DANA WHITE has confirmed a major change to UFC protocol following the promotion's last pay-per-view event.

Mixed martial arts' premier promotion held its eighth PPV event, UFC 319, this past weekend.

Carlos Prates and Brit Lerone Murphy stole the show with their consecutive spinning back elbow knockouts of Geoff Neal and Aaron Pico respectively.

Both men, unsurprisingly, received £37,000 ($50,000) bonuses for their viral knockouts.

But what surprised MMA fans is that UFC commentator Joe Rogan told both men inside the octagon that they'd received a bonus.

UFC protocol for the last few decades has been to inform fighters of their bonuses after the event has finished.

And White has revealed that informing fighters of their bonus-winning finishes inside the cage will be a "new thing"

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