Even the commissioner of the league, Dana White was not looking forward to last night’s fight card simply due to the unpleasantries of the past. However, a great fight between two of the nights most famous fighters rendered even White excited the rematch between Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva. Although Sonnen had spent an inordinate amount of time trash talking and Silva sat back and let him, Sonnen did however dominate the entire fight. The UFC 117 Post Fight PressConference was a matter of issuing money rewards to fighters for the “fight of the night” and Dana White even went so far as to declare Sonnen deserving of the rematch.
White awarded a $60K bonus to both Sonnen and Silva for the “fight of the night” accolades. Matt Hughes and Struve earned another $60K in fight night bonuses for the performances as well. Sonnen who had previously been extremely vocal about his intentions to walk away from this fight as the winner seemed slightly disheartened but realized that he could get yet another rematch before long. In addition the the extra fight money, the UFC 117 Post Fight PressConference was an opportunity for White to hand over another $60K to both Silvia and Hughes for their “Submission of the Night” bonuses.
While other fighters were handling their own post fight conferences, Dana White was on hand to also award Struve a bonus for his “knockout of the night”. Amazingly enough, the post-fight pressconference was quite a success once the fighters were attended to medially and managed to come down off of the adrenaline rush. That’s a lot of money in bonuses that should keep these famous fighters afloat and coming back for more soon. The UFC 117 Post Fight Press Conference had the potential to get just as ugly as some of the pre-fight talk had been instead Dana White took control and the post-fight festivities were a big hit.
Penick's Analysis: Fitch is going to continue to have the "boring" stigma placed upon him despite his clear dominance and grappling superiority. He'd absolutely be favored over any other welterweight in the world except for GSP, and he's stuck in a very tough position because I don't think he has anything different to offer the Champion in a rematch. Personally, I think they'll end up putting his rematch with GSP together if St. Pierre wins in December, and then I'd match up the Shields-Kampmann winner against Matt Hughes early next year.
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