BJ Penn, George Sotiropoulos, Joe Lauzon and Phil Davis earn $80,000 UFC 123 Bonuses

Posted on November 21, 2010, 12:37 AM by Anton Gurevich
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Fight of the Night: George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Lauzon
Submission of the Night:  Phil Davis
Knockout of the Night: B.J. Penn

UFC President Dana White announced at the UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida post-fight press conference that Geroge Sotiropoulos, Joe Lauzon, Phil Davis and BJ Penn earned a hefty $80,000 bonuses for their performances at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit. UFC 123 bonuses are by $20,000 than the ones at UFC 122, which took place last week in Oberhausen, Germany.


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  • Gabe
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    Penn looked super determined for that fight! I'm glad he got the KO.

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  • ogobska
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    the bonus are getting higher and higher(rather than 60k) this will motivate more fighters to be explosive in every fight.

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  • TheEnforcer
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    if 60k doesnt motivate fighters to perform well 80k wont either

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  • partyboy
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    fight of the night was a well deserved award tonight, i think rampage machida and munoz simpson were both great fghts too

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  • Joey Santosus
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    Yea, I thought Simpson-Munoz deserved it, but I can understand giving it to Sots-J-Lau..

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  • griffin
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    they should have gave munoz vs simpson FOTN aswell, those guys really put it all on the line

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  • Joey Santosus
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    Agreed. Especially for two guys as close as they are...

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  • mattf
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    hughes got dana to bump it up to 80k bonuses.. kinda ironic

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  • LOWKICKMITCH
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    Phil Davis definitely earned submission of the night... Outstanding Performance!!

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  • Woodstock
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    WOW! maybe gsp and anderson silva will actually try to to finish a fight now, like they used to when they were coming up.

    Reply 3 years ago