Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White announced the “Fight Night” bonuses for Saturday’s UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin event.
Earning $70,000 in bonus money at the Vancouver event were heavyweights Dave ‘Pee-Wee’ Herman and Jon Olav Einemo for “Fight of the Night”, while Sam ‘Hands of Stone’ Stout earned the “Knockout of the Night” bonus and Chris ‘The All American’ Weidman was awarded with the “Submission of the Night” bonus.
UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin took place at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. The event drew approx. 14,685 fans into the arena for a live gate total of $2.8 million.
A rarity in the UFC, having two fighters making their UFC debut on the pay-per-view card, Ed Herman and Jon Olav Einemo squared off in a spirited affair with both fighters scoring some big strikes in both rounds of the bout. Herman would show crisper striking overall, but would get caught in the second with a knee from Einemo. As the Norwegian fighter attempted to capitalize, it was Herman who would end the fight scoring with a big knee and a left hook, finishing the fight with some ground-and-pound ending the bout at 3:19 of the second.
Stout faced fellow lightweight Yves Edwards on the Spike TV prelim telecast, needing only the first round to finish his opponent. During the post fight press conference Stout expressed his joy at finishing an opponent by knockout after seven straight decision results. ‘Hands of Stone’ would catch Edwards with a counter left, catching his opponent squarely on the chin and knocking him out cold on his feet. Edwards would fall backwards, hitting his head on the canvas, remaining on his back even after the official result announcement was made. He would though, make his way out of the Octagon on his feet.
Weidman showed that he was capable of winning despite stepping in as a replacement for the second time in both of his UFC bouts. ‘The All American’ took on Canadian middleweight Jesse Bongfeldt in the opening Spike TV broadcast, winning a first round submission. Weidman would control most of the round from the top, but Bongfeldt was able to stand late in the round only to get caught in a standing guillotine choke and tapping out with six seconds remaining on the clock.