The bonus money at UFC 327 has landed right at the feet of heavyweight Josh Hokit. Half of it in fact.
Hokit, who improved to 9-0 with a win over Curtis Blaydes, picked up both Fight of the Night, shared with Blaydes, and Performance of the Night bonuses at the Kaseya Center in Miami.
The fight with Blaydes was a war right out of the gate. Setting a record for significant strikes at heavyweight, the bout was quickly compared to Bigfoot Silva vs. Mark Hunt, and is already being called a Fight of the Year candidate. As well as being called the best heavyweight fight of all time.
Hokit’s win is a huge feather in his cap after he spent Fight Week playing a host of cringe-worthy pro wrestling-style personas. Anything but a win was going to be disaster for his career. Instead, he’s now booked into a fight with Derrick Lewis at the White House in June. He’s also $200,000 richer.
Aside from Hokit and Blaydes, Carlos Ulberg picked up bonus money at UFC 327. Blowing out his knee early in the main event, the City Kickboxing star was still able to put away Jiri Prochazka with a check left hook in the main event. That was enough for a Performance of the Night award.
Both Blaydes and Ulberg take home $100,000 U.S. Vicente Luque, Cub Swanson, and Paulo Costa all earn $25,000 for their respective finishes on the night, which saw a gate of $7 million U.S. at the Kaseya Center, with attendance of 17,741 announced by UFC CEO and President Dana White.
