Barry, Hardonk, and Struve Win UFC 104 “Fight Night” Bonuses
Patrick Barry scored an extra $120,000 on Saturday, earning two $60,000 “Fight Night” bonuses for his second-round knockout of Antoni Hardonk at “UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Hardonk and Stefan Struve also picked up $60,000 bonuses for their showings at last night’s pay-per-view event.
UFC President Dana White announced the bonuses at the UFC 104 post-fight press conference.
Struve earned “Submission of the Night” honors for his slick triangle choke of newcomer Chase Gormley in the first bout of the night, nabbing the choke from the top before rolling to his back to finish the submission with 56-seconds remaining in the opening round.
“Knockout of the Night” would have been awarded to Anthony Johnson for his 41-second thrashing of Yoshiyuki Yoshida, but Johnson’s failure to make weight ruled him ineligible and allowed Barry to win the award. After an exciting first frame, Barry settled in and blasted Hardonk with combinations, eventually dropping him to the canvas where he was quickly finished with a pair of heavy hands.
Barry and Hardonk were awarded “Fight of the Night” for their Spike TV-televised scrap.
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Pictured: Patrick Barry
Tags: Anthony Johnson, Antoni Hardonk, Patrick Barry, Stefan Struve
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Awsome for Mr. Berry! I also train in Milwaukee WI and Pat is the nicest guy you will ever meet, congrats on the great fight and some nice bank!
~Gi
Jesus, so Rumble not only lost 20% of his paycheck, but the Knockout of the Night bonus as well?
Good on Struve, Barry, and Hardonk, but I hope Dana takes care of Rumble off of the books for his a$$-kicking of Yoshida…
Or not since Rumble didn’t show up on weight like a professional.
I know, but the guy is coming off of an injury, and has Hella harsh personal issues, not to mention he’s a rising star.
Thats a lot of jack to lose for 6 pounds IMO…
I’d be willing to bet what he lost he’ll make weight next time. Not following through on your obligations has consequences for a reason, if Dana takes away those consequences by slipping Johnson some money on the side, what does that say about his character what he expects of his fighters? “Yeah, it’s okay if you miss weight, I’ll still give you some extra cash for a good knockout as long as you can give me some sob story of why you missed.”
The “of the Night” bonuses were likely Dana’s creation, and Dana’s choice who they go to, therefore Dana’s choice in what the rules are. If I am correct in those assumptions, then he should stick to the rules he set forth.
Didn’t Alves get a KOTN bonus when he missed weight and beat Hughes?
Dana also seems to be very unhappy with people who don’t make weight.
@ Justin H – I agree that Dana’s sets the rules for bonuses, but like dbiz I was wondering about the Alves-Hughes fight KOoTN thing.
And yeah, guys should definitely make weight, but in a sport like ours and an organization like the UFC, some decisions can be made on a case by case basis.
If a guy comes in fat because he’s been sitting on a bar stool every night, or hitting some burger joint twice daily and trianing like sh!t, then yeah he should take the hit.
But when a guy is coming off of an injury, and is dealing with some hard personal drama, Dana has the option to think twice and maybe cut the guy a one-time break, especially in light of the beating he threw Yoshida…
Perhaps Alves was cut some slack because he was actually injured the week he had to cut, where Johnson was injured before his fight camp started.
Fair point…