Those who got the job done inside the distance received a little
something extra at
UFC Fight Night 227.
All five fighters — Raul Rosas
Jr., Daniel
Zellhuber, Lupita
Godinez, Roman
Kopylov and Charlie
Campbell — who secured finishes garnered $50,000 “Performance
of the Night” bonuses for their work inside the Octagon at the
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Rosa Jr. rebounded from his first career defeat in style, as the
18-year-old Dana White’s Contender Series alum scored a 54-second
technical knockout victoy against Terrence
Mitchell in a featured bantamweight tilt. Meanwhile, Zellhuber
shook off a slow start to submit Christos
Giagos with an anaconda choke 3:26 into Round 2 of their
main-card lightweight clash.
Godinez closed out the prelims with a dominant effort against
Elise
Reed, as she tapped her foe with a rear-naked choke 3:30 into
the second frame of a strawweight clash, while Kopylov vanquished
Josh
Fremd with a punch to the body at the 4:44 mark of Round 2 in a
middleweight paiing. Finally, Campbell spoiled the return of
Alex Reyes
with a technical knockout victory 3:38 into the opening stanza of
their lightweight encounter.