Dana White looks on during the UFC 282 post-fight press conference, inset exclusive banner. Credit: Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Youngest UFC winner ever earned one of 11 bonuses despite Dana White’s outrage after PPV event

Originally posted on Bloody Elbow | By Kyle Dimond | Last updated Dec 11, 2025 12:00 AM ET

On this day in 2022, a lot of bonuses were handed out at the final PPV event of the year.

Dana White has confirmed that fighter pay will increase as a result of the promotion’s US broadcast deal with Paramount that gets underway in 2026.

While he hasn’t shared details, many have pushed for some time for the post-fight bonuses that are awarded to be higher from the start of next year.

This has been implemented for events in the past, though White felt burned after doing this for UFC 304 last year only for the card to not live up to expectations.

One event in recent history saw the promotion break its usual pattern of bonuses, not in terms of how much they are worth, but with the quantity that was awarded.

Dana White awarded every UFC 282 fighter that got a finish a bonus

UFC 282 on December 10 of 2022 is widely remembered for the two fights that topped the bill.

Dana White admitted to zoning out of Jan Blachowicz vs Magomed Ankalaev after the two men fought to a draw in their clash to crown a new light heavyweight champion, leaving the UFC with an issue.

Paddy Pimblett has since admitted that he was “lucky” to beat Jared Gordon in the co-main event, with the fight producing one of the most controversial outcomes in some time.

However, what might have been forgotten is that up until the two decisions that ended the night, each and every bout had ended in a finish.

As a result, the promotion chose to award every fighter that got a finish a Performance of the Night bonus, meaning that it made history for the most bonuses given out at a single event with 11.

The only fighter who got a bonus despite not winning was Darren Till, whose loss to Dricus du Plessis was awarded the Fight of the Night bonus.

Among these bonus winners was the history-making Raul Rosas Jr., whose submission win over Jay Perrin in the featured prelim made him the youngest fighter to win a bout inside the Octagon at 18 years old.

A current UFC champion also received a bonus for his finish at UFC 282

Having already clashed with Paddy Pimblett when they shared the card with each other in London earlier in the year, Ilia Topuria also competed at UFC 282.

His submission win against Bryce Mitchell earned him a bonus after he opened the main card in style.

The full list of post-fight bonus winners at UFC 282:

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