UFC 288 Bonuses: Movsar Evloev, Diego Lopes Receive ‘Fight of the Night’ Honors
Diego Lopes gave Movsar Evloev a tougher test than anyone could have imagined, and both fighter’s bank accounts benefitted as a result.
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Elsewhere, Xiaonan Yan earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for her first-round knockout of Jessica Andrade in a strawweight clash on the main card. Yan capitalized on her opponent’s reckless aggression, as she dropped Andrade with a counter right hand and finished the bout with follow-up punches on the canvas at the 2:20 mark of the period.
Finally, Matt Frevola received the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check by virtue of a stoppage of Drew Dober in their preliminary lightweight encounter. Frevola dropped Dober with a counter right and then swarmed with ground-and-pound to earn the stoppage 4:08 into the opening stanza.
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