UFC 303 bonuses: Pereira, Chiasson take home extra $50K
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UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira earned $50,000 for Performance of the Night after his second-round TKO win over Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Macy Chiasson, Joe Pyfer, and Payton Talbott also took home Performance of the Night bonuses.
Featherweights Andre Fili and Cub Swanson won the award for Fight of the Night. Fili defeated Swanson by split decision.
UFC CEO Dana White agreed at Thursday's prefight press conference to hand out six bonuses instead of the usual four.
Pereira's now defended the 205-pound title twice after beating Prochazka for the second time in seven months.
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