Robert Whittaker added one other bonus to his spectacular assortment.
The previous middleweight champion stormed into the octagon Saturday at UFC Saudi Arabia and wanted lower than two minutes to dismiss short-notice opponent Ikram Aliskerov with a ferocious sequence of knockout punches. For his newest spotlight, Whittaker was awarded with a $50,000 Efficiency of the Evening bonus.
It’s the ninth post-fight bonus of Whittaker’s 22-fight UFC profession, and he now owns the second-most bonuses within the middlweight division behind solely the legendary Anderson Silva (12).
No Combat of the Evening was awarded on Saturday, which means three extra Efficiency of the Evening bonuses had been handed out. These $50,000 checks went to Shara Magomedov, Volkan Oezdemir, and Felipe Lima.
Magomedov shook off a gradual begin to outlast short-notice opponent Antonio Trocoli and ship a strong knockout within the third spherical. It was the second UFC win for “Shara Bullet,” who’s now 13-0 as a professional.
As spectacular as Whittaker and Magomedov’s finishes had been, probably the most devastating knockout might need belonged to Oezdemir. The one-time mild heavyweight title challenger punched Johnny Walker into oblivion, leaving him limp on the ground in Spherical 1.
The lone submission of the evening belonged to newcomer Felipe Lima. The previous Oktagon MMA bantamweight champion not solely got here in on quick discover to combat Muhammad Naimov, he was additionally shifting up in weight. These challenges didn’t maintain Lima again although and after surviving two rounds towards Naimov, he battled again within the third to safe a rear-naked choke submission.
