Justin Gaethje has earned many bonuses throughout his storied profession, however none is extra memorable than the one he earned on the UFC White Home.
In Sunday’s major occasion, Gaethje delivered the efficiency of his life, defeating undefeated Ilya Topuria en path to a fourth-round knockout, unifying the interim title with Topuria and finishing his long-awaited ascent to undisputed UFC light-weight champion. For his efforts, Gaethje not solely received the Combat of the Night time award, but additionally the Efficiency of the Night time award.
For the historic UFC White Home occasion, the promotion elevated the Combat of the Night time bonus from the same old $100,000 to $400,000 and the Efficiency of the Night time bonus from $100,000 to $425,000. Meaning an extra $825,000 for Gaethje.
As one half of Combat of the Night time, Topuria may even obtain a $400,000 comfort prize.
One other efficiency of the evening was Cyril Gane’s second-round knockout of former two-division champion Alex Pereira. ‘Poitin’ was attempting to turn into the primary UFC fighter to win titles in three weight divisions, however Gane defeated him to turn into the interim heavyweight champion for the second time, incomes him a $425,000 bonus.
All seven matches on Sunday resulted in knockouts, that means the next 5 winners additionally acquired the necessary $25,000 completion bonus:
Gaethje has now received 11 Combat of the Night time awards, six Efficiency of the Night time awards, and 17 bonuses in 16 UFC appearances.
