Khalil
Rountree got paid a little extra for the most significant
victory of his Ultimate Fighting Championship career to date.
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“The War Horse” received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus
for his fifth straight triumph, a third-round technical knockout of
Anthony
Smith in the UFC
Fight Night 233 co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on
Saturday night. Rountree ended the contest 56 seconds into the
final stanza when he dropped his opponent with a right uppercut
followed by a left hook.
Elsewhere, Nasrat
Haqparast pocketed a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check
thanks to a quick finish of Jamie
Mullarkey in a featured middleweigh affair. The Tristar Gym
representative sat his foe down with a straight left, then put
Mullarkey away with a volley of uppercuts at the 1:44 mark of Round
1.
Tim
Elliott stepped in on short notice against Su Mudaerji
and was compensated an additional $50,000 for his efforts in a
bantamweight scrap. After grounding his adversary, Elliott landed
elbows from top position before securing an arm-triangle choke to
force a tapout 4:02 into the opening stanza.
Finally, “Road to UFC” tournament winner Hyun Sung
Park garnered the evening’s final $50,000 “Performance of the
Night” award by virtue of a stoppage of Shannon
Ross in a preliminary flyweight encounter. Park put his foe on
the defensive with a kick to the liver and then teed off with
punches until the bout was halted at the 3:59 mark of Round 2.