UFC 139 Bonuses: Henderson, Rua, Silva, Le, McDonald, and Faber earn $70K
By Chris Leslie on November 20, 2011
The UFC awarded $420,000 in bonuses alone tonight in one of the most entertaining nights of fights in years. The promotion announced co-”fight of the night” bonuses for Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le, with “submission of the night” going to Urijah Faber, and Michael McDonald picking up “knockout of the night.” Each fighter earned $70,000 for their efforts.
Dan Henderson vs. “Shogun” Rua was a fight long in the making and the two fighters did not disappoint as the two fighters locked up in a war of wills. Henderson looked to be on his way to a quick victory as he crushed “Shogun” with power shots that have felled many great fighters in the past. A battered, but not broken, Shogun refused to back down however and took control of the final two rounds that had many people ruling the fight a draw. While Henderson was given the unanimous decision it was still one of the closer fights in recent memory. Fights like these tend to shorten a fighter’s career, so the $70,000 in bonuses for each fighter will be appreciated.
Wanderlei Silva proved that he still has fight in him as he rebounded to crush Strikeforce veteran Cung Le with a TKO that reminded many of his PRIDE days. The fight was named co-”fight of the night” and the money was well-earned as Silva gave Le’s nose a twist worse than an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
Urijah Faber was impressive in his fight with former WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles. Faber utilized his considerable speed advantage to pick his spots accordingly before dropping Bowles and finishing him off with a rear-naked choke that earned him “submission of the night.” Faber will likely challenge UFC bantamweight Dominick Cruz in a rubber match next.
Michael McDonald may only be 20 years-old but the bantamweight fights like he is much older. McDonald executed the perfect counter to a leg kick, an overhand shot, to start off the beginning of the end for Alex Soto. Soto valiantly tried to recover but was dropped by a big uppercut and knocked out cold by follow-up shots from McDonald. “Mayday” picked up “knockout of the night” and ran his impressive record to 14-1 with the win.
pictured: Wanderlei Silva via UFC.com
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Henderson and Rua need a treadmill, not cash, as their bonus. Worst main event of the year.
@dbiz
u crack me up.
Come on….2 guys who gas at the end of the end of the third and dontt finish….despite Hendo’s arm being ripe for an armbar for 2 entire rounds?
I’d rather watch Dana White wax his sack than a sad display like that.
You can’t make Hendo younger. His endurance is greatly effected by his age and the power he puts behind his punches.
What is wrong with you? You must just want some attention because you know that everyone else is smart enough to realize that, next to Griffin/Bonner, this was probably the best fight ever. Hendo almost knocked Rua out 5 times, Rua almost knocked Hendo out a couple times. But I’m sure no matter how it ended you would be complaining. It could have ended in a knockout 10 seconds in and it would have been too short. or a submission and it would have been boring because both of them have knockout power, hell one of them cold have literally knocked the other persons head clear into the second row and the fans played keep away with it and that wouldn’t have been good enough because the head didn’t make it to the fourth row.
IT was about 2 1/2 rounds of a decent fight. Then they both gassed and no one did crap for the rest of the fight.
Helen Keller could have pulled off any number of arm bars on Hendo with that chicken wing flying out there, but Rua couldn’t? Seriously?
the end of the fight was awful. After the third, I was praying it wasn’t a 5 round fight because the 2 rounds were total shit. Two tired guys laying on each other and not really trying to end a fight. Awesome.
i dont agree….
and you should show more respect to people who put it on the line
@shinyhappydumbass.I hope that u are jokingbecause if u are not u might be the biggest idiot that has ever livedLet’s try not to make it personal here- Chris L.
I agree with you 100%
McDonald looked really solid. I would love to see him and Renan Barao face off. Of course with both of them being up and coming fighters in their division, they probably won’t be facing eachother until its for a title shot the same way they did Dos Santos and Valasquez. Story and Kampmann was a great fight too.
@Chris Leslie
@Kris Karkoski
@Brian Robinson
Even @ Bsbiz
If you guys can’t get control of this trolling disgrace of an MMA fan in @dbiz or AKA Shiny Never Happy Person your site is going to start losing loyal fans. I have referred tons of my friends to this site and have always enjoyed the educated posts of some of the members here. That being said, the way you guys edit posts of people responding to the constant barrage of degrading comments of fighters and posters he writes is becoming obviously jaded. Just because a guy is someones brother doesnt mean you should let him sh*t all over a good thing you guys have put together. Maybe you all don’t fully read the garbage he is constantly spewing here, but with the vast array of MMA websites there are these days, I would feel all of you would have vested interest in what is good for your site. Comments from this guy are rarely anything but disgraceful towards your site and MMA in general. If you guys are serious about your educated supporters you would stop editing others comments towards him and start deleting half of the crap this dude says. Im sure you guys will throw some excuses at us as to why, but if you truly read his crap and what he is representing here you have to realize how much that bs turns people off to your site. You have always been my favorite MMA site but eventually this kind of obvious favoritism is going to seriously hurt your number of followers. If I feel this way and have supported you guys to the fullest, then others do as well. Here’s to hoping for some mature response on this issue. Thanks.
