Dana White promises extra cash for UFC on FOX 23's unofficial 'Fight of the Night'

At this past Saturday’s UFC on FOX 23 event, the night’s four main-card winners were all deservedly presented with $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonuses. But a pair of welterweights will also be receiving an extra check in the mail.

“I just want to point out that Li (Jingliang) and Bobby Nash was so hard to – I thought that was ‘Fight of the Night,'” UFC President Dana White said at Saturday’s post-event news conference. “That fight was ridiculous. I’m going to give those guys a little something, too. I loved that fight.”

Jingliang (12-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) scored a second-round knockout of Nash (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in a FS1-broadcast preliminary bout at UFC on FOX 23, which took place at Pepsi Center in Denver. It was a rousing affair, with both men trading heavy shots in the pocket from the opening bell.

UFC newcomer Nash seemed to be getting the best of the spirited exchanges as the fight wore on, but Jingliang battled back to land a devastating right hand that stopped his opponents in his tracks. Jingliang seized the moment and unleashed another barrage of strikes, flooring his opponent and earning the Chinese fighter an incredible knockout win.

Afterward, both fighters were transported to the hospital for precautionary reasons and were not able to address the media.

Today, White declined to specify just how much he’d be paying the two welterweights for their effort but did double down on his love

“I will give them much more then a regular ‘great fight’ bonus,” White said. “I loved that fight!”

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