• Football
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • Home
  • Football
    • England
    • Transfer News
    • Premier League
    • Champions League
    • Lionel Messi
    • Cristiano Ronaldo
    • EA FC 25
    • Wrexham
  • Boxing
    • Tyson Fury
    • Anthony Joshua
    • Oleksandr Usyk
    • Mike Tyson
    • Jake Paul
    • Logan Paul
  • UFC
    • Dana White
    • Conor McGregor
    • Khabib Nurmagomedov
    • Jon Jones
    • Paddy Pimblett
    • Joe Rogan
  • Other Sport
    • Athletics
    • Formula 1
    • MMA
    • Motorsport
    • NBA
    • Darts
    • NFL
    • Snooker
    • Wrestling
    • Tennis
    • Cricket
    • Golf
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
Dana White pays UFC fighter unique bonus after opponent fired for using illegal Mike Tyson move on debut

Home> MMA> UFC

Published 14:49 25 Mar 2024 GMT

Dana White pays UFC fighter unique bonus after opponent fired for using illegal Mike Tyson move on debut

Dana White immediately cut Igor Severino following his UFC bout with Andre Lima.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Dana White immediately released a UFC fighter following his disqualification last weekend and handed his opponent a unique bonus in the process.

At UFC Vegas 89, Rose Namajunas outpointed Amanda Ribas in their women's flyweight main-event showdown.

Elsewhere on the card, the likes of Edmen Shahbazyan, Youssef Zalal and Julian Erosa earned big wins.

Advert

And in the prelims, Andre Lima beat Igor Severino following a bizarre moment in the second round.

Severino, who was making his UFC debut, inexplicably BIT Lima - reminiscent of Mike Tyson's infamous clash with Evander Holyfield.

MMA referee Chris Tognoni called off the flyweight bout as a result of Severino's moment of madness.


White wasted no time in cutting the Brazilian fighter from the roster and rewarded Lima with a one-of-a-kind bonus.

Advert

“Those were two up-and-coming undefeated fighters,” the UFC boss wrote to Kevin Iole via a text message. “If you get frustrated and want out of the fight, there are plenty of ways to do it, but the worst thing u can do is bite your opponent.

"Now, you get cut and lose the biggest opportunity of your life. Not to mention, he’s going to have real problems with the [Nevada State Athletic Commission].”

Lima tattooed the bite mark on his arm, which saw him land a cool $50,000 'Bite of the Night' bonus from White, who said: "I was going to give him 25k. Now I'm giving him 50. This is AWESOME."


After the fight, Lima, who was also making his UFC bow, shared his experience of getting bitten by his opponent.

Advert

"I mean we were exchanging really well, and at that point, he tried to take me down," he said during the post-fight press conference.

"I went down, but I got back up, and as I was getting up I yelled because I felt pain, a very sharp pain, and I really thought that the fence had gotten into me. I thought that’s what happened.

"I started yelling, 'Ouch, ouch, ouch', and they started looking at me. I don’t know what’s happening, but I really thought it was the fence because there was absolutely no way that he would bite me, especially because the fight was going back and forth.

"It was good for me, and it had a lot of potential for Fight of the Night. But yeah, that’s why I started yelling, because I felt the pain, and then I realised he bit me, and that’s when I said, 'He bit me'."

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/UFC

Topics: Dana White, UFC, Mike Tyson

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

X

@NasJabbar

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
a day ago
4 days ago
6 days ago
  • 2 hours ago

    New Ben Askren health update given after wife denies sick rumour about UFC fighter

    Former UFC fighter Ben Askren was rushed to hospital with a sudden illness which left him unresponsive.

    MMA
  • a day ago

    Paddy Pimblett teases his next fight that would stun the MMA world as UFC tipped to make it happen

    Paddy Pimblett claims the UFC will make the fight.

    MMA
  • 4 days ago

    UFC fans spot what Donald Trump's secret service security team did when fighter jumped cage in front of US president

    Fans were shocked to see how Trump's security reacted after Merab Dvalishvili's win.

    MMA
  • 6 days ago

    Dana White ruthlessly axes fighter from roster just days after major error at UFC 316

    Dana White has cut a fighter from the roster following UFC 316.

    MMA
  • Dana White teases huge change to octagon for UFC 300 that's only been done once before
  • Mike Tyson reveals the unusual reason why he could never have been a UFC fighter
  • UFC fighter banned for life by Dana White for using dangerous move twice