Benoit St.
Denis and Thiago
Moises received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece
for their entertaining lightweight clash at
UFC Fight Night 226.
After a frenetic opening stanza that saw St. Denis open a cut near
his foe’s eye with an elbow, the Frenchman delighted the crowd at
Accor Arena in Paris by punctuating his victory with a barrage of
ground-and-pound for a stoppage at the 4:44 mark of the second
frame.
Meanwhile, former interim heavyweight king Ciryl Gane
captured a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for his
technical knockout victory over Sergey
Spivak in the main event. “Bon Gamin” kept the fight upright,
and battered his foe with strikes to all levels before putting
Spivak away with a salvo of punches to the head and body 3:44 into
Round 2.
Finally, Morgan
Charriere garnered the card’s other $50,000 “Performance of the
Night” bonus for his finish of Manolo
Zecchini in a featured featherweight affair. A series of kicks
to the body sent Zecchini crumbling to the canvas, and Charriere
landed a couple follow-up blows to seal his win 3:51 into Round
1.