The bonuses are official for UFC Vegas 113, the first Fight Night event of the UFC Paramount+ era.
With post-fight bonuses increased to $100,000 US (double the previous 50K value) and a new $25,000 finish bonus for every finish outside of Fight of the Night/Performance of the Night, there was a lot of money up for grabs. However, with only four finishes on the UFC Vegas 113 card, anyone with a stoppage had a solid chance to make it big.
Ultimately, the promotion awarded main event bantamweight Mario Bautista one of two 100K Performance of the Night bonuses. Against Vinicius Oliveira, who appeared to be the much bigger man, Bautista’s energy never faltered, and he ultimately earned himself a back-naked choke submission in the second round.
The second performance bonus went to bantamweight Jakub Wiklacz, who forced a tap from Muin Gafurov in the final second of their fight. Gafurov, who had a good chance of winning according to the scorecards, played it off as if he had not tapped, but a review by the referees showed that he had, literally at the last second.
Nikolay Veretennikov and Dustin Jacoby were the other finishers of the evening and both should take home $25,000.
Fight of the Night, meanwhile, devolved into a tough middleweight affair between Michal Oleksiejczuk and Marc-Andre Barriault. Pole Oleksiejczuk took that one on the scorecards, with MAB taking the second round and coming closest to the fight in the third.
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