Alex
Pereira
’s bonus request was granted — and deservedly so.

The reigning light heavyweight champion received a $50,000
“Performance of the Night” check for his second-round technical
knockout of Jiri
Prochazka
in the UFC 303
headliner at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
“Poatan” dropped his foe with a head kick early in Round 2 and then
sealed his triumph with follow-up punches 13 seconds into the
frame.

Pereira was one of four “Performance of the Night” winners from UFC
303. In addition to the Brazilian champion, Macy
Chiasson
, Joe Pyfer and
Payton
Talbott
all received $50,000 awards for their work in the
Octagon.

Chiasson ended Mayra
Bueno Silva
’s night by gashing her with an elbow from top
position, forcing a doctor stoppage at the 1:58 mark of Round 2 in
the bantamweight pairing. Pyfer, meanwhile, rebounded from his
first career defeat to score a knockout of Marc-Andre
Barriault
85 seconds into the opening stanza of their
middleweight showdown. Finally, Talbott needed just 19 seconds —
the second-fastest finish in UFC bantamweight history — to put away
Yanis
Ghemmouri
in their preliminary matchup.

Elsewhere, Andre Fili
and Cub
Swanson
received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece
for their preliminary featherweight scrap. In a back-and-forth
contest, Fili’s ability to blend striking and grappling proved to
be just enough to earn a split-decision nod.

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