Bobby Inexperienced ended UFC Vegas 80 with a bang and a well-deserved bonus.
“King” wanted simply 33 seconds to defeat Grant Dawson by knockout in Saturday’s UFC Vegas 80 fundamental occasion, a win that snapped Dawson’s nine-fight unbeaten streak. On the night’s post-fight press convention, UFC CEO Dana White introduced that Inexperienced was one of many recipients of a $50,000 Efficiency of the Evening bonus for his work.
Excluding a no-contest towards Jared Gordon this previous April, that is the third straight combat that has ended with a bonus for Inexperienced. He earned a efficiency bonus for a third-round submission of Tony Ferguson at UFC 291, and he and Drew Dober each earned an additional $50,000 for a Struggle of the Evening effort that Dober gained by way of knockout final December.
Dober was additionally in motion Saturday and he may also be cashing a bonus verify. The light-weight slugger rebounded from a loss to Matt Frevola with a first-round TKO of Ricky Glenn that now places him on the high of the listing of most knockout victories (9) within the UFC at 155 kilos, breaking a tie with Dustin Poirier. That is the seventh Struggle Evening bonus for Dober in his 10-year run with the promotion.
Two different efficiency bonuses had been awarded to co-main occasion winner Joe Pyfer and Nate Maness.
Pyfer bullied Abdul Razak Alhassan earlier than placing him to sleep with an arm-triangle choke, whereas Maness scored the primary knockout of the evening, a first-round ground-and-pound end of Mateus Mendonca on the preliminary card.
