WHAT A COMEBACK
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September 18, 2022
Gregory
Rodrigues and Chidi
Njokuani delivered on their pre-fight hype — and then some — in
the
UFC Fight Night 210 co-main event.
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The middleweights received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000
apiece for their slugfest at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Njokuani opened a nasty cut on Rodrigues forehead with a knee
early, but the Brazilian known as “Robocop” rallied to drop his foe
later in Round 1 before ending the fight with ground-and-pound at
the 1:27 mark of Round 2.
Elsewhere, recent Dana White’s Contender Series winner Joseph
Pyfer garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for
his quick finish of Alen
Amedovski in a featured middleweight affair. Pyfer stalked his
opponent near the fence, dropped him with a massive right and
sealed his win with one follow-up strike 3:55 into the opening
stanza.
Finally, Damon
Jackson earned the card’s other $50,000 “Performance of the
Night” award by making short work of Pat
Sabatini in a preliminary featherweight scrap. A front kick to
the face staggered Sabatini and Jackson stuffed an ensuing takedown
before eventually moving to back mount and unloading with punches
to force the stoppage 69 seconds into Round 1.