UFC Sacramento Bonuses: Main event takes Fight of the Night
UFC CEO Dana White announced the recipients of the UFC Sacramento bonuses following Saturday's event.
At UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues, held at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, main event fighters Anthony Hernandez and Gregory Rodrigues received the Fight of the Night bonus. The No. 7 ranked middleweight and No. 10 ranked middleweight put on a fierce battle that earned them an additional $100,000 each. The intense back-and-forth throughout the fight makes it a strong candidate for Fight of the Year.
In the co-main event, lightweight MarQuel Mederos and women's flyweight Carli Judice also earned Performance of the Night bonuses. Mederos stunned Mason Jones with a second-round TKO, while Judice secured a first-round finish over Jeisla Chaves. Eleven of the 13 bouts at the event ended in stoppages, with 16,867 spectators generating $3.3 million in gate receipts. The remaining six fighters who knocked out their opponents each received a $25,000 finishing bonus.
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