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UFC 89: Fight Bonuses
Yesterdays UFC 89 is in the books. It had some very action filled fights and out of all of them Chris Lytle and Paul Taylor took home the fight of the night bonus. Their bout was an all out brawl which ended in a unanimous decision for Chris Lytle.
The fight card itself was not as star-studded as most but it provided viewers in North America with some good MMA action and also gave an outlook as to where some of the lower rated fighters stand in their divisions. Here were the fight bonuses, each fighter took home an extra $40,000 on top of their salary which have not yet been released(and may not be):
Knockout of the Night — Luis Cane
Submission of the Night – Jim Miller
Fight of the Night — Chris Lytle vs. Paul Taylor
UFC 88: Breakthrough Fight Bonuses
As always the UFC selected fighters that are deserving of recieving some extra cash for their efforts. The fight bonus this time around was $60,000 each. No surprise who the knock out of the night went to though right?
Knockout of the Night: Rashad Evans took the 60K for his one punch KO on Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell.
Submission of the Night: Jason MacDonald took submission of the night due to it being the only submission. He got a rear-naked choke on Jason Lambert.
Fight of the Night: Kurt Pellegrino and Thiago Tavares took fight of the night. I never got to see it but I hear it was a good one.
So two of the three win bonuses came from the preliminary bouts. I personally believe that this event was a big mess up on Joe Silva’s part. Matt Brown and Dong Hyun Kim should of never been on the main card, if anything Jason MacDonald deserved to be there due to his recent performances.
UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” Bonuses
UFC 87 gave mixed martial arts fans some all around great action. Only three fights can get the bonuses the UFC give out. The usual three are Fight of the Night, Submission of the Night and Knockout of the Night.
Each one of the fight bonus winners will take home an additional $60,000 on top of their paycheck amount (not yet known).
Fight of the Night: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
Submission of the Night: Demian Maia
Knockout of the Night: Rob Emerson
I would not disagree with any of these picks. Obviously Emerson deserved KO of the night with his 12 second fight. Demian Maia had no competition getting the only submission on the card. GSP Vs. Jon Fitch was a great fight, Fitch showed huge heart lasting all the way through the five rounds.
UFC: Anthony Johnson Appealing Decision
Anthony Johnson (5-2) has confirmed that he will be appealing the technical knockout decision opponent Kevin Burns was awarded in last Saturdays UFC Fight Night 14. The fight appealing will go through the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). After receiving a poke to the eye Anthony Johnson started to fall back screaming in pain. The referee believed that Johnson was hit with an uppercut thrown seconds after the eye poke. A decision was made by the referee and Kevin Burns was awarded the fight by (T)KO.
After watching the replay several times all the fans in the building and watching at home could clearly see the uppercut never connected and it was the eye poke that made Johnson drop to the ground. Johnson was not given the usual five minutes to recover.
Fights Added to UFC 88 Card
The UFC has officially announced three more fights for the UFC 88 card. UFC 88 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia this September 6th.
Rich Franklin will be moving up to light-heavyweight to fight Matt Hamill.
Undefeated in 9 fights welterweight Yoshiyuki Yoshida will be coming back into the Octagon to face Karo Parisyan. Parisyan will be coming off of a (T)KO loss to Thiago Alves at UFC Fight Night 13.
The third fight to be added is between PRIDE veteran Dan Henderson, Henderson was once the PRIDE middleweight and light-heavyweight champion. Rousimar Palhares will be the man to face off against Dan Henderson September 6th at UFC 88.
UFC Fight Night 14: 3.8 Million viewers peak
UFC Fight Night 14, a late counter to Affliction Banned got a 2.1 viewers rating which works out to be an average of 3.1 million viewers.
The peak viewing time was during Anderson Silva‘s debut at light-heavyweight where he knocked James Irvin out in just a minute (1:01). The fight drew 3.8 Million viewers.
Men aged between 18 and 49 accounted for 1,550,000 million viewers according to MMAJunkie.
