Four is the standard number for UFC bonuses after the fight. But the promotion was generous for the latest installment in the Fight Island series, UFC on ESPN 14, at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Six fighters took home additional $ 50,000 “Peformance of the Night” bonuses after Saturday’s event: Tanner Boser, Tom Aspinall, Jesse Ronson, Khamzat Chimaev, Fabricio Werdum and Paul Craig.
All of the fighters offered impressive performances, of course. Perhaps most notably, Chimaev made history as the first to win two UFC victories in 10 days, beating newcomer Rhys McKee in the first round after a second-round presentation in the UFC on ESPN 13 that also earned him $ 50,000. additional.
Elsewhere, Boser stopped Raphael Pessoa with a big punch in the second round of his preliminary fight. Newcomer to heavyweight Tom Aspinall took just 45 seconds to stop Jake Collier. Ronson earned his first octagon victory of his career after three divided setbacks. Craig pulled another rabbit out of the hat with a first-round triangle choke from Gadzhimurad Antigulov, his fifth octagon won by submission. And former champion Werdum armed three-time light heavyweight challenger Alexander Gustafsson to close his contract with the UFC and potentially his octagon career.
