The UFC handed out extra bonuses for Saturday’s UFC 295, including a well-deserved one for the new light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
Pereira took home an extra $50,000 bonus for his second-round stoppage of ex-champ Jiri Prochazka at Madison Square Garden in New York City, UFC CEO Dana White announced at the post-event press conference.
A total of five finishers earned “Performance of the Night” bonuses, and the prelim draw between Nazim Sadykhov and Viacheslav Borshchev captured “Fight of the Night,” giving the indecisive result a silver lining for the lightweights.
Here are the five remaining bonus winners:
Main card opener Diego Lopes, who zapped Pat Sabatini with punches for a 90-second knockout.
Breakout lightweight Benoit Saint Denis earned his third bonus by starching Matt Frevola just 91 seconds into their main card bout.
Former strawweight champ Jessica Andrade, who handed Mackenzie Dern her first knockout loss with a blitz of punches at 3:15 of Round 2.
Newly minted interim heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall earned his sixth performance bonus for his 69-second stoppage of Sergei Pavlovich.
Pereira earned his fourth UFC performance bonus for his TKO of Prochazka at 4:08 of Round 2 in the main event.
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