Cong
Wang was a late addition to the checklist of bonus winners at
UFC
on ESPN 62.
Wang set a excessive customary for the night time within the first preliminary
bout of the cardboard towards Victoria
Leonardo on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. “The Joker,”
who has appeared on the face-offs dressed as her moniker, took simply
62 seconds to close the lights out on Leonardo with a blistering
proper hand.
Wang understandably anticipated a $50,000 bonus for the highlight-reel
end, which was additionally the quickest by a debutant in
UFC flyweight historical past. Nonetheless, the undefeated Chinese language standout
was stunned to see her identify lacking from the checklist of bonus
winners, which initially included “Efficiency of the Night time”
bonuses for Gerald
Meerschaert and Michael
Morales and “Battle of the Night time” for Caio
Borralho and Jared
Cannonier. Wang expressed her disappointment on social media,
promising a fair flashier end in her subsequent efficiency, which
obtained the eye of Dana White.
In a rare growth, White promised Wang $50,000
“Efficiency of the Night time” bonus, blaming the delay on his absence
from Vegas.
“Get up and discover out there is no such thing as a POTN,” Wang wrote on Instagram.
“Subsequent combat you will note [a] extra spectacular end [UFC]. Don’t
play with Joker once more!”
White replied: “I used to be out of city and watched the combat [at
Mystique Boston] on TV. You appeared AMAZING. I’m including one other
[‘Performance of the Night’] bonus for [you]. Congrats [you] get
50K.”
A former Wushu world champ, Asian Video games medalist and beginner boxing
World Championship medalist, Wang additionally has a kickboxing win over
former UFC champ Valentina
Shevchenko from 2015 in her lengthy checklist of achievements. Wang
seems ahead to working it again with “Bullet” in MMA and believes
she will be able to replicate the victory. The 32-year-old additionally indicated that she already has her sophomore UFC
outing booked for the promotion’s return to her residence nation of
China on Nov. 23 in Macau.
