UFC to implement fan-voted bonuses to be paid out in bitcoin

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The UFC shall be giving out extra struggle evening bonuses to athletes starting this weekend — with some added wrinkles.

Followers will get to vote on their favourite fighter of the cardboard on-line beginning Saturday at UFC 273 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Area, the UFC introduced Thursday. The three winners will get bonuses, paid out in bitcoin. The brand new “Fan Bonus of the Evening” shall be sponsored by Crypto.com, the UFC’s cryptocurrency companion.

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The winner will get $30,000 U.S. {dollars} in bitcoin, second place will get $20,000 in bitcoin and third will get $10,000 in bitcoin. Presently, the fan bonuses will solely be doled out for pay-per-view playing cards.

Per a launch, voting will happen at Crypto.com’s web site. Followers will get three votes per card. Followers can vote on each fighters in a bout, if they need. Voting will start at the beginning of the pay-per-view broadcast and can finish one hour after the cardboard ends. Prelim fighters can get votes as effectively.

“Crypto.com has been an official UFC companion for lower than a 12 months, and I am telling you they’re already among the finest companions we have ever had,” UFC president Dana White mentioned in a press release. “They’re consistently developing with new concepts about how we will work collectively to attach with the followers. This new Fan Bonus of the Evening is an superior technique to get followers extra engaged in our occasions whereas rewarding the fighters for bad-ass performances.”

The Fan Bonus of the Evening will be a part of the common, $50,000 fight-night bonuses the UFC provides out: two efficiency of the evening bonuses and one struggle of the evening bonus.