Nogueira, Sylvia, Lytle and Mir Earn $60,000 Bonuses (The Biggest Bonuse In History)

[Warchief]

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Tim Sylvia, Chris Lytle and Frank Mir each collected $60,000 “Fight Night” bonuses stemming from their performances at UFC 81.

MMAjunkie.com (UFC News & Rumors - MMA News - UFC Fighters - UFC Event Recaps and Previews - MMAjunkie.com) confirmed the winners and the bonus amounts with sources close to the fighters — with help from our friends at Yahoo! Sports.

Saturday’s event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The event aired live on pay-per-view.

Main-event fighters Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Tim Sylvia won Fight of the Night awards, the only bonuses that are awarded to the fight’s winner and loser. Rodrigo survived two rounds of abuse to eventually secure a third-round victory submission via guillotine choke. With the win, Rodrigo earned the UFC’s interim heavyweight title.

Lytle earned the event’s Knockout of the Night bonus for a quick and impressive victory over UFC newcomer Kyle Bradley. As Lytle mentioned in an MMAjunkie.com story earlier this week, he’s adopted a new, go-for-broke fighting style that paid huge dividends at Saturday’s event. Lytle immediately went on the offensive and tagged and dropped his opponent for the knockout victory just 33 seconds into the first round.

Submission of the Night went to Mir, who posted one of the most remarkable come-from-behind victories in recent UFC history. Former WWE performer and decorated collegiate wrestler Brock Lesnar tossed around and battered his opponent. However, on the brink of defeat, Mir grabbed a leg, tripped Lesnar, and secured a knee bar to force the tap-out at 1:30 of the first round.

The $60,000 bonuses are the biggest in UFC history. Recently, the organization issued $35,000 bonuses for UFC 80, $15,000 bonuses for The Ultimate Fighter 6, and $55,000 bonuses for UFC 79.

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They Deserves it.

[MMAJOE.com]

Well they hit us all up for another $5 on the PPV...but they definitley deserve it.

[TravelinMonty]

Originally Posted by MMAJOE.com

Well they hit us all up for another $5 on the PPV...but they definitley deserve it.

They made an extra couple of mil just from that $5... that extra covers all the fighters and bonuses and then some...

[Diegonightmare]

Originally Posted by TravelinMonty

They made an extra couple of mil just from that $5... that extra covers all the fighters and bonuses and then some...

It's a down payment on the waves of lawsuits they are going to slap Randy with

I wish Randy would just relent and agree to fight Big Nog. That fight would be off the chain, and especially driven by the Randy-generated drama of the last couple months, it would do huge PPV draws.

[Wolverine77]

I think the newcomer Tim "The Barbarian" Boesch deserved some what of a bonus as well. He took the fight with Heath on short notice and completly dominated the entire fight getting a TKO in the 1st. He just threw Heath on his head and started pummelling him, I just thought it was pretty cool that at least someone got thrown on thier head if Mir didnt.

[ArMnHC]

Originally Posted by Wolverine77

I think the newcomer Tim "The Barbarian" Boesch deserved some what of a bonus as well. He took the fight with Heath on short notice and completly dominated the entire fight getting a TKO in the 1st. He just threw Heath on his head and started pummelling him, I just thought it was pretty cool that at least someone got thrown on thier head if Mir didnt.

i agree, id of actually given that fight of the night. the last minute was very very exciting! Nog/Sylvia was a good fight, but i dont think the guys making the big checks necessarily need that extra bonus. Boetsch is definitely a guy to watch in the future!

[neonatural45]

I heard that Dana randomly gives out bonus money as well as these big FOTN bonuses, so we never really know how much a fighter got paid. At least now Nog made more then Lesnar

[CESSPOOL]

Originally Posted by Wolverine77

I think the newcomer Tim "The Barbarian" Boesch deserved some what of a bonus as well. He took the fight with Heath on short notice and completly dominated the entire fight getting a TKO in the 1st. He just threw Heath on his head and started pummelling him, I just thought it was pretty cool that at least someone got thrown on thier head if Mir didnt.

I agree he deserves something. I was leaning towards KO. It wasn't out cold, but the way Heath was hands and knees to face and back he had no clue where in the world he was or what just happened.

They should amke a new bonus: Domination of the Night

[Quintessential Studmuffin]

All of em deserved it.

[Gurry]

Nogueira deserved alot becuz hes cool, and i wanna buy him 2 beers, one to drink and one to apply to his face to stop the swelling. WAR Nog, and chris lytle is impressive, his fight with alves wulda been amazing if they let it keep going, bullshit cut, im becoming more and more of a lytle fan as the days go on, he shuld fight marcus davis, thatd be an awesome fight