UFC on ESPN 16 Bonuses: Four Fighters Receive $50K Performance Awards

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Four fighters received $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonuses for their work at UFC on ESPN 16 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night.

Former featherweight queen Germaine de Randamie’s first-ever submission triumph secured her a “Performance of the Night” bonus. The Dutch kickboxer ensnared Julianna Pena in a guillotine choke for a technical submission victory at the 3:25 mark of Round 3 in a featured bantamweight tilt.

Elsewhere, Kyler Phillips earned a “Performance of the Night” check thanks to a second-round technical knockout of Cameron Else in a bantamweight clash. The MMA Lab product brought an end to the contest with elbows and punches from mount 44 seconds into the period.

Unbeaten prospect Dusko Todorovic took home a “Performance of the Night” check for a dominant showing against Dequan Townsend at middleweight. Todorovic teed off on his opponent with punching combinations on the feet early before getting a TKO stoppage with punches from mount 3:15 into Round 2.

Finally, Luigi Vendramini garnered the evening’s final “Performance of the Night” bonus by making short work of Jessin Ayari in the card’s opening bout. A head kick from Vendramini put Ayari away just 1:12 into the opening stanza.