UFC Baku Awards 4 $100,000 Bonuses as 9 of 13 Fights End in Finishes
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Updated · Heavy.com · Jun 27
UFC Baku Awards 4 $100,000 Bonuses as 9 of 13 Fights End in Finishes
2 articles · Updated · Heavy.com · Jun 27
Summary
Nine of 13 bouts at UFC Baku ended inside the distance, prompting the promotion to hand out four $100,000 Performance of the Night awards and five $25,000 finish bonuses.
Rafael Fiziev headlined the bonus list after knocking out Manuel Torres with a spinning wheel kick and punches, while Asu Almabayev earned $100,000 for a third-round Suloev Stretch submission of Charles Johnson.
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev also took a $100,000 award after stopping Julius Walker in 8 seconds—the seventh-fastest knockout in UFC history—and Daniil Donchenko joined him with a second-round head-kick TKO of Theodor Berggren.
Five fighters collected $25,000 finish bonuses: Matheus Camilo, Abus Magomedov, Nursulton Ruziboev, Kaan Ofli and Tahir Abdullayev, whose third-round TKO of Jefferson Nascimento came after a stoppage the report described as early.
The event at Baku's National Gymnastics Arena in Azerbaijan delivered an unusually high finish rate, with submissions and knockouts dominating the card.