The Octagon returned to Madison Sqaure Backyard for tonight’s UFC 309 occasion, and 5 fighters wound up taking house $50k bonuses.
The struggle card was headlined by a heavyweight title bout that includes Jon Jones taking up former champion Stipe Miocic. The competition proved to be one other dominant efficiency from the best MMA fighter of all time in Jon Jones. ‘Bones’ almost completed Stipe Miocic within the opening spherical with some brutal elbows, however the former champ showcased his coronary heart to outlive the preliminary onslaught. Whereas Miocic did higher in spherical two, it was nonetheless clearly Jon’s struggle to lose. Then, in spherical three, ‘Bones’ landed a spinning again kick that put Miocic down for good. Some comply with up floor and pound was all Jones wanted to finish the struggle.
UFC 309 was co-headlined by a extremely anticipated light-weight rematch between Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira. The pairs second assembly resulted in one other absolute thriller. Charles Oliveira was in a position to dominate Michael Chandler in each the standup and on the bottom all through the primary 4 rounds, however ‘Iron’ got here again with an unbelievable comeback sequence in spherical 5. Regardless of Chandler’s late and devastating onslaught, ‘Do Bronx’ weathered the storm and wound up taking the previous Bellator champ down a number of occasions within the closing minute to shut out the struggle.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s event, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 5 fighters can be taking house efficiency bonuses.
Combat of the night time: Light-weight fighters Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling battle in tonight’s UFC 309 co-main occasion. ‘Do Bronx’ finally received the competition by unanimous choice.
Efficiency of the night time: Jon Jones earned an additional $50k for his third-round TKO victory over Stipe Miocic (see that here).
Efficiency of the night time: Oban Elliott pocketed an additional $50k for his third-round knockout victory over Bassil Hafez (see that here).
Efficiency of the night time: Ramiz Brahimaj took house an additional $50k for his first-round knockout victory over Mickey Gall (see that here).
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