Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler are assured fireworks.
The lightweights as soon as once more met within the octagon at UFC 309 on Saturday in New York and once more it was Oliveira that emerged victorious, although this time Chandler pushed him to the restrict. After dominating the vast majority of the primary 4 rounds, Oliveira needed to survive a daring comeback from Chandler within the last body to safe a choice victory.
It was the second win over Chandler for Oliveira, who additionally defeated Chandler at UFC 262 in March 2021.
UFC CEO Dana White later introduced that Oliveira and Chandler acquired the night’s Struggle of the Evening award, which means each fighters might be paid an additional $50,000. That is the third Struggle of the Evening for Chandler and the fifth bonus of his six-fight UFC profession.
Oliveira entered UFC 309 proudly owning the report for essentially the most post-fight bonuses in UFC historical past and he prolonged that report to twenty. That is the fourth time the Brazilian star has received Struggle of the Evening.
Bonus cash additionally went to a trio of Efficiency of the Evening winners: Jon Jones, Oban Elliott, and Ramiz Brahimaj.
Jones made straightforward work of Stipe Miocic as he defended his heavyweight title for the primary time. After practically ending Miocic with ground-and-pound within the first, Jones outclassed Miocic within the standup and later completed him with a kick to the physique adopted by strikes in Spherical 3. Like Oliveira, Jones is not any stranger to bonuses as he has now pocketed the tenth of his storied UFC profession.
Elliott and Brahimaj each received bonuses for the first-time. Elliott floored Bassil Hafez with an unimaginable knockout within the last spherical, whereas Brahimaj wanted lower than a spherical to run by means of Mickey Gall.
