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UFC 325 bonuses: Title bout earns Fight of the Night

Story by (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Jeff CainSun, February 1, 2026 at 8:44 AM UTC·1 min readFollowing Saturday's UFC 325 event in Sydney, Australia, the fight promotion announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. The UFC 325 fight card was headlined by a featherweight championship rematch between two-time titleholder Alexander Volkanovski and No. 2 ranked Diego Lopes. The fight went the distance and Volkanovski picked up a second win over Lopes.

UFC 325 bonuses: Title bout earns Fight of the Night

Credit: (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Key Highlights

  • Like in their first meeting at UFC 314, the matchup earned Fight of the Night honors banking the champion and the challenger an extra $100,000. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRising lightweight Maurico Ruffy earned a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus for his second-round TKO win over Rafael Fiziev.
  • Ruffy hurt Fiziev with a right hand and didn't let him off the hook.
  • He finished "Ataman" with a series of punches on the ground. The second Performance of the Night bonus went to lightweight Quillan Salkilld for his first-round submission win over Jamie Mullarkey to kick off the UFC 325 main card. Five other fighters banked newly created $25,000 finishing bonuses: Benoit Saint Denis, Billy Elekana, Cameron Rowston, Jonathan Micallef, and Keiichiro Nakamura.
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