UFC Fight Night 14: Fighter Salaries
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for the recent UFC Fight Night 14. The total amount of salary paid which includes fight bonuses comes to $723,000. Tim Sylvia of Affliction earned more in his 36 second fight than every UFC fighter combined.
Here are the salaries paid by the UFC for Fight Night 14
- Anderson Silva ($200,000) d. James Irvin ($20,000)
- Brandon Vera ($200,000) d. Reese Andy ($15,000)
- Frankie Edgar ($51,000) d. Hermes Franca ($42,000)
- Cain Velasquez ($14,000) d. Jake O’Brien ($11,000)
- Kevin Burns ($10,000) d. Anthony Johnson ($9,000)
- CB Dollaway ($45,000) d. Jesse Taylor ($8,000)
- Tim Credeur ($16,000) d. Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)
- Rory Markham ($37,000) d. Brodie Farber ($3,00O)
- Nate Loughran ($8,000) d. Johnny Rees ($4,000)
- Brad Blackburn ($10,000) d. James Gaboo ($3,000)
- Shannon Gugerty ($6,000) d. Dale Hartt ($3,000)
UFC Fight Night 14: Medical Suspensions
This past weekend the UFC held ‘Fight Night 14′ a direct competitor to Afflictions debut show. The UFC had it’s fair share of medical suspensions to go along with the show. There were 13 in total.
4 of the fighters, Cain Velasquez, Anthony Johnson, Brad Blackburn and Tim Credeur will be out for an extended amount of time. All 4 of the fighters will need to be cleared by a doctor before they can get scheduled for another fight.
The most controversial of the injuries is the one that Anthony Johnson received. He was poked in the eye by Kevin Burns during the third round of a fight he seemed to be winning. The referee ruled the fight in the favor of Kevin Burns without giving Anthony Johnson time to recover. Anthony Johnson will be appealing the decision.
- James Irvin — Suspended until Sept. 3 with no contact until Aug. 19 due to a right-cheek laceration
- Hermes Franca — Suspended until Aug. 19 with no contact until Aug. 10
- Frankie Edgar — Suspended until Aug. 19 with no contact until Aug. 10 due to a chin laceration
- Jake O’Brien — Suspended until Sept. 3 with no contact until Aug. 19 for precautionary reasons
- Cain Velasquez — Suspended until Jan. 7 due to ligament tear in left knee (can be cleared early by an orthopedic doctor); minimum suspension until Aug. 19 with no contact until Aug. 10
- Anthony Johnson — Suspended indefinitely due to a conjunctival laceration in right eye (can be cleared by an ophthalmologist); minimum suspension until Aug. 19 with no contact until Aug. 10
- Tim Credeur — Suspended until Jan. 17 due to a right-knee injury (can be cleared early by orthopedic doctor); minimum suspension until Aug. 19 with no contact until Aug. 10
- Cale Yabrough — Suspended until Sept. 13 with no contact until Aug. 19
- Brodie Farber — Suspended until Sept. 18 with no contact until Sept. 3
- Rory Markham — Suspended until Aug. 19 with no contact until Aug. 10
- Nate Loughran — Suspended until Sept. 13 with no contact until Aug. 19 due to multiple lacerations
- James Giboo — Suspended until Sept. 13 with no contact until Aug. 19
- Brad Blackburn — Suspended until Jan. 7 due to broken left thumb (can be cleared doctor)
UFC Fight Night 14: Fight Bonuses
UFC Fight Night 24 had some very interesting fights. Only 3 of them were worth a Fight Night bonus though.
Each of the four fighters who earned one of the bonuses got an extra $25,000 pay on top of their salaries. The official salaries have not yet been released, that could be a few days from now. They will be right here on MMA-Live when they are released.
Here are the fight bonus winners for you:
Fight of the Night: Frank Edgar vs. Hermes Franca
Submission of the Night: CB Dollaway
Knockout of the Night: Rory Markham