It was an evening for contemporary faces to shine when it got here to post-fight
bonuses at UFC
312.
That included towering newcomer Tallison
Teixeira, who took dwelling a $50,000 “Efficiency of the Evening”
examine for making brief work of Justin Tafa
in a featured heavyweight affair at Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney on
Saturday night time. The 6-foot-8 Teixeira surprised his foe with a knee
to the physique and an elbow to the face, bringing an abrupt finish to
their bout simply 35 seconds into Spherical 1.
In the meantime, an excellent faster end propelled Quillan
Salkilld to a $50,000 “Peformance of the Evening” bonus within the
opening battle of the night. The Aussie wanted simply 19 seconds to
wallop Anshul
Jubli with a proper hand behind the ear of their light-weight
encounter, getting his UFC profession off to a memorable begin in
course of.
Lastly, Zhu Rong and
Kody
Steele garnered “Struggle of the Evening” honors and $50,000 apiece
for a spirited preliminary light-weight slugfest. The combatants
collaborated on a “Spherical of the 12 months” candidate within the opening
stanza and continued to brawl from there, but it surely was Rong who
finally related with the extra significant offense all through to
earned a unanimous choice triumph.
