December 8, 2024 2:00 am ET
The UFC handed out 4 bonuses after Saturday’s card – however longtime fighter Michael Chiesa didn’t get one on his thirty seventh birthday regardless of his second straight end. The welterweight hasn’t gotten a post-fight bonus in practically 9 years.
After UFC 310, 4 fighters picked up an additional $50,000 for his or her performances in Las Vegas. Take a look at the winners under.
Dec 7, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES; Kennedy Nzechukwu (pink gloves) reacts to defeating Lukasz Brzeski (blue gloves) at T-Cellular Area. Necessary Credit score: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Photos
Kennedy Nzechukwu def. Lukasz Brzeski via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:51 Dec 7, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES; Chase Hooper (blue gloves) reacts after the battle towards Clay Guida (pink gloves) at T-Cellular Area. Necessary Credit score: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Photos Chase Hooper def. Clay Guida via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 3:41 Dec 7, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES; Vicente Luque (pink gloves) celebrates defeating Themba Gorimbo (blue gloves) at T-Cellular Area. Necessary Credit score: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Photos
Vicente Luque def. Themba Gorimbo via technical submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 1, 0:52 Dec 7, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES; Alexandre Pantoja (pink gloves) reacts after defeating Kai Asakura (blues gloves) at T-Cellular Area. Necessary Credit score: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Photos
Alexandre Pantoja def. Kai Asakura via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:05 Remember to go to the MMA Junkie Instagram web page and YouTube channel to debate this and extra content material with followers of blended martial arts.
Efficiency of the Night time: Kennedy Nzechukwu
Kennedy Nzechukwu (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) opened the prelims with a blistering end of Lukasz Brzeski (9-6-1 MMA, 1-5 UFC) to offer him back-to-back first-round stoppages since he returned to heavyweight earlier this 12 months.
Efficiency of the Night time: Chase Hooper
Chase Hooper (15-3-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) has been on hearth since he moved again to light-weight, and he made Clay Guida (38-22 MMA, 18-19 UFC) his fourth straight sufferer. He appeared to injure Guida’s arm en path to an armbar faucet – and his first bonus in 2.5 years.
Efficiency of the Night time: Vicente Luque
Vicente Luque (23-10-1 MMA, 16-6 UFC) was a slight underdog towards Themba Gorimbo (14-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC), however picked up the second quickest D’Aarce choke end in welterweight historical past – simply 52 seconds – and received the ninth bonus of his UFC profession. That places him second all-time at welterweight behind Chris Lytle.
Efficiency of the Night time: Alexandre Pantoja
Alexandre Pantoja (29-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) had no actual hassle fixing the issue Kai Asakura (21-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) introduced in the principle occasion. The Brazilian tapped the previous Rizin champion with ease, then referred to as out former longtime UFC champ Demetrious Johnson, who not too long ago retired.
