{"id":451860,"date":"2026-02-01T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451860\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:43:08","slug":"ufc-325-bonuses-ruffy-banks-100k-for-nasty-tko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451860\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 325 Bonuses! Ruffy Banks $100K For Nasty TKO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Volkanovski added another UFC featherweight title defense to his record last night (Sat., Jan. 31, 2026) at UFC 325<\/a> LIVE on Paramount+<\/a> from inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, outworking Diego Lopes in a rematch from their first meeting back in April 2025. In co-main event action, lightweight contender Benoit Saint Denis put his name in the title discussion with a brutal TKO finish over veteran Dan Hooker (watch it HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In addition to the two marquee matchups, UFC 325 featured a deep undercard full of memorable finishes and gutsy performances. Check out some of the key moments below and let us know who stood out the most!<\/p>\n

Now that the dust has settled, let\u2019s take a closer look at the official UFC 325 post-fight bonus winners. Remember, each winner gets an extra $100,000<\/a>, while every fighter leftover who earned a finish gets $25,000.<\/p>\n

Fight of the Night: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes
Performance of the Night: Mauricio Ruffy
Performance of the Night: Quillan Salkilld
$25K Winners: Benoit Saint Denis, Billy Elekana, Jonathan Micallef, Keiichiro Nakamura<\/p>\n

For complete UFC 325 results, coverage, and highlights click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski added another UFC featherweight title defense to his record last night (Sat., Jan. 31, 2026) at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,188424,47570,1396,179146,6656],"class_list":["post-451860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-325","tag-ufc-bonuses-and-awards","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}