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UFC Vegas 121 Bonuses Awarded Amidst Controversial Main Event and Medical Emergency
sports13 days ago

UFC Vegas 121 Bonuses Awarded Amidst Controversial Main Event and Medical Emergency

UFC Vegas 121 concluded with significant bonus awards following a chaotic card. Raul Rosas Jr. and Raoni Barcelos shared the $100,000 Fight of the Night prize after a brutal main event that ended in a medical emergency. Luis Hernandez and Yazmin Jauregui each earned $100,000 for Performance of the Night, while five other fighters received $25,000 finish bonuses. The event featured eight finishes across twelve bouts, highlighting a high rate of stoppages despite some controversial outcomes.

Parnasse Headlines UFC Paris as Bonus Night Delivers Eight Finishes
sports1 month ago

Parnasse Headlines UFC Paris as Bonus Night Delivers Eight Finishes

UFC Paris at the Accor Arena on Sept 5 featured 14 fights with eight finishes. Salahdine Parnasse earned Performance of the Night for a KO in the main event, joined by Axel Sola, Losene Keita, and Mario Pinto as other Performance of the Night winners. Finish bonuses of $25,000 went to Kurtis Campbell, Modestas Bukauskas, Matthieu Duclos, and Delphine Benouaich for decisive wins. The event drew strong crowd energy and fueled calls for France to host more UFC events.

Song Yadong Leads UFC Shanghai Bonus Night After Surprise Upset
sports1 month ago

Song Yadong Leads UFC Shanghai Bonus Night After Surprise Upset

UFC Shanghai capped the event with several bonus awards: Song Yadong shocked Umar Nurmagomedov in the main event to win Performance of the Night, Bilal Hasan earned a POTN, Liu Ce vs Levi Rodrigues Jr. took Fight of the Night, and Denise Gomes, Kai Asakura, Rei Tsuruya, Francesco Nuzzi and Hector Santiago claimed $25,000 Finish bonuses. Notably, two fighters missed weight—Andre Lima and Julia Polastri—making them ineligible for bonuses.

UFC 330 Bonuses Highlight Night of Submissions and Finishes
sports1 month ago

UFC 330 Bonuses Highlight Night of Submissions and Finishes

At UFC 330, four winners earned $100,000 Performance of the Night bonuses (Dustin Stoltzfus, Charles Johnson, Jeremiah Wells, Jalin Turner), and four more were awarded $25,000 for finishing their bouts early (Lucas Fernando, Neil Nagny, Donte Johnson, Esteban Ribovics). Turner produced the night's most dramatic moment, while Stoltzfus, Johnson and Wells all won by submission, including Wells’ guillotine on Myktybek Orolbai. The event featured two title fights with Mackenzie Dern defending the strawweight belt and Islam Makhachev defeating Ian Machado Garry to retain the welterweight title.

Year of the Bank: 2026 Bonuses Surge for Wall Street Giants
business2 months ago

Year of the Bank: 2026 Bonuses Surge for Wall Street Giants

Johnson Associates projects a 2026 bonus surge across 21 Wall Street job categories, with four out of five roles seeing higher bonuses than last year. Banks lead the way: stock traders and IPO bankers could see up to a 30% rise, M&A bankers and senior executives about 17.5%, and broader corporate staff in double digits, while private credit bonuses may fall as much as 10%. Headcount at the six biggest banks is largely flat, and a PwC survey shows many executives expect staffing to shrink over five years as AI reshapes hiring. The trend has prompted media to dub 2026 the ‘Year of the Bank.’

Krafton ends dispute with Unknown Worlds over Subnautica 2 bonuses and leadership shift
business3 months ago

Krafton ends dispute with Unknown Worlds over Subnautica 2 bonuses and leadership shift

Krafton and Unknown Worlds Entertainment settled their dispute over a potential $250 million bonus tied to Subnautica 2, with bonuses now paid to all staff in three installments and CEO Ted Gill leaving; the earlier ouster of cofounders preceded Gill’s reinstatement and the game’s early-access launch, which has sold 4 million copies in five days; terms were not disclosed.

Fiziev Stuns in Baku as UFC Bonuses Fly After Finish-Filled Card
sports3 months ago

Fiziev Stuns in Baku as UFC Bonuses Fly After Finish-Filled Card

Rafael Fiziev delivered a spectacular main-event KO with a spinning wheel kick at UFC Baku, as nine finishes lit up the 13-fight card at the National Gymnastics Arena in Azerbaijan. In addition to Fiziev, Asu Almabayev and Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev earned Performance of the Night, with Daniil Donchenko also grabbing a Performance bonus for his head-kick KO. Five fighters received Finish Bonuses of $25,000: Matheus Camilo (KO over Nazim Sadykhov), Abus Magomedov (guillotine over Michal Oleksiejczuk), Nursulton Ruziboev (rear-naked choke over Andrey Pulyaev), Kaan Ofli (arm-triangle over Javier Reyes), and Tahir Abdullayev (third-round TKO over Jefferson Nascimento).}{

Gaethje Clinches Lightweight Title as UFC Unveils Historic White House Bonus Payouts
sports3 months ago

Gaethje Clinches Lightweight Title as UFC Unveils Historic White House Bonus Payouts

At a White House event, the UFC boosted Fight of the Night to $400,000 and Performance of the Night to $425,000. Justin Gaethje won the undisputed lightweight title and earned both bonuses, totaling $825,000 in bonus money; Ciryl Gane captured the interim heavyweight title and also took $425,000. Five other fighters—Sean O’Malley, Josh Hokit, Mauricio Ruffy, Bo Nickal and Diego Lopes—each earned $25,000 knockout bonuses. The promotion aims to keep momentum with a July showdown between Conor McGregor and Max Holloway at UFC 329.

Biglaw Bets Big: 2026 Associate Salaries Hit $235K Across Firms
business4 months ago

Biglaw Bets Big: 2026 Associate Salaries Hit $235K Across Firms

Milbank kicked off a $235K associate salary scale in June 2026 and many firms have since matched it or raised salaries, with seasonal bonuses following the same timeline. The piece provides a live table showing which firms matched, the 2026/2025 scale at $235K (and $455K for older classes), minimum billable-hours requirements for bonuses (often 1,800–2,000 hours), and payout dates, with daily updates and a tips line for corrections.

Bonus Backlash at TSMC Sparks Samsung-Style Strike Talk Amid Record Profits
business4 months ago

Bonus Backlash at TSMC Sparks Samsung-Style Strike Talk Amid Record Profits

TSMC faces employee fury over rumors of bonus cuts, with social-media chatter and discussions of Samsung-style strikes echoing through Taiwan’s chip-wage culture, even as the company posted a 58% year-over-year profit jump in Q1 2026 and continues massive CapEx for advanced fabs; workers question wage perks while management weighs belt-tightening in a high-stakes AI chip buildout.

Samsung bonus split sparks union bid for injunction as memory unit pockets $400k
business4 months ago

Samsung bonus split sparks union bid for injunction as memory unit pockets $400k

Samsung’s new performance bonus plan would see memory-focused employees earn around 600 million won (~$400k) this year, while mobile division workers may receive about 6 million won (~$4k), a roughly 100x gap that has prompted a union to seek a court injunction. Memory/semiconductor staff also get a 40% share of the total bonus pool plus a profit-linked special bonus; shareholders are threatening a lawsuit as deal ratification votes begin.