UFC Fight Night 44 bonuses: Swanson, Stephens, Borg, Mutante win $50k
By Josh Sanchez
Following UFC Fight Night 44: Swanson vs. Stephens at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, the fighter bonuses from the event were announced at the post-fight press conference.
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It comes as no surprise, but the Fight of the Night honors went to main event participants Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens for their five-round war. Each fighter receives $50,000 for their efforts in the Octagon on Saturday night.
Performance of the Night honors went to Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira who put on a strong showing on the main card against Andrew Craig, while preliminary card fighter Ray Borg earned the second Performance of the Night bonus for his first-round rear-naked choke finish over Shane Howell.
All of the bonus winners get to pad their bank accounts with an extra $50,000.
If you missed out on today’s action, we’ve got you covered.
You can see the latest UFC Fight Night 44 results below:
(click for full fight recap)
- Cub Swanson def. Jeremy Stephens via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
- Kelvin Gastelum def. Nicholas Musoke via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Cezar Mutante def. Andew Craig via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Ricardo Lamas def. Hacran Dias via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Clint Hester def. Antonio Braga Neto via split-decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Joe Ellenberger def. James Moontasri via split-decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Carlos Diego Ferreira def. Colton Smith via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 0:38
- Cody Gibson def. Johnny Bedford via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:38
- Marcelo Guimaraes def. Andy Enz via split-decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
- Ray Borg def. Shane Howell via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:17
- Oleksiy Oliynyk def. Anthony Hamilton via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 2:18