The Octagon was back in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 123 event, and four fighters wound up taking home performance bonuses.
This evening’s fight card was headlined by a highly anticipated lightweight bout featuring Renato Moicano taking on Tom Nolan. The contest proved to be a solid back and forth affair. Moicano got off to a strong start, using his wrestling and jiu-jitsu to smother Nolan in the opening round. The second round was going the same route in the opening minutes, however despite having back control and a body triangle, the referee decided to stand the fighters back up. That allowed Nolan to take control on the feet and after battering ‘Money’ in the late stages of round two, ‘Big Train’ promptly finished the fight early in the third round.
UFC Vegas 123 was co-headlined by a welterweight scrap between Randy Brown and Jacobe Smith. The contest resulted in another impressive showing for Smith. The undefeated prospect was able to get the better of ‘Rude Boy’ throughout the 15-minute contest, this while bloodying up Brown with some nasty elbow strikes.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s event, UFC officials announced at the post-fight press conference that 4 fighters would be taking home performance bonuses.
Performance of the night: Tom Nolan earned an extra $100k for his third-round TKO victory over Renato Moicano in tonight’s UFC Vegas 123 main event (see that here).
Performance of the night: Julian Erosa pocketed an extra $100k for his first-round knockout victory over Lee Jeong-yeong (see that here).
Performance of the night: Joe Kropschot earned an extra $100k for his second-round submission (armbar) win over Nick Klein (see that here).
Performance of the night: Lucia Szabová pocketed an extra $100k for her third-round TKO victory over Tainara Lisboa (see that here).
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