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The traditional “Fight Night” bonuses were handed out by UFC President Dana White after Thursday’s UFC on Versus 3 (aka UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann) event from the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Winners included Diego Sanchez, Martin Kampmann, Shane Roller and Brian Bowles.

There was one difference though, from the usual proceedings, White awarded both Sanchez and Kampmann $60,000 for the “Fight of the Night” night bonus, a full $20,000 over the other two award purses. Earning $40,000 were Shane Roller, for the “Knockout of the Night” bonus, and Brian Bowles, who earned the “Submission of the Night” bonus.

Sanchez and Kampmann battled it out in the evenings main event that saw both fighters battered and bloodied by the end. Sanchez would earn the unanimous decision earning a 29-28 score from all three judges. At the end of the fight Kampmann noted that he may have broken his right hand in the fight.

Roller faced Thiago Tavares on the unaired portion of the preliminary card and was down the first round, outlasting Tavares attack. In the second, Roller managed to land a solid right hand that put Tavares out cold, earning the first knockout win of his career.

Bowles faced Damacio Page in a rematch from two and a half years ago, and it would end the same way this time as it did the first time. Bowles would end the fight with a first round guillotine choke at 3:30, the exact same time of the first round he finished Page in their first meeting at WEC 35.

Fighters hit the scales this afternoon for Thursday nights UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann (aka UFC on Versus 3) at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky.

All twenty-two fighters made weight for their respective bouts including the shows headliners Diego Sanchez (171) and Martin Kampmann (171). The co-main event has UFC middleweights Mark Munoz (186) taking on CB Dollaway (185).

Thursday’s event will take place at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville with the main card airing live on the Versus network. Fans can also catch two preliminary fights on the promotions Facebook page (Facebook.com/UFC).

The full UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann weigh-in results are as follows:

Main Card

Welterweight bout: Martin Kampmann (171) vs. Diego Sanchez (171)
Middleweight bout: C.B. Dollaway (185) vs. Mark Munoz (186)
Middleweight bout: Alessio Sakara (186) vs. Chris Weidman (186)
Bantamweight bout: Brian Bowles (135) vs. Damacio Page (136)+

Preliminary Card (Facebook.com/UFC)

Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabate (205) vs. Steve Cantwell (206)
Lightweight bout: Danny Castillo (155) vs. Joe Stevenson (155)

Preliminary Card

Lightweight bout: Shane Roller (156) vs. Thiago Tavares (156)
Bantamweight bout: Reuben Duran (136) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (136)
Middleweight bout: Rob Kimmons (185) and Dongi Yang (186)
Middleweight bout: Dave Branch (186) vs. Rousimar Palhares (186)
Light heavyweight bout: Todd Brown (205) vs. Igor Pokrajac (204)

(Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images for UFC.com)

Despite losing during last nights television broadcasted UFC 127 prelim match to Alexander Gustafsson, New Zeland light heavyweight James Te-Huna earned his “win bonus” for the fight.


Te-Huna looked great in the opening few minutes against Gustafsson but appeared to tire at the end of the round. Gustafsson would take control of the fight and would take Te-Huna’s back using a rear-naked choke to force the tap at 4:27 of the first round.


Before the fight Te-Huna had made it known that he was donating his fight purse to the Christchurch earthquake victims in New Zealand. At the post fight press conference, UFC Managing Director of International Development, Marshall Zelaznik announced that the promotion would be matching Te-Huna’s donation.


Now it appears that Te-Huna’s donation also includes his win bonus as UFC President Dana White made the announcement via Twitter (@danawhite) during last nights event.


@GrabakaHitman sent this message to White “@danawhite Riki Fukuda deserves his win money” who responded “@GrabakaHitman he’s gettin it.”


This is great to see the UFC helping out even more as the promotion is already providing disaster relief donations for the flooded Queensland area in Australia with their UFC.TheGivingBridge.com auction site. The UFC is auctioning off fighter gear from last nights event to raise money for flood relief to the stricken area.

No Dana White at this post fight press conference, instead UFC Managing Director of International Development, Marshall Zelaznik, oversaw the proceedings after last nights UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch event.

UFC 127 brought in 18,186 fans into the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia for an approx. gate total of $3.5 million.

“Fight Night” bonuses of $75,000 were handed down to Mark Hunt, Kyle Noke, Chris Lytle and Brian Ebersole.

Zelaznik told the gathered press that UFC prelim fighter James Te-Huna would be donating his full purse to the New Zealand earthquake relief efforts, and that the UFC would match the donation. Te-Huna was submitted in the first round by Alexander Gustafsson of their TV broadcasted fight.

“Knockout of the Night” was awarded to Mark Hunt who earned a second round knockout of opponent Chris Tuchscherer on the unaired prelim card. The win was Hunt’s first in the UFC and first win in seven fights.

With four submissions on the night, it was fitting that an Australian was the one to win the “Submission of the Night” bonus, as main card winner Kyle Noke earned a first round rear-naked choke submission over opponent Chris Camozzi.

“Fight of the Night” went to main card fighters Brian Ebersole and Chris Lytle. The two longtime mma veterans, who have a combined total of 115 professional fights between them, battled it out for three rounds in an entertaining match. Ebersole, who made his UFC debut, stepped in for an injured Carlos Condit against Lytle to win a unanimous decision.