UFC 301 Bonuses: Pereira, Borralho, Ruffy, Costa Garner $50K

Michel Pereira is looking quite comfortable at 185 pounds.

The flashy Brazilian earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for his quick finish of Ihor Potieria in a featured middleweight clash at UFC 301 on Saturday night. Pereira locked in a guillotine choke and forced a tap from his opponent just 54 seconds into the opening stanza of their bout at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

One bout earlier, Caio Borralho secured a $50,000 bonus of his own for a knockout of Paul Craig in their middleweight pairing. “Borralho” kept the action on the feet for the majority of the contest, and that paid off in Round 2, when he wobbled his foe with a pair of hooks and rendered him unconscious with a straight left at the 2:10 mark of the period.

Elsewhere, lightweight prospect Mauricio Ruffy made an impression in his Octagon debut, finishing Jamie Mullarkey inside of a round to receive a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check. A flying knee from Ruffy set the stage for the finishing sequence, as the Brazilian then sealed his triumph with ground-and-pound on the canvas 4:42 into Round 1.

Alessandro Costa secured the evening’s final $50,000 bonus by chopping down Kevin Borjas in their preliminary flyweight scrap. Costa hobbled his foe with low kicks and then unleashed a salvo of punches on the canvas to force the stoppage 1:35 into the first stanza.