UFC 148: Fighter Bonuses and Attendance, biggest Gate in US history
Posted on July 8, 2012, 01:15 AM by Mike SearsonThe attendance and post-fight bonuses have been announced for tonight's UFC 148 from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bonuses of $75,000 each, were awarded for Submission of the Night, Fight of the Night went to Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin and the Knockout of the Night was awarded to Anderson Silva for his TKO victory over Chael Sonnen. The total bonus payout for this event came to $225,000. These numbers do not represent any pay-per-view bonuses or victory bonuses.
UFC President Dana White gave the attendance as 15,060 at the post fight press conference and said that the attendance figure, "represented the biggest gate in America and UFC 148 is set to break all pay-per-view records". The live gate was $7 million.
The $75,000 bonuses were issued as follows:
Knockout of the Night:
The Knockout of the Night Bonus went to Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva against challenger Chael Sonnen. Sonnen scored an early takedown and kept Silva on the mat for most of the entire first round, but Silva got inside his guard and stayed there, keeping the challenger from moving forward. Sonnen looked to take Silva down again in the second round, forcing Silva against the cage. The two separated and Sonnen went for a wild spinning back fist, which missed its mark and Sonnen slipped from the momentum. Anderson responded by firing a knee to Sonnen's chest and then landed a hail of strikes on top of him until he was stopped by Referee Yves Lavigne, winning by TKO.
Fight of the Night:
The Fight of the Night bonus went to Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin in the Main Event. This fight was a rubber match between the two and Ortiz's farewell bout. Unfortunately for Ortiz, his monumental 15-year career ended with a loss by decision. Ortiz rocked Griffin in the second and third rounds but Griffin sustained his attack. Griffin was able to land a number of kicks to Ortiz's legs and body and controlled most of the fight which ended with all three judges giving him the decision.
The Post Event Press Conference video is below:
Comments
Chael handled the post fight presser with a lot of class and a heck of a lot more dignity than all the moronic nuthuggers on here who are whining about the knee etc. Bottom line, your guy lost, deal with it.
actually in chael land i think youll find he won.
the knee was to the body
in the post fight press con. 22:25 in dana says the knee was legal we watched the tape!!!
No retard. It's not the knee that even matters. it's the fact that Chael was covering up and the ref instantly stopped it. Didn't even wait to see if the punches would break through his guard and do damage. It was a terrible stoppage that really shows the bias toward keeping Silva champ. At least by some refs. Sure, maybe Silva would've won anyway. But we'll never know if guys don't ref the way Rosenthal does.
Thanks, you pretty much made my point about Chael's nuthuggers. Silva 2 Sonnen 0. The end.
Godsofwararise the fight is over and both fighters have taken the high road. Why don't you stop the insulting and name calling and join them there?
covering up is "not intelligently defending"...its a cry baby, begging someone to step in and stop the fight. fetal position...a.k.a....the Brock Lesnar.
I agree!
The ref stopped the fight too early!
He should have let Anderson pound the shit out of Chael for at least five minutes more...just to be certain.
Is that some kind of a joke or are U that retarded?
Hahahahahahahaha
hang on a minute "knockout of the night" awarded for a TKO? early stoppage which wasn't helped by Sonnens grimacing face... looking at the replay nothing really connected at the end, think Sonnen was already done from the knee though unfortunately.
I agree, Silva shouldn't have gotten KO of the Night for TKOing Sonnen. They should've given it to Maia for his fight. Seriously, throw Maia a bone. Silva gets to knock people out all the time. When's the next time that Maia's going to destroy someone's ribcage with a slam?
chael wanted to hit tito when was giving freaking 13 min answers after a simple question.
FML! SO GLAD Tito is out of the scene.... tired of listening to this guy.
I know what you did tonight.... you got out struck 3-1 .... knock downs or not.
Fade away......
I hate Anderson and am a Chael fan. The stoppage was legit. The knee was legit. At the end of the day its a sport and its entertainment. Anderson is the best of all time period.
Damn, im so glad this is Tito last fight. His interviews ends up being same crap over and over. And no Tito, you didn't win the fight. Forest out did you on almost everything by double.
Why people build ****ing poems when they ask Anderson a question? He needs short question, because of the translation. They are DONKEYS! Spider punch them in da face!
is this what happens when there is no high levels of trt??
Silvaisking go look at Matt 1926's post above and then look at Bihal's and yours above. You guys are sore winners. Come on buddy boy - take a page from Silva's book and and lets get to our classy ways.
bruce im trying but there are so many sore losers losers that weak me just cause i went to the fight??
i went to the fight to! at the bar!!
Tito sounds like a huge sore loser here. Forest landed 4x the shots he did. Trying to knock someone out doesnt win you a fight Tito, actually knocking them out does and you didnt. You lost far and square cause you gassed in the first round and stood in front of him getting hit for most the fight.
@highkick12 I couldn't agree more bro.