The Octagon returned to Abu Dhabi for in the present day’s UFC 308 occasion and 5 fighters ended up strolling house with efficiency bonuses.
The pay-per-view battle card was headlined by a featherweight title battle that includes Max Holloway difficult Ilia Topuria. The competition proved to be an exhilarating backwards and forwards affair for so long as it lasted. Ilia Topuria appeared to battle to seek out his vary within the opening rounds because of the Hawaiian’s top benefit and motion. Nonetheless, he ultimately discovered a house for his large proper hand and ended up dropping Max Holloway within the early moments of spherical 3. Though Max obtained again to his ft and began firing again punches, Topuria saved his foot on the gasoline and ultimately connects with a large left hook that despatched ‘Blessed’ crashing to the canvas (see that right here). Some observe up pictures have been all of the referee wanted to see to name a cease to the competition.
UFC 308 was co-headlined by a extremely anticipated middleweight matchup between former division title holder Robert Whittaker taking over the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev. The bout resulted in a dominant exhibiting from Khamzat Chimaev. The undefeated contender was in a position to take Robert Whittaker to the bottom within the early seconds of the battle and proceeded to smother and overwhelm the previous champion on the canvas. Ultimately, ‘Borz’ locked in a choke which apparently dislocated the jaw of ‘The Reaper’. Whittaker rapidly tapped out and now Chimaev is true within the title image at 185lbs.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 5 fighters can be taking house an additional $50k.
Struggle of the evening: Light-weight fighters Myktybek Orolbai and Mateusz Rębecki every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling struggle on in the present day’s UFC 308 preliminary card. Rebecki in the end received the competition by break up choice.
Efficiency of the evening: Khamzat Chimaev earned an additional $50k for his first-round submission victory over former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in in the present day’s c0-main occasion (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Ilia Topuria pocketed an additional $50k for his third-round knockout victory over Max Holloway in in the present day’s occasion headliner. ‘El Matador’ turned the primary man to KO the Hawaiian inside the Octagon.
Efficiency of the evening: Shara Magomedov earned an additional $50k for his second-round knockout victory over Armen Petrosyan (see that right here).
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