UFC 93 bonuses and awards for 'Franklin vs Henderson' PPV fights
by James Iannotti on Jan 17, 2009 8:50 PM EST
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UFC 93: "Franklin vs. Henderson" from the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, has come to a close.
Welterweights Chris "Lights Out" Lytle and Marcus "The Irish Hand Grenade" Davis promised to put on a "Fight of the Night" type performance and they came through with the goods.
After the event, the UFC also came through with the goods by officially awarding the razor close, split decision slugfest, "Fight of the Night" honors. Lytle and Davis each pocketed an extra $40,000 worth or dough for for their respective performances.
A second "Fight of the Night" was also awarded to the co-main event, which was a 205-pound match up between Brazilian Chute Boxe Academy standout Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman. Their fight went back and forth nearly the entire three rounds before Shogun scored a late technical knockout.
They'll each take home the $40,000 in bonus money.
In a match that did not make the PPV broadcast, Dennis Siver stopped Nate Mohr in the third round after landing a David Loiseau-esque spinning back kick to the liver, which he followed up with some fight ending strikes.
The sensational finish won "Knockout of the Night" for the German.
And finally, by process of elimination, Alan Belcher scored the bonus money for "Submission of the Night" after catching UFC newcomer Denis Kang in a fight ending guillotine with seconds remaining in round two. It was the only submission finish on the card.
Here are the special fight bonuses for UFC 93:
Knockout of the Night -- Dennis Siver
Submission of the Night -- Alan "The Talent" Belcher
Fight of the Night -- Marcus "The Irish Hand Grenade" Davis vs. Chris "Lights Out" Lytle and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Mark "The Hammer" Coleman
Each fighter received $40,000 for their efforts in addition to their respective base salaries, which is $20,000 less than the $60,000 awards issued three weeks ago at UFC 92: "The Ultimate 2008".
For complete UFC 93 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here.
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Siver’s kick was exactly like Loiseau’s. Very impressive. I was sure Palhares, or Paul Harris as we like to call him would get sub of the night so Belcher got a nice extra 40k that he didn’t expect.
Belcher has a seriously inflated ego.
by RobH86 on Jan 17, 2009 9:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
UFC 93 summary:
I watched the last round of Horn/pallharese…whatever, the fact that Horn went all 3 rounds kindo makes me regret changing my pick!
Coleman/Shogun! LMAO at shogun. pathetic is giving him too much credit! He said he was 100% after the fight, and seemed happy with his performance. If that were me, I would have said I tore both ACL’s last week and still fought! I never complain about stoppages, but that "early" stoppage could have cost Coleman a split decision victory, especially since a judge gave Franklin a 30-27 fight over Hendo!
On to the main event, Hendo won a close fight! No if ands or buts about it! I don’t know what fight some of you were watching, but whatever!
From all I’m reading, the event isn’t worth me going back to watch the fights I missed!
by the way, whoever said Kang got lucky, by luck you mean a great choke?
by kevin on Jan 17, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
man I hope Shogun gets his conditioning together… still my favorite fighter but jeez he should have knocked coleman out in the second
by brendan on Jan 17, 2009 10:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
in the second? he had it in the first round, I’m not impress whit his performance.
by EL L0C0 on Jan 18, 2009 1:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dana announced in the post fight presser that shogun/chuck UFC 97. Chuck will kill him unless something miraculous happens to shogun!
by kevin on Jan 18, 2009 1:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hope that he works together with Alejarra when he visits Wand’s gym. For some reason am confident that will happen unless he’s surrounded by yes-men.
by NameNotRequired on Jan 18, 2009 3:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
how the fuck did coleman.shogun get fight of the night, i could give credit to coleman hanging in there for a 44 yr old but for the love of god, shogun was gassed 1 min into round 1! it was almost as shocking as goldie saying that davis parents are scotland and wales, been an irish man i have to ask, how d fuck is he irish – is it a mistake on goldies part??
by jslim on Jan 17, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed! Coleman Rua was a terrible fight. I could barely watch it was so embarrassing. One guy barely able to stand and the other (supposedly a great striker) not capitalising at all.
by BritishBulldog on Jan 18, 2009 6:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
idk man, i had Franklin winning that one. part of me is glad he’s staying at lhw tho. there’s no point at all for him to go back down to 185. but shogun, he looked alright, or at least he would have if he had any cardio once so ever. like these guys know how long the fights are.When was the last time you saw a high level race, and the runners just started sucking air and dragging their a**. cause i’ve personally never seen that happen. not to mention if it did they wouldn’t get a $40000 bonus for their performance.
