Brandon
Royval and Tatsuro
Taira placed on a present within the
UFC Vegas 98 major occasion, and the flyweight contenders have been
compensated appropriately for his or her efforts.
Royval and Taira obtained “Struggle of the Night time” honors and $50,000
apiece for his or her back-and-forth battle on the UFC Apex on Saturday
evening. Royval was capable of survive his opponent’s grappling and
imposed his will throughout putting exchanges to emerge with a
split-decision triumph in what’s going to possible go down as one of many
12 months’s greatest bouts.
Elsewhere, Octagon newcomer Ramazonbek
Temirov made sturdy first impression, flooring C.J. Vergara
thrice en path to a technical knockout on the 2:50 mark of
Spherical 1 of their flyweight pairing. That was greater than sufficient to
safe a $50,000 “Efficiency of the Night time” verify for the
Uzbekistan native.
Lastly, Clayton
Carpenter claimed the night’s different $50,000 “Efficiency of
the Night time” award because of a second-round submission of Lucas Rocha
in a preliminary flyweight encounter. The MMA Lab product secured a
takedown early in Spherical 2, moved to his opponent’s again and locked
within the fight-ending rear-naked choke on the 2:12 mark of the
interval.
