UFC Sao Paulo Bonuses: Thiago Santos, Eryk Anders Capture ‘Fight of the Night’ Honors
It wasn’t the main event the UFC originally intended, but Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders put on one heck of a show in Sao Paulo.
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Elsewhere, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira returned to the Octagon for the first time in two years, earning a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for his second-round stoppage of Sam Alvey in a featured light heavyweight affair. “Minotouro” finished the fight off with a big left hand over the top that took Alvey’s legs out from under him, and a few follow-up punches on the mat brought an end to the bout 60 seconds into round two.
Finally, Charles Oliveira made history and got a little boost to his bank account in the process. With his second-round tapout of Christos Giagos, “Do Bronx” passed Royce Gracie for most submissions in UFC history and he also garnered the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus. The end came courtesy of a rear-naked choke at the 3:22 mark of the period.
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