UFC 265 bonuses and winners: Did Ciryl Gane or Derrick Lewis get the $50,000 bonus?

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UFC 265 bonuses and winners: Who all won the $50,000 bonus in the latest event

UFC 265 had one big fight that had everyone geared up and that was for the interim Heavyweight title.

Francis Ngannou, being the current champ, decided not to defend his title now. That opened the door for the undefeated Ciryl Gane to take on Derrick Lewis.

Ciryl Gane was crowned the recent interim heavyweight champion in the UFC
Ciryl Gane after being crowned the interim heavyweight champion at UFC 265

Lewis had been impressive for a few months coming into the fight and his power would have been something that Gane could have struggled with.

However, the Frenchman produced an incredible display of speed and technique. He got the win via TKO and became France’s first UFC Champion, but this is just an interim belt.

There were many other fights on the card too with the likes of Vicente Luque and Jose Aldo putting in fantastic performances.

Before we get into who all won the $50,000 bonus, here are the results from UFC 265.

UFC 265 results and winners

The card was split into three sections, as seems to be the case for big PPVs. The main card had five fights, the prelim and early prelim cards had four fights each.

Early prelim card

Johnny Muñoz Jr. beats Jamey Simmons – Submission (rear-naked choke)

Melissa Gatto beats Victoria Leonardo – TKO (doctor’s stoppage)

Miles Johns beats Anderson dos Santos – KO (punch)

Manel Kape beats Ode Osbourne – KO (flying knee and punches)

Prelim card

Jessica Peyne beats Karolina Kowalkiewicz – Submission (armbar)

Alonzo Menifield beats Ed Herman – Decision (unanimous)

Vince Morales beats Drako Rodriguez – Decision (unanimous)

Rafael Fiziev beats Bobby Green – Decision (unanimous)

Main card

Song Yadong beats Casey Kenney – Decision (split)

Tecia Torres beats Angela Hill – Decision (unanimous)

Vicente Luque beats Michael Chiesa – Submission (D’Arce choke)

Jose Aldo beats Pedro Munhoz – Decision (unanimous)

Ciryl Gane beats Derrick Lewis – TKO (punches)

UFC 265 bonus winners

A slew of fighters got the $50,000 bonus thanks to their performances. The Fight of the Night bonus was handed to Fiziev and Green, who both won $50,000 each.

Four fighters won the Performance of the Night $50,000 bonus. The winners of that bonus were Gane, Johns, Penne and Luque.

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