Normally, with the matches, boxers who have excellent performances in an event, UFC will award a series of titles with the prize after the match to honor them. Specifically, “Fight of the Night” for both boxers made the best match, “Performance of the Night” for any boxer who had the best performance in that night.
The reward for these titles is agreed with 50,000 USD, equivalent to more than 1.1 billion. However, the UFC 262 event will be the only event that UFC raises this bonus to 75,000 USD (1.7 billion), thanks to the proposal of former Interim Lightweight Tony Ferguson.
“The last time I fought in Houston, we had a meeting,” Ferguson talked to Dana White at a press conference at UFC 262.
“Travis Browne said that in Texas, what people prefer big size, right Dana? Do you remember? He proposed” or is it a bigger bonus? “
“So now I will ask you here, Dana. We sit together again, as last time, can we have a bigger bonus?”
It seemed like it was just a joke in the press conference, but this question of Tony Ferguson received a huge feedback from the audience on social networks. In response, UFC President Dana White announced that he would increase a half of the bonus for titles.
After UFC 262, the bonus for “Performance of the Night” and “Fight of the Night” will return to normal $ 50,000 per title.