by shinbob on Jan 17, 2009 11:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kev, I thought Franklin won. I thought he limited the damage he took on the ground, did a great job standing up, and did much better on his feet than Hendo. I thought Hendo won the second. I guess it comes down to how much credit you want to give Dan for his time on top which makes it a bit subjective. The bar I went to during the day had about 14 people in the fight room and most tables expressed dissapointment with the decision. Whatever though, maybe it will work out better for Rich to skip the show and fight more at 205.
by Punch You in the Ovaries on Jan 18, 2009 1:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
what the hell was up with coleman after the fight? he was like a 80 year old man who just fought.. maybe the cut to 205 was that hard. shogun was lazy sloppy after the 1st rd. good night of fighting but were now counting down to Penn/GSP!!
by Mikeybear2009 on Jan 18, 2009 1:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I got to get this off my chest (John). All you guys defending and making excuses for Shogun, saying he is still injured and will look better next time, I want to break it down for you! Coleman was supposed to fight Lesner, but was injured! He had a knee injury! You heal A LOT slower when older, and his injury is more recent…yet you hear no excuses from him! You want my honest opinion fellas, if the ref didn’t step in, Coleman wins the decision! A 44 year old guy who gassed walking to the cage would’ve beat “the best 205er in the world,” and you guys want to still make excuses for a win…a win!!
you guys are more pathetic than slowguns performance!
by kevin on Jan 18, 2009 12:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re biased as usual. Shogun fought with shitty cardio again but no way Coleman was gonna get a D. And I thought Rich won the fight against Hendo.
by Lights Out on Jan 18, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt he would have won. Don’t see how he was ahead on points. He did nothing with the takedowns.
by RobH86 on Jan 18, 2009 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rua / Coleman fight of the night. . . must be their severance pay. Coleman needs to retire (can you imagine the slaughter a Coleman / Lesnar fight woulda been?) And I thought for sure Rua was going to train hard and put on a great show in a grudge match to try and win over the UFC fans. ..guess not. What a waste of talent. Forrest would’ve destroyed Rua even worse tonight if they fought.
by haglnuts on Jan 18, 2009 2:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
either one of franklin or hendo would have demolished Rua last night…brutal..
by newfie-mma-fan on Jan 18, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you were 24 years old and a badass like Belcher….. you would be a little cocky too. Belcher will only get better as he gets more experience in the octagon. I thought he showed great composure on the ground.
by whitey23 on Jan 21, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
kang got caught bad! he looked awesome in Rd 1…the judge who scored it 30-27 Rich should never be allowed to judge a sporting event again.
by newfie-mma-fan on Jan 17, 2009 9:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
He was also the same judge who scored the Lytle/Davis fight for Lytle.
by Slug you in the walnuts on Jan 17, 2009 9:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah his head is up his rear end, not in the box where its supposed to be
by brendan on Jan 17, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he needs to get taken behind the arena and shot.
by NameNotRequired on Jan 18, 2009 3:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess Cecil Peoples has made a return.
by RobH86 on Jan 17, 2009 10:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you fuckin’ kidding me? I thought hendo rich was fight of the night. 40,000 to coleman and rua for being sloppy and gassed the whole fight…I call bullshit.
by LuDogg on Jan 17, 2009 9:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yeah, that was the worst fight of the night
by shamo84 on Jan 17, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. I thought that was one of the worst fights ever. I guess they mistook talent with gassed out fighters swinging desperately.
by Stryker on Jan 18, 2009 1:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea Hendo deserved fight of the night for laying on top of Franklin and not doing shit. Now we have to look forward to Bisping V Hendo, the most boring fight in UFC history.
by kibbled_bits on Jan 18, 2009 1:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL @ Coleman/Rua FotN. Sure, it went back-and-forth but they were both gassed by round two. They both got rewarded with that poor outing.
by Eric on Jan 17, 2009 9:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
$40K in Bonus! Yeah Dana you don’t pay the fighters what they deserve(It takes me 8 months just to make that)… BS For all all UFC & Dana haters out there especially the one that say Dana doesn’t pay the fighters what they should…
by Beaver on Jan 17, 2009 9:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
well, it took Shogun over a year to make those money.. and the fact that you can make those money in 8 months just shows you how little money it really is, for what they’re doing and putting their bodies through.. you should also compare what they’re making to what the UFC are making, and what the athletes in other sports are making..
by RoB on Jan 18, 2009 1:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
True Rob, BUT. . .remember that a large part of these fighters salaries is their sponsors. You know. . . all those fancy names on the shorts like. . .“Jesus Didn’t tap”. lol.
by haglnuts on Jan 18, 2009 2:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
or the coolest one “Shogun needs a new excuse…oh wait he won” lol
by kevin on Jan 18, 2009 2:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t care how long it took Shogun to make that money, it was a gift. To have that as a co fight of the night is an insult to both Davis and Lytle.
by naturalshadow on Jan 18, 2009 2:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it is more of an insult to Rich and Dan who put on a great fight and didn’t get rewarded for it.
by GregC on Jan 18, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree that they they need to find some way to pay the fighters when they get injured in the UFC but 40K was just the bonus I’m sure his actual pay is a few 100K? If he doesn’t get injured times that by 3 to 4 fights a year. MMA is still growing and eventually the pay will will go up. From when UFC and Pride pay days tell now it sure has.
by Beaver on Jan 18, 2009 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Another point Rob is most of these fights are only 3 rounds. A boxing match has twelve rounds.