Classic example above- Dbiz is as usual talking about taking dumps during main events or this time watching DW wax his sack. Willy T calls him an idiot for it ( which he 100 % is), and you edit Willy T’s post. That is the blatant bs that I’m talking about. Give me a break Chris L, WTF is that??
I blocked the comments attacking him personally, that’s all. @Dbiz is entitled to his opinion. I don’t agree with the opinion totally, I had mixed feelings on the fight, but if he thought the event was awful then so be it. You can attack his opinion all you want as long as you lay off the person. If I really wanted to completely censor @willyt I would have deleted the entire thing.
I know you guys don’t get along but his comments didn’t break the rules of the site and his opinion, while in the extreme minority, has been shared by others I have seen.
@chrisl
I think what diaz4life might be talking about is how dbiz adds a bunch of silly comments to his opinion. Of course he’s entitled to his own opinion and that’s fine if he dislikes the fight. But adding on all that other stuff like talking about Dana’s privates, cutting down the competitors with vulgar language, and repeatedly using vulgar language over and over is ridiculous, immature and unnecessary.
We need a poll of all your most regular posters and how they feel about it to persuade you I guess, which I can take for you. Update later….
@diaz4life
I agree that dbiz is a pretty big annoyance most of the time and I do think he doesn’t get in as much trouble for some of his simple comments because he’s been around for a long time and he’s related to bsbiz. If anything I could maybe see bsbiz talking to him in person about his nonsense instead of doing it on the website.
There is times where I do see dbiz make a few good posts, but that’s probably after a talking to from bsbiz. Then some time passes by and he starts going off the handle again and making some very disrespectful and unnecessary post, like the two you mentioned. That is a form of trolling and dbiz seems to be allowed to do it once in awhile.
I can understand if he says he dislikes someones performance, an event, and/or a fight, but to add all the junk that he does is pathetic and should not be allowed. For example bsbiz says he didn’t like the last two rounds and he thinks it was a bad idea to make it 5 rounder. He spoke his mind without adding a bunch of junk which is more then alright. dbiz doesn’t just say he disliked the fight, he has to try and trash it in every way possible.
He’s probably sitting behind his computer laughing about everyone’s comments towards him like a troll does. I think he’s just trying to start arguments and get attention like a troll does. If he keeps this up then I would like to see him get banned from this site for a little while and maybe he’ll smarten up, but I doubt he’ll ever get banned.
The reason why he probably changed his name to shiny happy person is so he can act the complete opposite of that. He’s trying to be ironic. That’s the last thing this site needs is someone that isn’t concentrated on discussing the topics and posting acceptable comments. Instead he’s concentrated on being a form of irony, stirring up trouble and starting arguments. He feeds off of it.
People like that need some help mentally. He probably has an unstable life or things have happened to him in his life that he hasn’t dealt with and it’s affecting the way he thinks and acts. He probably needs some type of counselling. He might need to talk to a psychologist about what happened to him in his life and maybe see a psychiatrist and get some medication to help settle him down and think straight. He must of had a hard life in some way and doesn’t know how to deal with it on his own. I would definitely advise him to seek some mental attention and help from a professional and/or maybe go to church, talk to a priest and try and find God.
Only dbiz can change himself for the better or worse, but he needs help from a professional if he doesn’t know how to change for the better on his own. Sometimes the toughest thing in life is change. A treatment centre would be a great place for him because they have everything he needs there. All types of professional that deal with the mind and problems that people are having in life. If he goes and gets help he’ll come out a very intelligent and better person in the end and he’ll truly be a shiny happy person! Good luck to dbiz and hopefully he can find the strength to help himself or get the help needed.
Take care diaz4life, I’m glad you enjoyed the fight and I hope you enjoy the next event. Have a good one and don’t allow small minded comment to affect your day. :-)
“He’s probably sitting behind his computer laughing about everyone’s comments towards him like a troll does. I think he’s just trying to start arguments and get attention like a troll does.”
You’re so cute. I post, then I leave and don’t check back for a while. And I come back to this.
