Griffin gets 60K bonus for loosing?

What on earth is that all about? Griffin looses in a one sided clinic but gets 60K for his troubles? What am i missing here? Just proves to me what iv always though about Dana and his "product". I wonder how the other fighters feel that Dana rewards his "marquee and brand" fighters so well.

 

Its on MMA Junkie.

 

No diffrent to boxing is it. Reward the fighters that are you're marquee names. Griffin turns up gets his ass handed to him but gets a bonus of 60K?!?

 

Yeah i got a real big ass. The internets an amazing place. I dont already said its on MMA Junkie. Here let me get it for you stoopid:


UFC 101 bonuses: B.J. Penn and Forrest Griffin take $60K, Anderson Silva earns $120K

by John Morgan and Dann Stupp on Aug 09, 2009 at 1:55 am ET

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PHILADELPHIA – B.J. Penn and Forrest Griffin each earned $60,000 in "fight night" bonuses – while Anderson Silva took home $120,000 as a dual winner – for their performances at "UFC 101: Declaration."

UFC 101 took place Saturday at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia and aired live on pay-per-view. The bonus amounts were down significantly from the record $100,000 awards issued at UFC 100, but were on par with the $60,000 awards issued at May's UFC 98, the UFC's most recent U.S.-based card prior to the historic UFC 100.

The UFC announced the bonuses at the UFC 101 post-fight press conference and were confirmed by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

While Silva may have stolen the show with his dominating win, the UFC didn't let his opponent leave empty handed, awarding both Griffin and "The Spider" the evening's "Fight of the Night" for their one-round co-feature.

If there was one post-fight award that was easiest to pick, it was certainly the evening's "Knockout of the Night." Despite having already been awarded half of the evening's "Fight of the Night," Silva earned a second award for his destruction of a former light heavyweight champion.

While Penn's fourth-round finish of Florian was certainly a worthy candidate for "Fight of the Night" as well, the UFC instead awarded the lightweight champion the evening's "Submission of the Night." Surprisingly, the bonus was the jiu-jitsu ace's first "Submission of the Night" award.

For complete coverage of UFC 101, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.



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Thats nonsense. There were tons of fans out there that thought Griffin was a live underdog. Additionally Griffin beat Rampage and Shogun. Now im not arguing Griffins corner in the slightest as i said prior to this bout Silva would win whichever way he saw fit in the first. Hardly a hard call to make in my eyes considering the type of figher Griffin is. But he certainly wasnt no sacrificial lamb. Silva is just that good simple.