UFC Fight Night 231 Bonuses: Dalby, Bonfim, Brener, Petrino Garner $50K

Dalby hands Bonfim the first loss of his career 😳 #UFCSP pic.twitter.com/HAox22gqv9

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The UFC Fight Night 231 co-main event was a tale of two rounds.

Highly-touted Dana White’s Contender Series alum Gabriel Bonfirm controlled the opening stanza, but Nicolas Dalby turned up the pressure in Round 2, eventually overwhelming his foe for a technical knockout victory at the 4:33 mark of the period. Those momentum swings helped Dalby and Bonfim earn “Fight of the Night” and $50,000 apiece for their efforts in an entertaining welterweight scarp.

Elsewhere, Elves Berner received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check for laying waste to short-notice foe Kaynan Kruschewsky in their featured 165-pound catchweight affair. The Chute Boxe representative caught his foe with a perfectly-placed left hand behind the ear, sending Kruschewsky face-first to the canvas at the 4:01 mark of Round 1.

Finally, Vitor Petrino captured the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for a similarly spectacular finish of Modestas Bukauskas in a featured light heavyweight bout. A short left hook from Petrino ended Bukuaskas’ night in emphatic fashion, helping to keep his undefeated record intact with a knockout victory 1:03 into the second frame.