Khamzat Chimaev set a modern UFC record on Saturday when he posted his second win in 10 days, the shortest span of octagon wins since one-night tournaments.
He also earned $ 100,000 more than his fight wallets in that span of time after earning his second “Night Performance” bonus in so many bouts.
Chimaev (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) overwhelmed Rhys McKee in a welterweight bout on the UFC main card on ESPN 14 at Flash Forum in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The Russian competitor completely shut down his enemy before winning the TKO stoppage at 3:09 in the opening round. For that, “POTN” and an additional $ 50,000 were brought home.
Previously, John Phillips de Chimaev’s first-round technical knockout in a UFC middleweight fight on ESPN 13 also earned him a bonus.
Meanwhile, with 15 fights on the show, the most since UFC 2 in 1994, the company delivered six post-fight bonuses, instead of the usual four. The rest of the winners of “Night Performance” were:
Tanner Boser, the Canadian heavyweight who won a second round KO victory over Raphael Pessoa Tom Aspinall, who in his UFC debut stopped Jake Collier for TKO just 45 seconds from his fight at heavyweight Jesse Ronson, who , with a first-round presentation, Nicolas Dalby earned his first UFC victory after six years of promotion Paul Craig, who introduced Gadzhimurad Antigulov in the first round of his light heavyweight bout Fabricio Werdum, the former heavyweight champion from the UFC, who had a first-round performance from Alexander Gustafsson and got his fourth professional bonus after the fight
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