Earlier this year, during their fighter summit, the UFC announced that they would be handing out award money for social networking. The fighters would be split into different categories based on how many Twitter followers they currently had.
Today the UFC handed out $5,000 to several fighters who fit into those categories for this quarter. Winners would be based on who had gained the most followers since the start of the quarter, who gained the highest percentage of new followers and who wrote the most creative tweets.
Thanks to MMAFighting.com for the breakdown:
Most followers:
Anderson Silva
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Demian Maia
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos
Highest percentage of growth in followers:
Anderson Silva
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Demian Maia
Paulo Thiago
Most creative:
Forrest Griffin
Joe Lauzon
Ben Henderson
Joseph Benavidez