UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir Payouts and Bonuses
Posted on May 27, 2012, 12:34 AM by Mike Searson
UFC paid out $70,000 in bonuses for Octagon performances in UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir which went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, according to MMAWeekly.com.
The Knockout of the Night awards went to Dan Hardy and Roy Nelson; Stefan Struve and Paul Sass took home awards for Submission of the Night. No award has been given for Fight of the Night.
Roy "Big Country" Nelson and Dan "the Outlaw" Hardy were both coming in off a string of losses and both men needed the wins they acheived to stay viable in their UFC carreers. Nelson dropped Dave "PeeWee" Herman with his big right hand in what could best be described as an overhead-roundhouse-corkscrew at 51 seconds into the first round of their fight on the Pay-Per-View card. Hardy knocked out Duane Ludwig on the preliminary card which aired on FX.
Stefan Struve deftly submitted renowned striker Lavar Johnson via armbar on the main card at 1:05 of the first round. Paul Sass got the better of Jacob Volkmann via triangle-choke armbar on the Facebook fight.
With each of these four fighters taking home $70,000. The total in bonuses given out for UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir came to $280,000.
Comments
The knockout which Roy Nelson brought was just stunning! Looked like the same knockout when Roy dropped Struve. The same overhand right to the jaw.
Congrats to big country....
It was good to see that big country didn't take any damage. I love seeing this dude fight.
Dana needs to ease up on country's gut and mullet especially when you have fighters like Reem getting caught out.
Dana is fine saying what he says, Roy went to Dana asking for help, and why he dosnt have more sponsors. Its the truth, if he wants more sponsors he needs to clean up his physical appearance.
Only big country has nothing to offer against the top HW competition and he looked like a fat homeless guy where as Reem could win the belt and looks like a bad As$.
Still like watching big country strike though, much better than when he holds guys on the ground with his huge gut.
Beautiful display of kung fu by roy nelson !!!!
its a personal thing. DW used to teach aerobics and now hes heavy set it probably bugs him to see another heavy set fellow so happy with himself, cause hes not.
Bro dana is ****in jacked you ever see that video of him bench pressing
Dana's probably also on roids. He doesn't have to piss in a cup.
No fight of the night? I thought Mike Brown vs Barbosa was a really great fight.
They paid the guys on the lower rungs of the division some deserved bonuses.
Roy Nelson must smile every time Bruce Buffer announces: B-I-G C-U-N-T-ry a Kung-Fu fighter. Nelson has peculiar sense of humor--but packs a powerful overhand right.
Lavar Johnson was exposed on the ground with Pat Barry, so it was no surprise that the longest BJJ wizard on the planet submitted him--the only question was whether Struve could weather the early storm.
I was a bit surprised Sass submitted Volkman with a triangle--since Volkman knew it was coming--and I had thought Volkman's wrestling would keep him out of danger--I was wrong. Sass is the Palhares of triangles.
It was good to see Hardy win one--it was a good left hook--deceptive since it comes at you out of the corner of your eye--and it was right on the magic button. Hardy seems to have evolved a bit--but he will need to evolve a lot more if he wants to rise in the wrestling heavy WW division.
I wondered about the odds against Jamie Varner--since he is no noob at MMA--having held the WEC championship. The Barboza hype train got derailed big time, and Varner is back in style.
Well....Since Brown did not fight Barboza you can throw that opinion away....
Prelims and Main Events, The best card and fight night I've seen in years, maybe ever.