Following Saturday’s UFC 302 occasion on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey, UFC officers introduced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses.
Light-weight champion Islam Makhachev double dipped, incomes bonuses for ‘Combat of the Evening,’ and a ‘Efficiency of the Evening’ bonus for his fifth-round submission win over Dustin Poirier.
Combat Of The Evening: Islam Makhackev vs Dustin Poirier
As we get a little bit distance from this combat, the magnitude of it can begin to sink in a little bit extra. Are we within the midst of the best light-weight championship run of all time? Did we simply watch the good Dustin Poirier combat for the final time?
It’s an excessive amount of to ponder on this stunning night in Newark, so we’ll simply must bask within the glow of an excellent title combat that exemplified—time and again—why these two warriors will personal an enormous proportion of the UFC’s most memorable moments of this era.
Efficiency Of The Evening: Islam Makhachev
That’s three straight title defenses and 14 straight wins total for the good Islam Makhachev, who’s now poised to turn into probably the most dominant light-weight champion within the historical past of the game. Khabib Nurmagomedov beamed proudly from the champ’s nook as he watched his star pupil survive a recreation Dustin Poirier, and as soon as once more show that Makhachev is a puzzle that may by no means fairly be solved. The champ has been contemplating a run within the welterweight ranks, and watching him tonight, it’s onerous to think about who may cease him.
Efficiency Of The Evening: Kevin Holland
He referred to as himself the UFC’s “finest gatekeeper” in his post-win speech, however Kevin Holland is way over that. A pure menace throughout each the welterweight and (like tonight) middleweight divisions, tonight he confirmed off his largely unsung submission expertise, locking Michal Oleksiejczuk right into a positively grotesque first spherical armbar to the sheer delight of the Prudential Middle crowd.
Attendance: 117,834 (Offered Out)
Gate: $7,255,040 (Highest grossing occasion in Prudential Middle historical past)
