Wang Cong broke a document in her octagon debut at UFC Vegas 96, and now she’s getting a a lot deserved bonus for her efforts.
The Highway to the UFC veteran made fairly a splash in her first UFC combat by demolishing Victoria Leonardo with a brutal knockout simply 62 seconds into the opening spherical. The rapid-fire knockout helped Wang earn the quickest end for any debuting flyweight in UFC ladies’s historical past and the second-fastest knockout in your complete historical past of the UFC ladies’s flyweight division.
That’s why she was just a little disenchanted to be taught that her gorgeous end didn’t come together with a $50,000 bonus on the finish of the evening.
“Get up and discover out there is no such thing as a [Performance of the Night],” Wang wrote on Instagram. “Subsequent combat you will note extra spectacular end UFC. Don’t play with Joker once more!”
Whereas he wasn’t in attendance on the occasion on the UFC APEX on Saturday, White caught as much as watch the fights and responded to Wang by informing her that she would in actual fact get the $50,000 bonus she undoubtedly deserved.
“I used to be out of city and watched the combat at Mystique Boston on TV. You seemed AMAZING. I’m including one other [Performance of the Night] bonus for u. Congrats u get $50k”
This isn’t the primary time White has determined at hand out a bonus when he wasn’t within the constructing to find out who will get the additional money on the finish of the evening. Fortunately for Wang, the UFC CEO noticed her handiwork and decided she undoubtedly ought to have left with an additional $50,000 in her pocket.
The win moved Wang to 6-0 in her MMA profession and he or she additionally boasts a powerful résumé in kickboxing, which features a 2015 win over former UFC champion Valentina Shevchenko.
