Brendan
Allen closed the show at UFC
Fight Night 232 in style, and he received a little extra
spending money for his work in the Octagon.
Allen received one of four $50,000 “Performance of the Night”
awards handed out by the promotion on Saturday for his third-round
submission of Paul Craig
in Saturday’s middleweight headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
“All In” forced his Scottish foe to tap to a rear-naked choke 38
seconds into Round 3 for his sixth straight victory.
Elsewhere, Amanda
Ribas garnred $50,000 for a successful return to the
strawweight division. After a slow start against Luana
Pinheiro, Ribas rallied to put her foe away with a spinning
wheel kick and follow-up punches at the 3:53 mark of Round 3.
Joanderson
Brito struggled early against the positional control of
Jonathan
Pearce in their preliminary featherweight scrap, but the
Brazilian turned the tables on his opponent when he forced a tapout
with a ninja choke 3:54 into the second period. That effort also
received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus.
Finally, Jeka
Saragih captured the evening’s final $50,000 check by making
short work of Lucas
Alexander in a catchweight matchup. A right hook from the “Road
to UFC” finalist dropped Alexander, and Saragih sealed his victory
with follow-up punches 1:31 into Round 1.