The fighters on Sunday night’s UFC: White House event in Washington D.C. have just been given a major incentive to perform well on the night with Dana White revealing that the post-fight bonus awards will be far higher than usual.
Not so long ago the standard post-fight bonuses would earn a fighter $50,000, though that increased to $100,000 at the start of the year to mark the new era on Paramount+.
However, that still pales in comparison to the bonuses that will be dished out on Sunday night.
“World Liberty Financial will serve as a presenting partner and are adding another $250,000 to bonuses for the fighters that night,” White announced during the UFC Freedom 250 pre-fight press conference on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial last night. “Two fighters who earn Fight of the Night are going to earn $400,000 each.
“Then the two Performance [of the Night] bonuses will get $425,000 each. Congratulations everybody, good luck.”
With there only being seven fights on the entire card, which is far less than a normal UFC event, that means all the fighters tomorrow night will feel that they have a big chance of taking a cut of that total bonus prize pool of $1.65 million.
