UFC Vegas 31 bonuses and winners: A total of six fighters picked up the extra $50,000 bonus
UFC Vegas 31 had the main event of Islam Makhachev vs Thiago Moises. This was a huge fight for Makhachev as the Russian was in his first main event in the UFC.
However, Moises was going to be a tough opponent for the Lightweight star, and who many call as Khabib Nurmagomedov’s prodigy.
There was another big fight on the card though as Miesha Tate made her UFC return after several years out.
She was up against Marion Reneau in the co-main event, and there were some other rising stars on the cards too.
However, before we go into the bonus winners at UFC Vegas 31, lets see who won the fights on the card.
Prelim card
Rodrigo Nascimento beats Alan Baudot – TKO (punches)
Malcolm Gordon beats Francisco Figueiredo – Decision (unanimous)
Sergey Morozov beats Khalid Taha – Decision (unanimous)
Amanda Lemos beats Montserrat Ruiz – TKO (punches)
Daniel Rodriguez beats Preston Parsons – TKO (punches)
Main card
Billy Quarantillo beats Gabriel Benitez – TKO (punches)
Rodolfo Vieira beats Dustin Stoltzfus – Submission (rear-naked choke)
Mateusz Gamrot beats Jeremy Stephens – Submission (kimura)
Miesha Tate beats Marlon Reneau – TKO (punches)
Islam Makhachev beats Thiago Moises – Submission (rear-naked choke)
The $50,000 bonus was handed out to six fighters at UFC Vegas 31. The Fight of the Night bonus was handed to Quarantillo and Benitez with both fighters taking home $50,000 each.
Surprisingly, Makhachev wasn’t one of the stars getting a bonus. Tate, Vieira, Gamrot and Nascimento were the other fought fighters getting the $50,000 bonus with the Performance of the Night award.
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