Dana White awards Wang Cong with extra $50K bonus after ‘amazing’ UFC Vegas 96 knockout
Wang Cong broke a record in her octagon debut at UFC Vegas 96, and now she’s getting a much deserved bonus for her efforts.
The Road to the UFC veteran made quite a splash in her first UFC fight by demolishing Victoria Leonardo with a brutal knockout just 62 seconds into the opening round. The rapid-fire knockout helped Wang earn the fastest finish for any debuting flyweight in UFC women’s history and the second-fastest knockout in the entire history of the UFC women’s flyweight division.
That’s why she was a little disappointed to learn that her stunning finish didn’t come along with a $50,000 bonus at the end of the night.
“Wake up and find out there is no [Performance of the Night],” Wang wrote on Instagram. “Next fight you will see more spectacular finish UFC. Don’t play with Joker again!”
While he wasn’t in attendance at the event at the UFC APEX on Saturday, White caught up to watch the fights and responded to Wang by informing her that she would in fact get the $50,000 bonus she definitely deserved.
“I was out of town and watched the fight at Mystique Boston on TV. You looked AMAZING. I’m adding another [Performance of the Night] bonus for u. Congrats u get $50k”
This isn’t the first time White has decided to hand out a bonus when he wasn’t in the building to determine who gets the extra cash at the end of the night. Thankfully for Wang, the UFC CEO saw her handiwork and determined she definitely should have left with an extra $50,000 in her pocket.
The win moved Wang to 6-0 in her MMA career and she also boasts an impressive résumé in kickboxing, which includes a 2015 win over former UFC champion Valentina Shevchenko.