Dana White awards Wang Cong with extra $50K bonus after ‘amazing’ UFC Vegas 96 knockout

Wang Cong broke a file 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 battle by demolishing Victoria Leonardo with a brutal knockout just 62 seconds into the opening round. 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 slightly disenchanted to be taught that her gorgeous end didn’t come together with a $50,000 bonus on the finish of the night time.

“Get up and discover out there isn’t a [Performance of the Night],” Wang wrote on Instagram. “Subsequent battle you will notice 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 actually get the $50,000 bonus she positively deserved.

“I used to be out of city and watched the battle at Mystique Boston on TV. You appeared 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 handy out a bonus when he wasn’t within the constructing to find out who will get the additional money on the finish of the night time. Fortunately for Wang, the UFC CEO noticed her handiwork and decided she positively ought to have left with an additional $50,000 in her pocket.

The win moved Wang to 6-0 in her MMA profession and she or he additionally boasts a formidable résumé in kickboxing, which features a 2015 win over former UFC champion Valentina Shevchenko.