UFC 318 bonuses: A little lagniappe in New Orleans
After UFC 318, five fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Check out the winners below.
Performance of the Night: Carli Judice
Carli Judice (5-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) opened up the show in front of her home Louisiana fans with a brilliant knee up the middle against Nicolle Caliari (8-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) that put her on the canvas for a third-round TKO.
Performance of the Night: Islam Dulatov
Islam Dulatov (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has his latest male modeling job coming up Monday, which is why it was a good thing he took basically no damage in a quick first-round knockout of Adam Fugitt (10-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) in his UFC debut.
Performance of the Night: Ateba Gautier
Ateba Gautier (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) needed just 70 seconds to destroy Robert Valentin (10-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC) on the prelims with a vicious TKO.
Fight of the Night: Brendan Allen def. Marvin Vettori
Brendan Allen (25-7 MMA, 13-4 UFC) picked up arguably the biggest win of his UFC career when he outworked former middleweight title challenger Marvin Vettori (19-8-1 MMA, 9-7-1 UFC) for a unanimous decision on the prelims.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 318 bonuses: A little lagniappe in New Orleans
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