The Octagon returned to Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 101 occasion, with 4 fighters finally incomes residence efficiency bonuses.
The spotlight of tonight’s combat card was the ladies’s strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Rivas. The primary combat between the 2 resulted in a unanimous choice victory for Rivas, marking the primary lack of Dern’s MMA profession. Tonight’s rematch was one other strong back-and-forth affair. That was till Mackenzie Dern landed a deep armbar within the third spherical, forcing Amanda Rivas to faucet out. The win was Dern’s second in a row and set her up for her subsequent huge combat.
UFC Vegas 101 was co-headlined by a welterweight contest pitting Santiago Ponzinibbio towards Carlston Harris. This match was an enormous come-from-behind victory for the Argentine. After being dropped twice late within the opening spherical, “Pons” rallied to attain a TKO end within the third and last body (watch right here).
After tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced within the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters will take residence efficiency bonuses.
Tonight’s battle: Middleweight fighters Roman Kopylov and Chris Curtis every pocketed $50,000 for his or her thrilling combat on tonight’s UFC Vegas 101 important card. Ultimately, Kopylov gained by TKO within the last seconds of the combat.
Night time efficiency: Cesar Almeida earned an additional $50,000 for his brutal first-round knockout win over Abdul Razak Alhassan (see particulars right here).
Night time efficiency: Mackenzie Dern earned a further $50,000 together with her third-round submission victory over Amanda Rivas.
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