The three fighters who didn’t need to go to the judges — Serghei
Spivac, Toshiomi
Kazama and Youssef
Zalal — all received $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonuses
for their work on Saturday.
Spivac got his revenge on Marcin
Tybura in the
UFC on ESPN 61 main event, as he submitted the Pole in their
heavyweight rematch at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. An armbar ended
the contest at the 1:44 mark of Round 1.
Kazama, meanwhile, had to push through some serious adversity to
earn his post-fight bonus. After being dropped by Charalampos
Grigoriou early in the second stanza and then absorbing some
heavy elbows on the canvas, Kazama rallied to secure a triangle
choke submission at the 1:55 mark of the period.
Finally, Zalal continued his resurgence at the expense of Jarno
Errens in a preliminary featherweight matchup. Zalal took
Errens to the canvas and then transitioned to the back. When his
opponent elected to stand, “The Moroccan Devil” was able to secure
the fight-ending rear-naked choke 3:52 into the first round.