UFC on ESPN 56 took place Saturday in St. Louis and it was the highest grossing US UFC Fight Night of all time according to the company.
The event drew 15,960 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. It drew $2,470,197 per the UFC.
The company announced 4 post-fight bonuses of $50K. Carlos Ulberg earned his via headkick after just 12 seconds in the first round. Diego Ferreira defeated Mateusz Rebecki via TKO in round 3 of their fight to earn his $50K. Fight of the Night went to Trey Waters and Billy Goff. Waters earned the unanimous decision.
Notably, Chase Hooper and Derrick Lewis (who once again lost his pants) had bonus-worthy performances but did not get the announced $50K.
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