The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to London proved to be
one of the promotion’s best events so far in 2022, and the the
athletes on the card were compensated accordingly.
During the ESPN post-fight show, UFC president Dana White revealed
that every fighter on the card who secured a finish would receive a
$50,000 post-fight bonus. The promotion typically hands out four
post-fight bonuses and has on a few occasions given out six. It
probably didn’t hurt that the card, which took place at the O2
arena in London, was the highest-grossing event in venue history
and the highest grossing Fight Night in UFC history, according to
promotion officials.
“Nine bonuses tonight,” White said. “Every finish. “And I couldn’t
be happier to do it.”
That includes the two winners at the top of the card, as Tom
Aspinall pocketed an extra $50,000 for his first-round armlock
submission of Alexander
Volkov in the heavyweight headliner, while Arnold
Allen earned an additional $50,000 for a first-round technical
knockout win against Dan Hooker in
the featherweight co-main event.
Seven others at
UFC Fight Night 204 took home a $50,000 performance bonus:
Paddy
Pimblett, Molly
McCann, Ilia
Topuria, Makwan
Amirkhani, Sergei
Pavlovich, Paul Craig
and Muhammad
Mokaev.