It was another banner night for post-fight bonuses at
UFC on ABC 3.
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A grand total of eight fighters received $50,000 checks for their
work inside the Octagon during the daytime card at the UBS Arena in
Elmont, N.Y., on Saturday. That included an obvious “Fight of the
Night” selection for Matt
Schnell and Su
Mudaerji, who engaged in a back-and-forth flyweight slugfest on
the main card.
Mudaerji appeared to be on the verge of finishing Schnell on
multiple occasions in Round 2, as he rocked his opponent with left
hands and elbows. Schnell perservered and rallied to rock Mudaerji
with a right hand before landing a takedown, where he pursued a
finish with ground-and-pound from above. Mudaerji then reversed
into top position, where Schnell secured the finish with a triangle
choke from his back at the 4:24 mark of the second period.
Meanwhile, the other six fighters who earned finishes at UFC on ABC
all received “Performance of the Night” bonuses: Amanda
Lemos, Jingliang
Li, Punahele
Soriano, Ricky
Simon, Bill Algeo
and Dustin
Jacoby.
The only fighter with a finish who didn’t get a post-fight bonus
was Yair
Rodriguez, whose fight with Brian
Ortega ended prematurely after his opponent suffered a shoulder
injury in the first round.