The “Fight Night” bonus winners for UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber was announced at the post-fight press conference. All three bonuses were earned by main card fighters with Carlos Condit, Tito Ortiz, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber all walking away with an extra $75,000 in bonus money.
With the UFC having problems with the live post-fight press conference video stream, we’ve had to rely on MMAjunkie.com for the “Fight Night” bonus winners as well as the gate totals.
UFC welterweight Carlos Condit earned the “Knockout of the Night” bonus, while Tito Ortiz picked up the “Submission of the Night” honor, and the “Fight of the Night” deservedly went to bantamweights Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber.
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber took place on July 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event brought in 12,947 spectators into the arena for a live gate total of $2.3 million.
One of four spectacular knockouts of the evening, it was Condit who would earn the KO bonus for his win over Dong Hyun Kim. ‘The Natural Born Killer’ would use a flying knee to drop his South Korean opponent, following it up with some ground-and-pound to end the fight at 2:58 of the first.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz would earn his first win in the Octagon since October 10, 2006 by submitting Ryan Bader in the first round. Ortiz caught ‘Darth’ with a right hand, buckling his opponent, then as the two clinched Ortiz would sink in a guillotine choke forcing the tap at 1:56.
Main event fighters UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz and No. 1 contender, Urijah Faber, would deservedly earn the “Fight of the Night” bonus for their five rounds of high paced action. Both men were constantly moving, firing off punches and kicks throughout the twenty-five minutes of action. In the end, despite some good takedown defense by Faber, it was Cruz who would earn the nod from the judges by earning the Unanimous Decision to keep his title.