Jon Jones' first finish in more than four years made him $50,000 richer.
The Jackson-Wink MMA product received a “Performance of the Night” paycheck for his third-round stoppage of Daniel Cormier in the UFC 214 headliner at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday night. A head kick and follow-up ground-and-pound brought an end to the contest at the 3:01 mark of round three, helping him regain the light heavyweight championship he never actually lost in the Octagon.
Elsewhere, surging light heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir received the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award, as he vanquished another contender in short order, finishing Jimi Manuwa 42 seconds into the opening round of their featured clash.