Salkilld's First-Round Submission Tops UFC Vegas 120 as Big Bonuses Flow

Large post-fight bonuses rewarded multiple early finishes, elevating pay for winners and accelerating talk of bigger matchups for rising fighters.

Overview

Quillan Salkilld submitted Mateusz Gamrot with a first-round rear-naked choke in the main event, marking Salkilld’s first UFC main-event finish and extending his streak of first-round stoppages.
The UFC handed out four $100,000 bonuses and five $25,000 finish bonuses after the card at the Meta APEX, with Salkilld, Ty Miller and the Ferreira–Quarantillo co-main among the top recipients.
Ty Miller earned a $100,000 Performance bonus for a dominant TKO of Billy Ray Goff that finished early in the third round.
Diego Ferreira and Billy Quarantillo were awarded Fight of the Night and $100,000 each after a 15-minute co-main that ended in a unanimous decision for Ferreira.
The payout pattern on this Saturday’s card continues a recent UFC trend of rewarding finishes with large bonuses, which raises fighters’ immediate pay and increases pressure on matchmakers to book higher-ranked opponents for breakout winners.