UFC 206 Bonuses: Swanson, Choi, Holloway, Vannata Receive $50K Awards
Normal bonus payouts can’t quantify what Cub Swanson and Doo Ho Choi did at UFC 206 on Saturday night.
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Elsewhere, Max Holloway captured a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check for his third-round technical knockout of Anthony Pettis in the evening’s main event. After a slow start, “Blessed began to find a rhythm, and a body kick followed by a series of punches to the body and the head of Pettis gave the Hawaiian the interim featherweight crown via TKO 4:50 into round three.
Finally, Lando Vannata received the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for his spectacular knockout victory against John Makdessi at lightweight. “Groovy” connected with a spinning wheel kick to the chin — shades of Edson Barboza’s KO of Terry Etim at UFC 142 — that left Makdessi stiff on his back 1:40 into the opening stanza to give the Jackson-Wink MMA product his first Octagon triumph.
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