I’m not a troll, I just don’t hold what someone did 5 years ago as a reason to continue to revere them…when they can’t hack a main event going the distance.
Did Hendo and Rua look good in the “main event rounds”? No, they looked like middle aged men who can’t handle a fight of that duration. so yes, I shit all over it because making all main events 5 rounders, even when they athletes involved have proven time and again that they can’t handle 5 rounds, was the worst decision of the last 2 years.
I enjoyed the beginning of the fight. the problem is the last 2 round ruined it. Absolutely ruined it.
I’m sorry I’m not nice enough for you and @diaz4life. I guess I need to have you all edit my comments before I post them. Or maybe, just maybe, you all need to stop whining like little girls with skinned knees because you don’t like my opinion. If any of you had been here longer than about 5 minutes you’d know that @bsbiz and @chrisl have never had any problem slapping me down when it is needed.
I’ve just gotten smart about how I say things and what I say so that I can say what I want without crossing a line. I guess that comes from being here since before there were logins and knowing what constitutes fighter bashing and what doesn’t. You might want to take some notes.
“He probably needs some type of counselling. He might need to talk to a psychologist about what happened to him in his life and maybe see a psychiatrist and get some medication to help”
“maybe go to church, talk to a priest and try and find God.”
B B BBBBBWHHAhahahahahahahahahahah a a ahHHhhahahahhahahhhAHHHHAAHHAH!
OMG OMG I cant stop laughing!! @Five-Alive Stop it Stop it your tooo funnny OMG Oh my gawd!!
Dbiz going to churchhhh hahahahahah ahahahahah Go to counseling hahah you talk like the man been molested as a child or something, yall are too funny!
@Dbiz or @shiny happy person , The funny part is @Five-Alive is being very serious!! hahahahaha!
Thank you guys I enjoyed that very much!
Ironically, I do go to church.
@OT1
You’re more then welcome. It’s my pleasure to bring you some good laughs. All I’m trying to do is be a positive influence and help. If I helped you have a good laugh then I brought you some positivity.
Hopefully dbiz can get some positive out of all of this and become the shiny happy person we all know he can be.
Take care OT1, I wish you the best in life. Keep up the good laughs, continue to enjoy yourself and MMA. I hope you enjoyed this event that just passed, if not then I hope you enjoy the next one. ;-)
@dbiz
How did you know I’m cute? ;-)
Well you’re much more nicer and mature now. You must of taken notes and talked to your priest. ;-)
You disliked it and explained yourself without small minded comments like before. Good for you dbiz. ;-)
You can be as rude as you want, it doesn’t bother me at all. The only person that looks silly in the end is you when you start saying things that are unnecessary. I know that you’ve been here for a very long time. That’s why it’s even more sad to see you act like a smart mouth child using vulgar language making goofy remarks/comments.
I’m not interested in trying to figure out how to say unnecessary things without having it blocked out. I know that’s your thing and you enjoy doing it.
It’s probably things that have happened to you throughout your life that made you gain that interest and instability. If you want help to stop and become a stable person then go and check into a treatment centre or see some type of Councillor, psychologist, and/or psychiatrist to help you deal with everything that’s happened to you in the past. It’s alright dbiz, it’s not your fault and I hope you get the help you need or help yourself because you deserve it and you are better then that.
Life is like a linear file cabinet. The very back of it is the start of your life and from there on everything is in order from the beginning to now. You have to go back and fix some of the files that are unorganised, which means fixing/dealing with problems in your past and things that affected you throughout your life. A professional can help you with that if you don’t know how. Once you go back and organize your files and everything is fixed then you’ll be an all around better, smarter, happier and stable person. Everyone can use some organization in their life, just some more then others. Also good to know and that you attend church, that’s very good for you. Good luck with your journey in life dbiz and I hope you can eventually truly be a shiny happy person. We all want that for you. I hope you enjoy the next event you watch. Take care. ;-)
@dbiz
Trust me buddy, nobody wants to take notes from you. No one is whining tough guy, we just see the stupidity in a keyboard commander talking sh*t about elite level athletes. Every time my friends read your comments on here they always ask the same thing. ” If this dude is so unimpressed and hates what he sees then why the hell does he watch? Why does he take time out of his day every day to complain about what everyone else here loves?” I ask myself the same thing and the only feasible answer I can come to is “Daddy issues” or plain old unhappiness. Like Five said, either way, I hope you find help and can start appreciating the fact that we even have MMA in our lives. Oh and I’m sure your way tougher than Henderson and Shogun huh Dbiz? Please dude.