UFC 275 Bonuses: Jiri Prochazka, Glover Teixeira, Five Others Given $50K

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UFC 275 will go down as one of the greatest events in the Ultimate Fighting Championship history and that statement is bolstered by the fact that eight post-fight bonuses were handed out.

Anchored by a mesmerizing main event that saw rising star Jiri Prochazka come back from near certain defeat multiple times to submit reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira in the waning seconds of the fifth round. Both men were battered and bloody; each were seriously rocked by punches to the head and the two warriors waged one of the wildest, most insane fights in recent memory. Prochazka’s rear-naked choke of Teixeira earned him a $50K Performance of the Night bonus to coincide with the same-dollar bonus both men received for Fight of the Night.

Former champion Weili Zhang shocked the world when she knocked out fellow former champ Joanna Joanna Jedrzejczyk with a thrilling spinning backfist in the second round. The strike forced Jedrzejczyk to fall face first and then announce her retirement from mixed martial arts. Zhang’s torching of one of the greatest female fighters in history allowed her to take home a $50K POTN bonus.

Jake Matthews also nabbed a $50K POTN bonus for his sensational multi-punch knockout of Andre Fialho in the second round. The two landed plenty of nasty leather, but Matthews closed out the show with a barrage against the cage until the Portuguese fighter was out cold.

Jack Della Maddalena pocketed $50K for POTN as well for his clubbing of Ramazan Emeev in the second stanza, as did Maheshate Hayisaer for his one-punch destruction of Steve Garcia in the opening frame. Finally, Silvana Gomez Juarez picked up the same $50K POTN bonus for her brilliant flurry of punches that iced Na Liang early in the first.

On a side note, Crypto teamed up with the UFC for a fan vote where three fighters were given out bonuses in Bitcoin. Reigning women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko received the most votes and earned $30K; Prochazka took home $20K and Zhang was awarded $10K.