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The UFC handed out $65,000 bonuses to four fighters from the UFC's debut on the Fox network, with Junior dos Santos, Ricardo Lamas, Benson Henderson, and Clay Guida all taking home extra money.
Junior Dos Santos earned the evening's "Knockout of the Night" bonus, along with the UFC Heavyweight Championship, for his 64 second destruction of former champion Cain Velasquez. A strong overhand right that landed behind Velasquez's ear was the beginning of the end for the now former champ.
Ricardo Lamas won the promotion's "Submission of the Night" bonus for his second round arm triangle choke on veteran Cub Swanson. Along with the bonus, Lamas improved his UFC record to 2-0, and 6-2 under Zuffa ownership.
Benson Henderson and Clay Guida each pocketed an extra $65,000 for their "Fight of the Night." The two lightweights battled for 15 minutes, with Henderson earning winning both the fight and the next shot at UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar's championship.
This fight marks Henderson's third "Fight of the Night" between his time with the UFC and WEC, and his fourth overall post-fight bonus. Guida earned his seventh bonus in fifteen UFC fights; having earned "Fight of the Night" five times, and "Submission of the Night" two times. Guida's 2007 fight with Tyson Griffin and his 2009 fight with Diego Sanchez have both been called "Fight of the Year" by numerous sources.
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