Goulet, Hironaka, MacDonald, and Maia Awarded UFC 83 Bonuses
Jonathan Goulet, Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Jason MacDonald, and Demian Maia earned $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 83 on Saturday in Montreal, Canada. The bonuses for “Knockout of the Night”, “Submission of the Night”, and “Fight of the Night” were announced during the post-event press conference. The $75,000 bonuses set a new record for the hightest post-event bonuses ever given out by the promotion.
Goulet and Hironaka exchanged in a stellar opening preliminary bout to kick off the event and were awarded “Fight of the Night” bonuses for their efforts. Hironaka was strong in the opening round, rocking Goulet several times and nearly finishing his opponent before the first round came to a close. Goulet recovered during the minute break and returned with a flurry, rocking Hironaka before finishing him off mid-way through the round with series of strikes.
MacDonald was awarded “Knockout of the Night” for his second-round TKO of Joe Doerksen. Leading up the fight the pair traded jabs over their blogs and it showed with an intense preliminary bout that featured a back-and-forth opening round followed by a round two ground-and-pound knockout for MacDonald over his fellow-Canadian rival.
Maia took home the $75,000 bonus for his triangle submission of Ed Herman. After a close opening round Herman secured the top position in round two. Maia, though, would next secure a deep triangle choke which Herman unsuccessfully attempted to fight off. Maia then transferred to the top position and Herman was put to sleep before the referee stepped in and stopped the fight.
Tags: Demian Maia, Jason MacDonald, Jonathan Goulet, Kuniyoshi Hironaka
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haha ed herman should have got atleast a couple grand for not tapping and getting put to sleep…but thats crazy bonus dollars for those guys..good for them
i wish they woulda shown the herman fight, just the clip of the end was better than watching the starnes debacle. although i did like the running man and the wierd punch thing that quarry did at the end.
I was at the event and the weirdest thing about watching Herman be put to sleep was that he really looked like he had been killed and then after the whole thing was done I saw him out at a bar looking like nothing ever happened. Also, Jason Day’s debut was incredible as he came in as a heavy underdog and then schooled Alan Belcher on the ground and then stood up with him and landed a series of combinations that left Belcher in a heap on the mat. I was surprised that it didn’t earn knockout of the night
All I can say is Kalib must’ve been a track star in his earlier years because that bastard was fast ass hell on his feet lol. Beep, beep Road Runner!!