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UFC 198 Bonuses Revealed, Attendance Figure Confirmed

New UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic earned an extra $50,000 for his first round finish of Fabricio Werdum Saturday night at UFC 198, walking away with a “Performance of the Night” bonus.

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who finished Vitor Belfort in th…

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New UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic earned an extra $50,000 for his first round finish of Fabricio Werdum Saturday night at UFC 198, walking away with a “Performance of the Night” bonus.

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who finished Vitor Belfort in the co-main event, was the other “Performance” winner, while Francisco Trinaldo and Yancy Medeiros scored “Fight of the Night” honors. All three picked up an additional $50,000 in bonus money.

Senior Vice President and General Manager of UFC Brazil, Giovani Decker, announced the awards, also stating that the attendance inside the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil was 45,207.

UFC 198 Post-Fight Bonuses: Miocic Pockets $50,000

The highly-anticipated UFC 198 card that went down tonight (May 14, 2016) live on pay-per-view (PPV) delivered, as the event produced a plethora of exciting fights and finishes. In the main event, Stipe Miocic upset Fabricio Werdum in Werdum’s home of Brazil. Miocic scored an emphatic first-round stoppage victory over “Vai Cavalo” to become the

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The highly-anticipated UFC 198 card that went down tonight (May 14, 2016) live on pay-per-view (PPV) delivered, as the event produced a plethora of exciting fights and finishes.

In the main event, Stipe Miocic upset Fabricio Werdum in Werdum’s home of Brazil. Miocic scored an emphatic first-round stoppage victory over “Vai Cavalo” to become the new undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

The Croatian was given a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for his tremendous efforts.

The co-main event showcased a pivotal middleweight bout as top contender Ronald “Jacare” Souza faced off with the legendary Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort. Looking to bounce back from a loss, “Jacare” came out and steam rolled Belfort to earn a first-round TKO victory.

Souza too earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus.

During the preliminary portion of the card, lightweights Yancy Medeiros and Francisco Trinaldo did battle. The two men fought back and forth in an exciting affair for three rounds before Medeiros came away with a decision victory.

Both combatants were handed a $50,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus.

Stay tuned to LowKickMMA for all of your post-fight coverage!

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UFC 198 Video Highlights Featuring Stipe Miocic, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza

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With the event airing live on pay-per-view, FOX Sports was limited in what they could show from UFC 198 Saturday night.

However, they did release some highlights of the action, which you …

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With the event airing live on pay-per-view, FOX Sports was limited in what they could show from UFC 198 Saturday night.

However, they did release some highlights of the action, which you can see in the video above (featuring Stipe Miocic) and below (with Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza).

“Inside The Octagon” Previews UFC 198’s Co-Main Event

John Gooden and Dan Hardy are back with another installment of “Inside the Octagon” for UFC 198.

This time, it’s the co-main event between Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Vitor Belfort that is getting the breakdown treatment.

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John Gooden and Dan Hardy are back with another installment of “Inside the Octagon” for UFC 198.

This time, it’s the co-main event between Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Vitor Belfort that is getting the breakdown treatment.

Five Fighters Who Absolutely Must Win At UFC 198

The UFC has stacked the deck for this weekend’s (May 14, 2016) highly anticipated UFC 198 pay-per-view (PPV) event from Curitiba, Brazil. From top to bottom, the blockbuster card showcases a plethora of intriguing fights including not only some of the most legendary Brazilian fighters of all-time, but some of the biggest names in the sport

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The UFC has stacked the deck for this weekend’s (May 14, 2016) highly anticipated UFC 198 pay-per-view (PPV) event from Curitiba, Brazil.

From top to bottom, the blockbuster card showcases a plethora of intriguing fights including not only some of the most legendary Brazilian fighters of all-time, but some of the biggest names in the sport period.

The card will feature multiple former champions, a potential title eliminator bout, and a heavyweight title fight to top it all off.

We are now just days away from the action, and the stage is set. The lights will be shining brighter than ever this weekend in Brazil, and the pressure will be on for the fighters to deliver.

Some of them are in need of a victory more than others as well. Let’s take a look at five combatants in desperate need of a victory this weekend:

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UFC 198 Embedded Episode 1

The most stacked UFC event of the year (at least so far) is set to go down at this weekend’s (Sat., May 14, 2016) UFC 198 from the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. The UFC truly stacked the event to the brim with top-level Brazilian names for a monumental pay-per-view (PPV), and they pulled no

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The most stacked UFC event of the year (at least so far) is set to go down at this weekend’s (Sat., May 14, 2016) UFC 198 from the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil.

The UFC truly stacked the event to the brim with top-level Brazilian names for a monumental pay-per-view (PPV), and they pulled no punches, with Fabricio Werdum defending his belt against Stipe Miocic in the feature bout, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza meeting Vitor Belfort in a potential title eliminator in the co-main, all-time great former champion Anderson Silva meeting Uriah Hall in a battle of flashy and elite strikers, and even Cris “Cyborg’s” awaited UFC debut against Leslie Smith.

TO get the anticipation for the blockbuster South American card building, the UF is back with their UFC Embedded V-Log series for the biggest Brazilian card ever. Check it out right here:

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