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Four fighters received $50,000 “Performance of the Night”
bonuses for their work at
UFC on ESPN 16 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Saturday
night.
Former featherweight queen Germaine
de Randamie’s first-ever submission triumph secured her a
“Performance of the Night” bonus. The Dutch kickboxer ensnared
Julianna
Pena in a guillotine choke for a technical submission victory
at the 3:25 mark of Round 3 in a featured bantamweight tilt.
Elsewhere, Kyler
Phillips earned a “Performance of the Night” check thanks to a
second-round technical knockout of Cameron
Else in a bantamweight clash. The MMA Lab product brought an
end to the contest with elbows and punches from mount 44 seconds
into the period.
Unbeaten prospect Dusko
Todorovic took home a “Performance of the Night” check for a
dominant showing against Dequan
Townsend at middleweight. Todorovic teed off on his opponent
with punching combinations on the feet early before getting a TKO
stoppage with punches from mount 3:15 into Round 2.
Finally, Luigi
Vendramini garnered the evening’s final “Performance of the
Night” bonus by making short work of Jessin
Ayari in the card’s opening bout. A head kick from Vendramini
put Ayari away just 1:12 into the opening stanza.
