RIO DE JANEIRO – Antonio Rodrigo Noguera, Edson Barboza and Ross Pearson each earned $100,000 "Fight Night" bonuses for their performances at Saturday's UFC 134 event.
Nogueira earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" bonus, and Barboza and Pearson each took home "Fight of the Night" honors. With no submissions on the card, no "Submission of the Night" award was issued.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) learned of the bonus winners and award amounts while at UFC 134's post-event press conference.
UFC 134 took place Saturday at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro and was the first UFC event in Brazil since 1998. The night's main card aired on pay-per-view, and the preliminary card aired on Spike TV and streamed on Facebook.
The bonuses were some of the most lucrative in UFC history. Only UFC 129 ($129,000) and UFC 100 ($100,000) awarded the winners as much as UFC 134 did.
Nogueira earned his award with an impressive and upset main-card win over heavyweight contender Brendan Schaub. Midway through the first round, "Big Nog" unloaded a left-right combination that dazed Schaub. Nogueira followed with additional punches until Schaub fell face first into the mat, which prompted a KO stoppage at the 3:09 mark of the opening round.
Barboza and Pearson, meanwhile, engaged in a close stand-up fight in a main-card attraction. The evenly matched lightweights delivered 15 minutes of action, though Barboza, who mixed in solid leg kicks with quick combinations, ultimately took the split decision via scores of 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28.
For complete coverage of UFC 134, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
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