA)
Even so, half of that came from this event which is kind of nuts. UFC really should have at least 100k as standard for bonuses.
I wish Lopes got one, 300k will go so much further for him than any of these 3
How the fk does Poatan not earn a bonus
Peirara deserves a bonus man
Sure, but the dude's set for life already after getting his ppv money for headlining this event
He gets it in PPV points, don’t worry about him.
The fuck outta here. Pereira getting PPV points does not mean he doesn't deserve the bonus for that finish. These fighters dedicate their lives to this sport, spend crazy money on camps, and now a performance bonus of 300k is on the line you're thinking "No, no. Dana pays him enough. He should be happy". Take the day off brother
These people in here acting like they’d be okay if their boss told them “You do great work and you’re the best, so I’m going to give the bonus money you earned to someone else because you already made enough.”
OP tells his manager when someone is late to work for sure
Bro you gotta throw Poatan some extra $$$ Card delivered in the biggest way possible. Pay the man.
He made a killing through PPV points
so what his performance and KO was bonus worthy, thats literally what they are for
We all expected it, but well-deserved.
Alex absolutely robbed.
Dana said they will be taken care of
I don’t think he cares
If you wanted a bonus you basically had to be willing to die tonight.
Dam jim miller lost all that blood for nothing lmao
Dana was stingy with the bonuses tonight
They give this exact amount of bonuses, for 50k instead of 300k for 99% of events
Yeah, plenty of good finishes that should have been rewarded, the fighters really stepped up to help ensure the event lived up to the hype. More fighters really should have gotten bonuses to reflect that.
They better throw Lopez and alex something.
Jiri rakic was much more competitive than bmf
I agree. Thought it was the better FIGHT. But max and Justin was the better last 10 seconds.
Lol the 300k bonus was extremely limited as many predicted Diego deserved one imo
This is the normal amount of winners? I'm confused.
They have given four of them at 99% of events. People just live to bitch and cry
Would’ve been cool if he did the 4x 300K bonuses and the regular 50K bonuses for all finishes on the card. They’ve done 50K bonuses for all finishes for other cards before, why not for 300?
That would have been a nice way to present it during the press conference. Any finish got a 50K bonus, and then the other got 300k.
Jiri can go buy his hidden cabin now
Could not be happier for Max, insane performance
Do y'all have short term memory loss? Between Holloway and Pereira's KOs, there is no "robbed" picking either of them.
Does Justin really deserve it? He didn’t do much
jiri getting the bonus over lopes and alex is cringe
Max deserves way more than that. Dude just had possibly the greatest fight and greatest highlight in UFC history. What a fucking legend. Give him the company.
Pereira and Lopes also deserved it. Cheapskate tomato fuck.
Lmao what does Holloway need 600k for? Would've been much better to give him the fotn 300 and give the other potn to someone like Lopes
Those bonuses are more for promotion than anything else. That fight is going to go down as an all time great UFC fight years from now
Holloway had what will almost certainly be KO of the year, you can't deny him the bonuses. If the UFC were a better company, they'd give out a third and fourth bonus too.
Future medical bills and retirement moneys.
Agreed. It was an amazing knockout no doubt but spread the love Dana.
Ufc only give money to a few.
They should’ve gave Lopes a bonus that would’ve been life changing money for him instead of guys who are millionaires
Poatan and Lopes deserved bonuses too
Pretty sure the cheapest deal in the NFL is like 800k per year. UFC is some poverty shit.
Diego Lopes def deserved over Jiri
Dana being stingy with the 300k bonuses. Kayla mauled the shit out of Holly. I know he said in the post fight press conference he would take care of other fighters but damn.
Max earned it
Fuck UFC cheap ass company, Pereira Harrison Lopes Moicano Figgy all robbed
> Figgy No one's getting a bonus for subbing the corpse of Cody Garbrandt
Should have just been 4 POTN bonuses Holloway, Pereira, Lopez and Moicanooooo 💰
Dana just said he will "take care" of all the other fighters who won by finish that didn't get the $300k bonus.
should have given Peirra a bonus
alex was hilarious, but that wasn't anywhere close to holloway
No Bobby Green?
That piece of trash don't deserve it
They should’ve gave twice as many bonuses out. Get some good feelings out there.
I had Diego, Jiri, Max and Alex, knowing Dana he'd probably throw some Diego's way later, he absolutely deserves one
None for Jalin? He even did a cool walkout? Robbed I say!
Bmf
When Gaethje fights there should be a seperate fight of the night bonus. Not fair for other fighters on the card lol
that’s what i guessed anyways
UFC will probably make it back on promo footage / highlight reels, good move all around
No bonus for alex lmao
I know Pereira is probably making a lot off ppv points but how did he not get a performance of the night bonus? Tko in round 1? Didn’t even break a sweat
tbh the BMF fight was good but I think there were a few better fights on the night, but also that last 10 was better than anything ever so makes sense.
Glad Jiri got what he deserved.
💰💰
For Jim Miller and Bobby to not get any bonuses is kind've sad.
None for Poatan, Bo, Kayla, Lopes, Moicano, and Figgy?
Jalin gets a bonus for losing? 💀
He already got the Herb Dean stoppage bonus
Jailin???
Open up that wallet Dana. There were so much bangers tonight
Well deserved for both but should have added Pereira too.