Post-UFN 19 News and Notes

By Jacob Camargo September 17, 2009UFC Fight Night 19 is officially in the books and it turned out be a fantastic night of fights in the promotion's first-ever event in Oklahoma City, OK. Here are some interesting tidbits that came out of the event's post-fight press conference UFC Fight Night 19 drew an estimated 7,500 spectators to the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City for a $650,000 live gate. The event's attendance is qualified to be the fifth-highest-attended UFC Fight Night Event. The UFC handed out $120,00 in bonus money for the event. Main event fighter Nate Diaz, as well as Jeremy Stephens, Nate Quarry and Tim Credeur, each earned $30,000 "Fight Night" bonuses for their outstanding performance at UFN 19. Quarry and Credeur earned "Fight of the Night" for their hard-fought, back-and-forth middleweight tilt, which opened the Spike TV telecast. Quarry earned the come-from-behind unanimous decision victory after getting kn...