On a night when everybody expected Ronda Rousey to dominate, the UFC’s women’s bantamweight champ did just that.
Rousey scored a 34-second knockout victory over Brazilian Bethe Correia in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 190. Crazily, this was the longest fight she’s had in a year-and-a-half. Rousey’s previous victories — over Alexis Davis and Cat Zingano — lasted a grand total of 30 seconds.
And for her quick dismantling of the previously undefeated Correia Rousey pocketed an extra $50,000 in bonus money. The UFC announced that Rousey was among the four fighters from Saturday night’s card to be awarded an end-of-the-night bonus.
Also receiving a Performance of the Night bonus was Demian Maia, who put on a grappling clinic against Neil Magny earlier on the main card. Maia dominated the ground game against Magny — who was riding a seven-fight win streak — en-route to a second-round submission (rear-naked choke).
The Fight of the Night bonus went to the old familiar warhorses Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Mauricio Rua, who fought a back-and-forth battle in the co-main event. The two met a decade ago during the 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix, in one of the more memorable fights on record. Just as he did then, “Shogun” emerged as the victor against “Lil’ Nog” on Saturday night, winning a unanimous decision.
Maia, Rua and Nogueira all took home an extra $50,000.