Justine Kish’s night couldn’t have gone much worse last Sunday at UFC Fight Night 112 in Oklahoma City, Okla. The UFC strawweight soiled herself during her main card bout opposite Felice Herrig in which she dropped a unanimous decision.
According to Kish, she was given a few kind words by UFC president Dana White earlier this week to help with the embarrassment.
“He called me the day after the fight. He checked in on me, made sure I was OK. He realized there was a little bit of humiliation behind what happened,” Kish told The Domenick Nati Show. “He gave me some encouragement. He said, ‘You fought like hell out there. Loved how you owned up to it.’
“I was in a dark area for a few hours.”
Kish said that White even gave her the idea that she might be receiving a “locker room” bonus in the coming weeks for dealing with the incident so well.
“The other thing that’s nice is that Dana hinted is that I have a discretionary bonus, a gift, for my performance,” she said. “The UFC’s very good at giving little secret bonuses — at least to me — here and there. I didn’t ask and I didn’t pry how much it’s going to be or anything, so we’ll see. I’ll find out in a few weeks.”
UFC Fight Night 112 was headlined by a lightweight bout between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee in which Lee won by controversial submission.