UFC 129 Toronto: Bonuses & GSP Becomes First UFC Fighter with 2,000 Total Strikes But With A Drop in Striking Accuracy!

UFC 129 Toronto: Post-Fight Bonuses

The UFC debuted in Ontario, Canada with the most MMA fans in attendance at a North American show.  The UFC was held at the Rogers Centre (formerly the Skydome) in Toronto, Canada and featured a highly anticipated welterweight battle between welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (GSP) and former Strikeforce Champion Jake Shields.  A total of $516,000 was handed out to the evening’s outstanding performers according to MMAWeekly.com.

At the post-fight press conference, Dana White reported that UFC 129 earned $12.075 million at the gate and 55, 724 fans were in attendance.

Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick win Fight of the Night Bonus with their never say submit fight in which Hominick had a large hematoma on his forehead and almost being knocked out more than once.

Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick were awarded bonuses for “Fight of the Night.”  Both fighters took home $129,000 for their efforts.  Aldo successfully retained his UFC featherweight title after five rounds and extended his winning streak to twelve fights.  There was no way Georges St.-Pierre and Jake Shields deserved it with GSP's criticism of his performance and apology to fans.  However, Jake Shields impressed some fans by not being completely dominated by GSP's striking.  Shields has trained in Muay Thai and only has one knockout in thirty-two fights.

However, Shields was unable to take down GSP after being stuffed after several attempts.  It was evidence GSP is not ready to take on Anderson Silva by moving up in weight.

Updated UFC Leaders after UFC 129 - Georges St-Pierre Becomes First UFC Fighter with 2,000 Total Strikes But With A Drop In Striking Accuracy!

The major movement on the all-time UFC records page all belonged to Georges St-Pierre. In defeating Jake Shields by unanimous decision, St-Pierre also became the first UFC fighter in history with 2,000 total strikes, reclaiming the number one spot after dropping to second place behind Jon Fitch.

But most of St-Pierre's moves on the leaderboards were in the wrong direction. He dropped down to 10th place in striking accuracy and to 8th place in SApM. And with another 25-minute decision, St-Pierre enters at #8 for longest average fight time, with the average GSP match now lasting 14 minutes, four seconds.

Note: Due to a minor chance in a few of our calculations, some fluctuations can be seen in the leaderboards for SLpM, SApM, and Sig. Striking Defense.

Lyoto Machida earns KO of the Night Bonus

Lyoto Machida earned “Knockout of the Night” honors and a $129,000 bonus with his crane kick knockout of UFC & MMA legend Randy Couture.  Team Xtreme Couture suffered a loss when Anderson Silva knocked out Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 and now another front kick KO.  The win broke a two fight losing streak for the former UFC light heavyweight champion Machida (despite Machida's contoversial loss to Rampage Jackson).

Pablo Garza earns Submission of the Night Honors with a flying triangle choke.

Pablo Garza earned “Submission of the Night” with a tight triangle choke victory over Yves Jabouin.  Jabouin seemed to control the fight early with powerful low leg kicks until a flying triangle attempt by Garza changed the tempo.  Garza transitioned the triangle to a mounted position and back to finally seal the deal.  Garza earned his second UFC win and a $129,000 bonus.

John "The Bull" Makdessi from Quebec had an amazing spinning backfist KO of Kyle Watson (from Team GSP on the Ultimate Fighter) in round 3 at 1:27.