The undercard fighters competing on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford occasion are all eligible to earn some further money on Saturday night time.
On Friday, UFC CEO Dana White introduced plans for a Efficiency of the Night time and a Combat of the Night time bonus being made accessible solely for the undercard fighters along with his enterprise associate Turki Alalshikh handing out $100,000 for every award.
“So on the undercard fights — Canelo and Crawford are going to just do tremendous on Saturday night time, they’re going to be OK — however on the undercard fights, we’re going to have a Efficiency of the Night time and a Combat of the Night time,” White revealed on the Stephen A. Smith Present. “$100,000 every for the fighters on the undercard from Sheik Turki.
“So that you may be concerned within the Efficiency of the Night time and the Combat of the Night time and take residence $200,000 for these undercard fighters.”
That’s a barely totally different setup from UFC playing cards the place the promotion arms out two Efficiency of the Night time bonuses together with a Combat of the Night time bonus however all people competing has an opportunity to assert that prize.
As an alternative, these $100,000 bonuses are solely eligible for the undercard fighters with Canelo and Crawford clearly incomes greater paydays total, which suggests they gained’t get part of this explicit reward.
There are 9 complete undercard fights taking place on Saturday with Callum Walsh, who White has personally promoted and hyped lately, taking over Fernando Vargas Jr. within the co-main occasion.
Primarily based on White’s assertion, the entire fighters minus Canelo and Crawford are eligible for the bonuses coming from Alalshikh.
