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Ultimate Fighting Championship brass must have been
feeling especially generous following the final “Fight Island”
event because Fabricio
Werdum, Paul Craig,
Khamzat
Chimaev, Jesse
Ronson, Tom
Aspinall and Tanner
Boser all left UFC on ESPN 14 with $50,000 “Performance of the
Night” checks following their victories on Saturday night.
Werdum submitted Alexander
Gustafsson with an armbar 2:30 into the opening stanza of their
featured bout at Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi, spoiling the Swede’s
heavyweight debut.
Craig earned his third triangle-submission victory in UFC
competition against Gadzhimurad
Antigulov, tapping his foe with the maneuver 2:06 into Round 1
of their light heavyweight affair.
Chimaev won for the second time in 10 days, dominating Rhys McKee
en route to a technical knockout victory 3:09 into the first frame
of a welterweight tilt.
Ronson secured his first UFC triumph six years after his initial
promotional stint, as he submitted the favored Nicolas
Dalby with a rear-naked choke at the 2:48 mark of Round 1 of
their welterweight showdown.
Aspinall had an Octagon debut to remember, scoring a 45-second TKO
of Jake
Collier in a heavyweight clash.
Finally, Boser was victorious for the second time in approximately
one month thanks to a TKO of Raphael
Pessoa 2:36 into Round 2 of a heavyweight scrap.