CagePotato Stats: The UFC Performance Bonus Leaderboard
(And he makes it look so easy...)
Chris Lytle's $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus at UFC 110 represented his seventh UFC performance bonus in his last eight fights, which made us wonder: Does that make him the #1 bonus-collector on the UFC's roster? And who else is in the running? So, with the help of the UG and Wikipedia, we compiled a ranking of the UFC's top performance bonus leaders, based on available information. When possible, we added up the grand totals of the fighters' pay-bumps, though the amounts of these bonuses weren't consistently reported before UFC 70.
Fighters With Seven Bonuses:
Anderson Silva: 2 KOTN, 3 FOTN, 2 SOTN; $400,000 total
Chris Lytle: 4 Fight of the Night bonuses, 2 Submission of the Night bonuses, 1 Knockout of the Night bonus; $310,000 total
Fighters With Six Bonuses:
Nate Diaz: 4 FOTN, 2 SOTN; $230,000 total
Tyson Griffin: 5 FOTN, 1 SOTN
Joe Lauzon: 2 FOTN, 3 SOTN, 1 KOTN
Fighters With Five Bonuses:
Marcus Davis: 3 FOTN, 1 KOTN, 1 SOTN; $220,000 total
Clay Guida: 4 FOTN, 1 SOTN; $195,000 total
Sam Stout: 5 FOTN
Fighters With Four Bonuses:
Alan Belcher: 2 FOTN, 2 SOTN; $270,000 total
Quinton Jackson: 2 FOTN, 2 KOTN; $220,000 total
Forrest Griffin: 3 FOTN, 1 SOTN; $220,000 total
Demian Maia: 4 SOTN; $215,000 total
Wilson Gouveia: 2 FOTN, 1 KOTN, 1 SOTN; $205,000 total
Chris Leben: 2 FOTN, 2 KOTN; $200,000
Jason MacDonald: 3 SOTN, 1 KOTN
Active UFC fighters who have scored three bonuses during their time in the Octagon include Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua, Josh Koscheck, Joe Stevenson, Frankie Edgar, Matt Hamill, Dustin Hazelett, Jeremy Stephens, Paul Taylor, Terry Etim, Thiago Tavares, Matt Wiman and Krzysztof Soszynski. If we've missed any other fighters with four or more bonuses, please enlighten us in the comments section. We'll update this list any time the leaderboard changes.
Last update: 8/30/10
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Ryan_Johnson Says:
Frankie Edgar - 3 FOTN bonuses
Headlock Says:
Lytle FTW
ReX13 Says:
Sure, Lytle has racked up the bonuses, but he's had 16 fights for the UFC. No, seriously, i didn't realize it was that many either. Go look it up; i'll wait.
Told you.
More impressive, to me at least, are those who are piling up the bonuses in fewer matchups. Diaz and Tyson Griffin have both scored bonuses in more than half of their matchups--nine fights apiece and five bonuses. But Lauzon takes the cake: in just seven fights, he's earned five bonuses. Nice going, sir. I guess i'll have to pay more attention to J-Lau now, huh?
ben Says:
@Ryan_Johnson:
Thanks for the heads-up, I just added him and Dustin Hazelett (2 SOTN, one FOTN)
honkey_kong Says:
ya I was really impressed with Diaz being on this list and not even fighting in the UFC anymore.
Zyz Zyx Says:
Lylte won his bonuses on UFC 73, 78, 81, 89, 93, and 110 as well Ultimate Finale 9. Very impressive considering he wasn't getting his bonuses mainly on Fight Nights. The dude's a beast who is going to become a cripple for our entertainment.
Hey Ben! Would it be possible to put the events with which the bonuses correspond?
ben Says:
@honkey_kong: You're thinking of Nick.
@ReX13: Did you miss the part about Lytle getting all those bonuses in his last 8 fights? Sure, the average goes down when you take into account all of his fights, but information about end-of-night bonuses wasn't always released before April 2007, so he could have even more.
Zyz Zyx Says:
Almost forgot Joe Stevenson with 3 FOTN's. UFC 95 and 110 as well as TUF 9 Finale.
Deadletter Says:
This is actually an awesome idea, guys! With updates and everything, it's just one more for me to geek out to on this site! Thanks! I'll never get a job at this rate! :P
ReX13 Says:
Ben>> Actually, yeah, i managed to skim over that part. So i guess this Lytle guy is pretty impressive after all.
But seriously people, sixteen fights. Was i the only one who did not realize how long he's been throwing down like this?
ReX13 Says:
(omg you guys the ben just addressed me directly i'm freakin out!!!1!!)
ben Says:
@Zyz Zyx: Thanks man, just added Joe.
rlh61 Says:
@Rex13
You have officially arrived! I too have longed for the validation of the bens...alas, my wait continues...now, if you can actually get a fucking shirt, you're a god.
Loco_8s Says:
War Machine should win a performance award in Porn!
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mma_analysis Says:
Tyson Griffin has 6. SOTN at UFC 63.
ben Says:
@mma_analysis:
Could you post a source on that?
mustache ride Says:
Lytle is exciting as hell. The first fight I even became aware of him was when he fought Lawler. If they were giving bonuses then I garuntee you that was the fight of the night. It's still one of the most action packed fights to go down in the UFC.
Patrick Says:
Not to mention Lytle holds down a full time job as a firefighter.
Dude's a beast. One of my favorite fighters of all time.
Get Off Me Says:
Wow Nate Diaz is getting some props..... Not usually the case on CP.
Chris Lytle is a great fighter and why this guy ends up on the undercard is beyond me, same thing with Alan Belcher......
Dan0 Says:
Anderson is the only Champion mentioned with bonuses?
lionel61 Says:
They ought to change his name to Chris "Lights On" Lytle!
Son's gettin' the bills paid!
SuckMyShinya Says:
Chris Lytle fought and beat someone named "Beaver Beaver" in 2000?!?!
He must have really kicked his ass cuz Beaver never fought again...
mma samurai Says:
Kinda makes you feel bad for Jason McDonald considering he made the list and I always found him to be a scrappy and entertaining fighter and he still got his walking papers