UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama took place Saturday evening at the O2 Arena in London, England and will be broadcast on Spike TV Saturday in the US.
At the post-fight press conference, UFC officials announced the “Fight Night” winners who all walked away with a cool $60,000 bonus. Earning the awards for their work were Michael Bisping, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Carlos Condit, and Paul Sass.
The “Fight of the Night” honor was given to main event fighters Michael Bisping and Yoshihiro Akiyama for their three round bout. Bisping showed that he was the better prepared fighter landing strikes often on the Japanese fighter, but Akiyama proved ever dangerous landing some hard strikes of his own including one at the start of the fight. Bisping would walk away with a unanimous decision.
Carlos Condit faced Dan Hardy in the co-main event of UFC 120, KOing the “Outlaw” in the first round with a left sending the Brit to the mat. Condit followed it up with a few more strikes before the referee was able to intervene. For that knockout, Condit was given the “Knockout of the Night” award.
With a total of three submission victories during the evening, all coming on the preliminary card of the event, lightweight Paul Sass‘ triangle-choke submission over Canadian Mark Holst stood out to win the fighter the “Submission of the Night” award. For Sass, it was his eleventh victory and his eight submission win via triangle-choke. The fighter had earned seven straight wins with the same submission beginning with his first professional win.
Update: The “Fight Night” bonuses were mis-reported as $50,000 when they should have been $60,000 according to MMAjunkie.com.