Six fighters will leave UFC Vegas 16 with a little extra spending cash, including headliners Marvin Vettori and Jack Hermansson.
UFC President Dana White announced at the UFC Vegas 16 post-fight press conference that Vettori and Hermansson took Fight of the Night honors. Each man will receive a $50,000 bonus after exchanging a record-setting number of significant strikes in a UFC middleweight bout.
ABSOLUTE --.
— UFC (@ufc) December 6, 2020
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Additionally, Gabriel Benitez was presented with a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus after crumbling Justin Jaynes with a step-in knee to the chest. The second Performance of the Night bonus was presented to Jordan Leavitt for his hard-to-watch knockout slam of Matt Wiman.
Big night for big finishes!
— UFC (@ufc) December 6, 2020
-- @JoJo_MonkeyKing and @Moggly_Benitez take home 50K! pic.twitter.com/TS0DT03aQR
You may have noticed six fighters mentioned in the opening sentence of this story. White also committed to signing bonus checks for Jamahal Hill, who scored a second-round TKO over Ovince Saint Preux, and Illia Topuria, who separated Damon Jackson from consciousness on the prelims.
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