Joel
Alvarez simply doesn’t go to the judges when he wins fights,
and his latest effort in that regard made him $50,000 richer.
The Spaniard earned a “Performance of the Night” bonus for his
third-round stoppage of Elves
Brener in the main card opener at
UFC on ABC 7 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Alvarez
gradually built momentum before rocking his foe with a left and
unleashing a stream of knees to the head in Round 3. “El Fenomeno”
polished off his victory with a pair of punches on the ground to
bring an end to the lightweight bout at the 3:36 mark of the
period.
Elsewhere, Azamat
Murzakanov received a $50,000 “Peformance of the Night” award
for putting away Alonzo
Menifield in their preliminary light heavyweight clash. “The
Professional” sent his adversary tumbling to the canvas with a
series of heavy shots, and he needed just two follow-up ground
strikes before the contest was halted 3:18 into the second
stanza.
Finally, Sharabutdin
Magomedov and Michal
Oleksiejczuk garnered “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000
apiece for their co-main event scrap. “Shara Bullet” weathered a
game effort from his Polish opponent to capture a unanimous
decision in the middleweight bout.