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The
UFC on ESPN 15 headliner was high-level MMA at its finest, and
Frankie
Edgar and Pedro
Munhoz were appropriately rewarded for their efforts.
Edgar and Munhoz received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000
apiece for their headlining bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on
Saturday night. The two men set a UFC bantamweight record with 301
combined significant strikes landed in the five-round affair, but
ultimately it was Edgar who emerged with a split-decision
triumph.
Elsewhere, Shana
Dobson garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check for
her upset of Mariya
Agapova in a featured women’s flyweight scrap. The largest
underdog on the card, Dobson rallied after a difficult first round
to put her fading opponent away with punches from top position at
the 1:38 mark of Round 2.
Finally, short-notice newcomer Trevin
Jones earned the card’s other $50,000 “Performance of the
Night” bonus for shocking Timur
Valiev in the evening’s opening contest. After being dominated
in the opening frame, Jones floored Valiev with a counter right
hook and sealed his victory with punches and hammerfists 1:59 into
Round 1 of their 140-pound catchweight clash.
