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UFC 129 bonuses: Machida, Garza, Aldo and Hominick get $129K awards | MMAjunkie.com

TORONTO – Lyoto Machida, Pablo Garza, Jose Aldo and Mark Honinick each earned record $129,000 "Fight Night" bonuses for their performances at Saturday's "UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields" event.

Machida earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" award, Garza picked up the "Submission of the Night" bonus, and Aldo and Hominick took home "Fight of the Night" honors.

MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) learned of the bonus winners and award amounts while at UFC 129's post-event press conference.

With the event setting the North American MMA attendance and live-gate records, UFC president Dana White was in a giving mood. The bonuses marked the largest published across-the-board "Fight Night" bonuses in the UFC's history, topping the $100,000 offered to the top participants at 2009's landmark UFC 100 event.

Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann still remain the biggest single-night bonus winners for their headlining contest at this past month's UFC on Versus 3 event, when White awarded each fighter $160,000 "Fight of the Night" bonuses for their three-round thriller. But UFC on Versus 3 "Knockout of the Night" winner Shane Roller and "Submission of the Night" winner Brian Bowles each earned $40,000 bonuses for their performances.

UFC 129 took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The night's main card aired on pay-per-view, two preliminary-card fights aired on Spike TV, and the remaining five bouts streamed on Facebook.

Machida earned his award with a second-round front-kick knockout of MMA legend and the retiring Randy Couture. Machida, a former light-heavyweight champion, controlled the action – so much so that Couture said, "I felt like I was standing still out there." The final stutter-step front kick ultimately dislodged Couture's tooth and likely saved his UFC career.

Garza opened the night on a high note. Facing Canadian featherweight Yves Jabouin, Garza found himself in a back-and-forth scrap before taking the fight to the mat with a flying triangle choke. The stunning submission forced a tap-out in the first round.

Aldo and Hominick picked up their awards in a co-headlining bout. Aldo, a former WEC champ who was defending his UFC featherweight belt for the first time, cruised to an early lead through four rounds and caused heavy facial swelling and multiple cuts. The fight looked like it might be stopped, but the cageside physician cleared Hominick to continue. He closed out the fight in dominant fashion and won the final frame with heavy ground and pound, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory. Aldo, instead, earned the unanimous-decision win via scores of 48-45, 48-46 and 49-46.

[CESSPOOL]

I liked Jmac's sub better than garza's....

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by CESSPOOL

I liked Jmac's sub better than garza's....

Me too. J-Mac's was much more technical in nature and Garza used his freakishly long limbs and took him away to seal the deal. J-Mac went from the back, trapping an arm along the way, transitioning into a triangle and getting the tap. Nice.

[MetallicKnight3X]

I agree i like J-Mac's more.. but hey it was just nice to see so many finishes for once.

[Kimbo> Rampage]

damn thats a fat check. Aldo hominick was good, although the announcing and crowd made it seem closer than it really was. Machida ko of couture was spectacular. More mma fighters need to train with segal.

[aussiemma]

sooo many great finishes on this card. spinning back fists, karate kick ko's, flying triangles....what more can you ask for ???

[ARSchwartz]

Pablo Garza just came his pants. That dude prolly was fitting to make like $4000 with a win.

[beau420]

Originally Posted by rampage9712

damn thats a fat check. Aldo hominick was good, although the announcing and crowd made it seem closer than it really was. Machida ko of couture was spectacular. More mma fighters need to train with segal.

I don't think the crowd or the announcers thought it was that close. They were just commenting on how no matter how much damage Mark took, he kept coming and trying to do damage.

I think Rogan and Goldie were impressed that Mark made it so long. Since Jose has only been past the 3rd round once in his career and Urijah wasn't as much of a threat as Mark was judging on his performance last night.

I think Makdessi's KO was just as amazing. Dude has had 1 amazing fight and one really good fight in the UFC. The Bull is for real....no bull.

I would have liked everyone who finished a fight to get a bunus for last night.

Janitor looked great too.

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I agree with the fight bonus selections. It was also nice to see Machida open up his offense a bit. When he does he's a real force to be reckoned with.

Hominick showed he was a worthy challenger to the champion. Aldo impressed me more with this win than his one against Faber. He knows when to change strategies. Although he probably isn't as great on the ground as is claimed. It doesn't matter. He's the man at 145.