UFC 182 Bonus Awards

Following last night’s UFC 182 event in Las Vegas the recipients of the evenings $50,000 bonus awards were announced.

Earning ‘Fight Of The Night’ honors was the highly anticipated main event light-heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier in which the challenger did his best to take the fight to the champ, but ultimately came up short as ‘Bones’ beat him at his own game in the clinch and wrestling department.

The first ‘Performance Of The Night’ bonus was handed to Paul Felder who secured one o only three finishes inside the distance on the night, stopping Danny Castillo with a spinning backfist after an impressive display of muay thai striking.

Shawn Jordan bagged the other ‘Performance Of The Night’ bonus as he knocked out Jared Cannonier on the mat after initially dropping him with a punch behind the ear.

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