I would think the average fight is around 10 minutes not bad salary I would say for 10 minutes. We can’t compare any sport to MMA. Football, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Baseball are all sports that have been around for decades. None of these sports grew as fast as UFC has but when they became mainstream they all had there problems with wages and they all got worked out. I think through history it’s safe to say we will see the same in UFC. Then we can all complain how much they make lol.
by Beaver on Jan 18, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah I don’t get the slow gun vs oldman fight of the night….whoever said Coleman would gas in the pre-fight interview was right….cheers!!!
by lesnarsbabymamma on Jan 17, 2009 9:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Shogun can’t go a round without the drugs that helped him go non-stop in Pride.. he better work on his conditioning! and Jermey Horn should never be allowed to fight in the UFC again, that ruined the whole card..
by RoB on Jan 17, 2009 9:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Shogun’s cardio has always been shitty. Even in Pride. He finished guys in Pride so it only showed a couple of times watch his fight with Little Nog he gassed in that fight and Nakamura.
by Tyler on Jan 17, 2009 9:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you shouldnt make accusations when you have no proof rob… can you substantiate your argument at all?
by brendan on Jan 17, 2009 10:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
can you say he is wrong.Everybody knows that the rules are a little more relaxed in Japan,and since coming to America he has looked like a very average fighter,I am not saying that he did do drugs,but something is wrong with him,to me it looks like he is doing drugs now,like he has been smoking weed ,because his cardio sucked ass
by Scott on Jan 17, 2009 11:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well, they should do tests in Japan but they don’t.. of course i have arguments but i don’t have the time to sit here all night and write them down, so i would just say open your eyes and look at the guy’s performances in the UFC.. either way he doesn’t look good at all, and he for sure is a poorly conditioned athlete, lets hope he puts in some hard training and gets better..
by RoB on Jan 18, 2009 12:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yea i know he gassed during his fight with Nakamura he wasn’t good at all in that one, him after the injury hasn’t been impressive..
by RoB on Jan 17, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you mental? Horn did an incredible job against a BJJ monster in Palhares. He would have snapped a lesser fighter in half in less than 60 seconds. While Horn didn’t do a whole lot offensively, the fact that he went 3 full rounds with that caliber BJJ fighter speaks volumes, I found that fight very entertaining.
However, both Rua and Coleman should have both their contracts torn up after that dismal performance. Granted Coleman is an old man now but Rua (only 27) should have been able to finish him in the first. Pathetic!
by JRK on Jan 19, 2009 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
im with everyone coleman rua was back and forth but was a pretty boring and lame fight. personally i enjoyed hendo-rich but not everyones happy unless it ends like griffin-bonnar
by Jared on Jan 17, 2009 9:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
im with everyone coleman rua was back and forth but was a pretty boring and lame fight. personally i enjoyed hendo-rich but not everyones happy unless it ends like griffin-bonnar
by Jared on Jan 17, 2009 9:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
War Kampman. He will be a major challenge at 170. Fact.
by nick-sub on Jan 17, 2009 9:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yo wer can i c that fight the kampman fight
by beast3000 on Jan 18, 2009 2:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was just thinking abour Shogun’s school he opened recently with Ninja. Look at what happened to Gomi when he opened his school. The problem is they don’t have the sparring partners and coaches. They also kind of train themselves rather than get driven on by someone like a Greg Jackson and his stable of fighters. Just think of all the guys Rashad trains with. Furthermore they’re probably surrounded by a load of yes men.
In his defence he has been out for 15 months and has had 2 serious knee operations so I’ll give him one more fight to turn things around.
