Following the fights at UFC 80, The Ultimate Fighting Championships handed down $35k fight bonuses for “Fight of the Night”, “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of the Night”. The recipients are:
Fight of the Night: Paul Taylor and Paul Kelly
Knockout of the Night: Wilson Gouveia
Submission of the Night: BJ Penn
It seems like the UFC is keeping a close eye on there wallet at UFC 80, only giving $35k bonuses.
UFC 78 – $55k
UFC 79 – $50k
UFC 80 – $35k
I guess the fighters are paying the bill for the UFC’s expansion in the Europe or maybe Dana White just looked at Saturdays PPV numbers and just realized this card was a little lacking.
None of Dana's buddies are on this card so he cut the bonuses for this one.
possibly
regaurdless the UFC pays shit besides Liddell. They are so stingy with their money, its ridiculous