UFC CEO Dana White introduced the winners of the UFC 298 bonuses in the course of the occasion’s post-fight press convention on the Honda Middle in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday.
Taking house the $50,00 bonuses had been Ilia Topuria, Amanda Lemos, Mackenzie Dern, Anthony Hernandez, and Zhang Mingyang.
Battle of the Night time honors went to the ladies’s flyweight bout between Amanda Lemos and Mackenzie Dern. Dern took an unbelievable quantity of injury within the forwards and backwards bout. Ultimately, Lemos gained by way of unanimous choice.
Topuria banked a bonus for his predominant occasion knockout win over Alexander Volkanovski to win the UFC featherweight championship. Within the second spherical, Topuria linked with a left hand that backed Volkanovski up. A comply with up proper hand despatched Volkanovski slumping over on the canvas. Topuria prolonged his undefeated document to 15-0.
Middleweight Anthony Hernandez earned a bonus for his second-round submission win over Roman Kopylov. After absorbing some photographs within the opening spherical, Hernandez secured a takedown within the second body. He took Kopylov’s again and sunk in a rear-naked choke that pressured Russian to faucet out.
The fifth bonus was awarded to gentle heavyweight Zhang Mingyang. Zhang knocked out Brendson Ribeiro in early within the opening spherical of the primary preliminary card bout. With the win on Saturday, Zhang prolonged his unbeaten streak to 10 consecutive fights.
