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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Ronda Rousey probably had the best night of any fighter at UFC 168 on Saturday night, as she notched a double "Fight Night" bonus in addition to dispatching her rival, Miesha Tate.
Rousey took home bonuses for "Fight of the Night" and "Submission of the Night" for her third round armbar win over Tate, the second time she's finished the former Strikeforce Champ with that maneuver. Tate's defense made the fight into something larger than their first, as she made Rousey dig deep through an exciting first and second round.
But then, in the third, Rousey finished the fight in the manner all her fights had ended before, by armbar. The UFC rewarded that effort in two areas, giving them each $75,000 for that "FotN" honor and Rousey an addition $75K as well.
"Knockout of the Night" was another clear choice for the UFC on Saturday, as Travis Browne's first round KO over Josh Barnett was a shocking finish. Browne caught Barnett with a brutal knee as the "War Master" shot in, and then unleashed a hellacious flurry of elbows at the cage that put Barnett out cold.
The $75,000 bonuses were up from most of the events this year, which had almost uniformly paid out $50,000 for each of them.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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