by Dann Stupp
LAS VEGAS – Travis Browne, Gleison Tibau, Brian Stann and Jorge Santiago each earned $70,000 "Fight Night" bonuses for their performances at Saturday's "UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill" event.
Browne earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" award, Tibau picked up the "Submission of the Night" bonus, and Stann and Santiago took home "Fight of the Night" honors.
MMAjunkie learned of the bonus winners and award amounts while at UFC 130's post-event press conference.
UFC 130 took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The night's main card aired on pay-per-view, two preliminary-card fights aired on Spike TV, and the night's first three bouts streamed on Facebook.
Brown earned his award with a vicious first-round knockout of the towering Stefan Struve. After catching the Dutch fighter with a two-punch combo in the main-card bout, Browne ultimately floored him with a big superman punch. Struve nearly went airborne before crashing to the mat in a heap. It was Browne's ninth knockout win in 11 career victories.
Competing on the night's Facebook-streamed preliminary card, Tibau earned his bonus after tagging and dazing Rafaello Oliveira with a second-round uppercut. Tibau immediately followed him to the mat, continued with punches, took his opponent's back and ultimately forced the tap-out with a rear-naked choke at the 3:28 mark.
Stann and Santiago competed on the night's main card. Stann scored a late-first-round knockdown but couldn't get the stoppage. But in the second, with Santiago winging looping punches, Stann instead stayed compact and awaited an opening. It came late in the round, when he floored the Brazilian with a right hook and forced a stoppage at the 4:29 mark with follow-up shots.
