UFC on FUEL TV 4: Fighter Bonuses and Attendance
Posted on July 11, 2012, 11:12 PM by Mike SearsonThe attendance and post-fight bonuses have been announced for tonight's UFC on Fuel TV 4: Munoz vs. Weidman. from the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California. Bonuses of $40,000 each, were awarded for Submission of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Fight of the Night to Alex Caceres, Chris Weidman, Joey Beltran and James Te Huna. The total bonus payout for this event came to $160,000.
UFC President Dana White gave the attendance as 4,250 at the post fight press conference and said: "It was a great event here tonight. It was for FUEL, and on a Wednesday in the middle of the day, to do a $163,000 gate is good." The live gate was $163,495.
The $40,000 bonuses were issued as follows:
Knockout of the Night:
The Knockout of the Night Bonus went to Middleweight Chris Weidman for his TKO victory over Mark Munoz in the Main Event. In the second round, Weidman blasted Munoz in the forehead with a huge elbow followed by a hailstorm of punches to Munoz's face before referee Josh Rosenthal stopped the bout due to TKO. After the fight, Weidman asked for a title shot: "I want Anderson Silva, I'd love a shot at the man. I really think I could do pretty good."
Submission of the Night:
The Submission of the Night Bonus went to Alex Caceres for an impressive off his back triangle choke submission over Damacio Page at 1:27 in the second round.
Fight of the Night:
The Fight of the Night bonus went to James Te Huna and Joey Beltran in the Co-Main Event. In this fight's first round, Te Huna set a record for significant strikes thrown in a single round in a Light Heavyweight bout: 71. When it was over, the two set another record for a Light Heavyweight fight by throwing a combined 206 significant strikes. Te Huna won by unanimous decision.
The Post Event Press Conference video is below:
Comments
Really good night of fights! Wicked ass elbow by Weidman. I think Munoz took about 5 shots he didn't need to take...but... still a great performance by Weidman.
hatch;
agree he got hammered after that elbow strike....never picked the fight going down like that....The stoppage was definetly late
Yeah munoz got Dicknaild, dunno Why the ref just watched him lay there taking bombs to the face. Great Fight with Te huna and beltran, Beltran started coming on at the end But hes gotta stop blocking punches with his face!!
Weidman calling out Silva,lmao!!! you need like 3 more fights at least kid! you gotta earn that! let's start with the letter B-Bisping,Belcher are ahead of you,so is Lombard and possibly Stann,also Boetsch if he beats Hector,Ray Loungo is getting way ahead of himself!!!!
How are any of the above ahead of Weidman, When Weidman just literally beat the #2 contender since Chael was beat?
asubia I still don't understand how Munoz could be ranked so high without having beat ANYONE in the top 10 still in that weight class. He's faced 3 top ten fighters and lost to both Okami and Weidman and earned a decision vs Maia who left the division. A win streak should not equal a title shot, it's not how many wins, it's who you beat. Just ask Jason Reinhardt...
dont know why it's recorded as a TKO, He went in and out of consiousness like 3 or more times during the end
Is a KO: http://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-on-Fuel-TV-4-Munoz-vs-Weidman-21725
kinda funny. Munoz ( I do like him ) but...was looking completly past Weidman...and the farsight caught him.
Really shitty performance by Munoz. I knew he was overrated but not that overrated. I don't understand why he looked so confident going in. Its like he felt 100% for it after an awful cut. He's arrogant, had a shitty fight, or is weidman really that much better at everything
This no name-value card completely outclassed UFC 148 in actual entertainment value
This no name-value card completely outclassed UFC 148 in actual entertainment value