UFC ‘Fight for the Troops 2’ Bonuses: $120K Awarded

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Edwards pocketed a pair of $30,000 bonuses -- one for “Submission of the Night,” the other for “Fight of the Night” -- following his second-round submission against “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 12 alum Cody McKenzie in a preliminary lightweight matchup at UFC “Fight for the Troops 2” on Saturday at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. The previously unbeaten McKenzie banked a $30,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus for his efforts.

Still, the story was Edwards. The Bahamian-born lightweight weathered a tenacious attack from his underdog opponent, who threatened Edwards with submissions of his own throughout the fight. Ultimately, Edwards secured back control on McKenzie, locked him in a rear-naked choke and left him unconscious 4:33 into round two. The 34-year-old has won six of his last seven fights, including three in a row.

Meanwhile, headliner Melvin Guillard earned a $30,000 “Knockout of the Night” bonus after he laid waste to the world-ranked Evan Dunham in the first round of their lightweight scrap. Anchored at Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts in Albuquerque, N.M., the rejuvenated Guillard finished the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt with a series of searing knees 2:58 into the match. Dunham, who trains out of the Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts camp, had never before been finished.