The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first trip to mainland China featured eight legitimate stoppages, so competition was bound to be fierce for bonus money. To boot, two of the four recipients are Chinese natives.
Following the conclusion of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 122 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, the promotion announced its slate of four fight-night bonus winners. With UFC brass not anointing any bout as “Fight of the Night” for the 12-fight bill, four “Performance of the Night” bonuses were handed out.
Victorious middleweight headliner Kelvin Gastelum, Jingliang Li, Zabit Magomedsharipov and debuting Yadong Song will all leave China $50,000 richer due to their Octagon exploits.