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Editorial: The UFC London $50K finish bonus should be permanent

Dana White delivered a shocking announcement on Saturday. On a 12-fight card where nine of the bouts ended inside the distance, the UFC handed each of the fighters who earned a finish a $50,000 bonus.

“They had already done all the bonuses and they were walking me through it and I was like, ‘F-ck it. I’m in such a good mood, give everybody a bonus,’” White said at the post-fight press conference.

“And they all deserved it. Tonight couldn’t have been a better night, you couldn’t write a better script. It couldn’t go any better than it did.