UFC on ESPN 51 Bonuses: Da’Mon Blackshear Earns $50K for Twister Submission

Da’Mon
Blackshear
scored himself a piece of history at
UFC on ESPN 51
, and he was compensated accordingly for his
work.

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Blackshear was an easy choice to receive a $50,000 “Performance of
the Night” bonus, as he utilized the rarely-seen twister to submit
Jose
Johnson
3:47 into the opening round of their preliminary
bantamweight clash. Blackshear is just the third person in
promotion history to finish a fight with that maneuver.

Meanwhile, Khalil
Rountree
pocketed an additional $50,000 for his first-round
technical knockout victory against Chris
Daukaus
in a featured light heavyweight affair. A powerful
straight left dropped Daukaus, and Rountree sealed his triumph with
a couple follow-up strikes on the mat at the 2:40 mark of Round
1.

Strawweight prospect Isamin Lucindo garnered a $50,000 “Performance
of the Night” award by virtue of her submission win against
Polyana
Viana
. After a closely-contested opening stanza, Lucindo landed
a takedown and eventually framed an arm-triangle choke to elicit a
tapout 3:42 into Round 2.

Finally, Marcus
McGhee
took home a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check
thanks to a quick victory over J.P. Buys in
the evening’s featured bantamweight prelim. McGhee landed a counter
right hook that sent Buys falling forward, ending the contest 2:19
into the opening period.

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