UFC 129 bonuses have been raised to $129k
By: Brian Lopez-Benchimol Posted On: April 30, 2011 at 6:57pm
UFC 129 has proven to be a historic event for the mixed martial arts industry.
The event houses two title fights featuring three of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
Jake Shields, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion, is putting his fifteen undefeated streak up against the seemingly indomitable force that is Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, the reigning and defending UFC welterweight champion.
Jose Aldo, the WEC turned UFC featherweight champion, is taking on Canadian bred Mark Hominick. The two lethal strikes will battle for 145-pound supremacy in the co-main event of the evening.
And since the stakes have been raised for this event, which houses 55,000 people in Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada–the bonuses have been raised as well to a staggering $129k, the largest in UFC history.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan mentioned in passing with partner Mike Goldberg that the bonus awards for tonights event has been raised to a $129,000.
So the winners of tonights “Knockout of the Night”, “Submission of the Night”, and “Fight of the Night” will walk home with an additional $129k on top of what they have already earned in their salaries.
Among tonight’s winners so far, it looks as though John Makdessi and Jason MacDoanld have be leading the pack in both the “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of the Night” awards, though no one bout has particularly wowed the crowd en route to deserving the evenings “Fight of the Night” award.
Makdessi scored an impressive third-round knockout victory over “The Ultimate Fighter” season twelve semi-finalist Kyle Watson, using a stunning spinning back fist to close the show, while fellow Canadian Jason MacDonald returned to his winning ways in the UFC to score a comeback submission win over Ryan Jensen. After an early scare which saw Ryan cinch up a tight guillotine choke, MacDonald was able to reverse position and eventually close the show with a triangle choke which came in less than two-minutes of the opening round.
With the stakes so high, it looks as though everyone so far has stepped their games up with tonights night of fights, as four of the first-five matches have all ended before reaching the judges score cards.
At UFC 128, the bonuses were $70k, a $59k difference from tonights would-be award winners.
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Comments
I’m guessing this was written before the Machida fight
This definitely was an excellent night of fights for UFC–probably the best overal card in years with no weaknesses.
@Guillermo Lande
GSP vs Shields was the weakness. Horrible fight.
*Laughs* You’re right, Brian. I stand corrected.
On the flip side, if I can defend GSP and Jake somewhat, they were the worst fight in a batch of excellent fights, which arguably is better than being the best fight in a batch of awful ones.
@Guillermo Lande
I was left enjoying the event as a whole very much–but even if this fight was botched in with other less-than-spectacular bouts, this would stand at the top. I think people give GSP a lot less flack because he’s a likable guy, good for the sport, and an excellent fighter. But with that being said, he had Jake hurt several moments in this bout and had opportunities to finish. Even in decision wins over Dan Hardy, Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch, and Josh Koscheck he performed much better than in this fight. Barring the injury and his losses, this was the worst performance of his career.