One last point, looking at his record, the vast majority of his fights ended in the first round so maybe his cardio was never really that good to begin with. Fair enough he beat Rogerio in a 3 round classic but still food for thought.
by RobH86 on Jan 17, 2009 10:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
UFC 97 – Shogun v Liddell as the main event! NICE!
by DownUnder on Jan 17, 2009 10:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m still P’d about rampage and evans fight falling through!!
by Beaver on Jan 17, 2009 10:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i dont really care aslong as my boy is fighting right away. RAMPAGE is going to stream roll jardine easily
by Jared on Jan 17, 2009 11:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If this shogun shows up ,Chuck will knock him out easily.All Chuck has to do is let him survive a round then he can just toy with Shogun.I hope this is not all Shogun has to offer because he has looked like an average fighter since joining UFC,and I do not want to hear about he was injured against Forrest,that was his excuse for getting dominated by Forrest.He has stepped into the octagon twice and look like crap twice.All the hype for nothing,watch him lose again and go running back to Japan like Cro Cop.
by Scott on Jan 17, 2009 11:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
R U serious? A glass chinned, one dimensional chuck liddel, vs. a cardio retard shogun rua? That would be even more of a joke than this “co-main event”. I give props to coleman for putting up a non-roided up fight at 44. But, rua has no excuse. At 27, he should be in peak condition. He should have knocked out coleman in the first. It hurt my feelings to watch this joke of a fight. Neither of these guys belong in the UFC at all, and are a sorry ass joke as a co-main event.
by TaintMan on Jan 18, 2009 1:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
glass chinned? since when is chucks chin glass? pretty sure getting hit with the 2 recents shots that put chuck down would put ANYONE down (bar hendo)
by josh on Jan 18, 2009 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
After tonight, I don’t care what anyone says about Liddell getting old, I think he destroys Shogun.
by naturalshadow on Jan 18, 2009 2:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
best part about the this event was Edith’s ASS!
by RoB on Jan 17, 2009 10:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, she eventually turns around and we have to see her FACE!
by JRK on Jan 19, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
how did franklin and hendo not get the second fight of the night? (since there are evidently having more than one now)
by child on Jan 17, 2009 11:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Rampage vs jardine why is the only question, no point if anyone can present one please do.Henderson will kill bispimg why waste half a year promoting it. Can’t wait for henderson vs silva 2 tho sould be good, henderson is the only good guy at middleweigth to beat the best p4p fighter ever so lets get her goin.
by LG on Jan 17, 2009 11:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
No one is talking about the finger in the eye wich gave lay and pray Henderson Mr. decision a chance to recover. If not for that he might have gotten KTFO he was gassed and getting his ass when Henderson stopped the momentum and got his rest Hendo cant hang either with out the drugs they let all these fighters do back in pride. They all come over to the ufc and gass or look like shit. I WONDER WHY?
by Kahaluu Caz!!! on Jan 18, 2009 1:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Shogun vs coleman was one of the most pathetic fights i have ever seen, they both looked awful. If shou=gun thinks he is gonna compete in the ufc with that effort he has another thing coming wow that was sad, i guess the roids are hard to ween off of for both shogun and coleman.
by LG on Jan 18, 2009 2:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Davis… What?
Lytle got robbed in that fight, he defiantly took the first 2, the 3rd went to Davis.
by Luke in Shanghai on Jan 18, 2009 2:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think the 2 judges that gave it to Davis got it right.
by naturalshadow on Jan 18, 2009 2:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know takedowns count more than lots of combinations
But true franklin did most damage. (Ex same in gsp penn 1st fight)
Either way it was a good card
Shogun looked horribly gassed much more than forrest fight
But who knows if it went decision only way coleman would have won cus td, cole took massive damage
How bout horn? Tho he lost he had some heart
by phenomenal angel on Jan 18, 2009 2:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Are you kidding me? Lytle controlled that fight, Davis was backpedaling the whole time.
by Luke in Shanghai on Jan 18, 2009 2:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
no Davis won that fight, the split decision was controversial because Davis controlled the action.. should have been 29-28 maybe even 30-27 across the board for Davis!
by RoB on Jan 18, 2009 2:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s called being elusive. He’d be nuts to stand there in front of Lytle waiting to get hit! Lytle threw nothing but bombs and hardly landed any of them. Davis threw nearly every punch, kick, knee and elbow in the book and landed most of them. Lytle needs to learn that just swinging for the fences every time isn’t going to earn the win against a striker that knows how to move. Just like a ball game isn’t won with homeruns. It’s won with singles, doubles, triples and bunts. Strategy and diversity will win 99% of the time.
by JRK on Jan 19, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I am a huge Shogun fan but he looked bad tonight and if he wants to be relevant at 205 he is going to have to be much better.
I thought Hendo won, i didnt think it was the greatest fight but i thought it was pretty good and more fight of the night worthy then rua/coleman.
Lytle/Davis was good but not legendary and i dont like the fact that it was ‘agreeded’ that they would just stand the entire time. This is mma and taking people down is important part of the game and does not make someone a ‘pussy’. The rest of the card was ok, certainly not the best but this card had a lot of fighters that i like so i probably enjoyed it more then most.
by mudwane on Jan 18, 2009 2:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Shogun and Coleman got co-fight of the night! Unbelievable! Franklin vs. Henderson should have gotten co-fight of the night w/ Davis vs. Lytle.
by UFCAddict on Jan 18, 2009 12:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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