Macdonald, Evans, Pellegrino and Tavares earn $60K UFC 88 bonuses

Rashad Evans, Jason MacDonald, Kurt Pellegrino and Thiago Tavares each earned $60,000 "fight night" bonuses for their performances at UFC 88 this evening.


The UFC announced the bonuses at the UFC 88 post-fight press conference.

There was a large selection of knockouts for UFC brass to consider when picking the best of the night. But despite outstanding performances by Nate Marquardt and Tim Boetsch, no knockout was quite as devastating or meant quite as much as Evans' dismantling of Chuck Liddell.

Pellegrino and Tavares shared Fight of the Night honors. In the back-and-forth affair, both fighters showed an amazing skill set and incredible heart.

MacDonald erased the frustration of a UFC 87 loss to Damian Maia by securing the victory over a newly trim Jason Lambert. MacDonald had the evening's only submission and received the hefty bonus by default.