Dana White announced the winners of the $129,000 bonuses. Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick received Fight of the Night honors for their crowd-wowing five-round war. Pablo Garza scored Submission of the Night for the flying triangle that tapped out Yves Jabouin in the historic evening’s first fight. And Lyoto Machida earned knockout of the night for his Seagal/Karate Kid style crane kick that ended the retiring Randy Couture‘s run inside the Octagon.
Ben Henderson, Jake Shields, Jose Aldo, Lyoto Machida and Vladimir Matyushenko attended the press conference. Mark Hominick, Georges St-Pierre and Randy Couture were all unavailable, having been taken to the hospital for routine testing following their bouts.
Video highlights from the press conference are linked below:
Jake Shields
Jose Aldo
Lyoto Machida