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UFC Abu Dhabi Awards $100K Bonuses After Finish-Heavy Card

The large payouts highlight rare finishes and give clear momentum and extra pay to several rising fighters.

Overview

  • The UFC staged a 12-fight card at Etihad Arena on Saturday, July 25, and confirmed four $100,000 bonuses plus five $25,000 finish checks after the event.
  • Ramazan Temirov stopped Steve Erceg with a first-round knockout in the co-main and earned a $100,000 Performance of the Night award.
  • Valter Walker used a rare calf-slicer to submit Thomas Petersen in the first round, marking his fifth straight first-round finish and securing a $100,000 Performance of the Night payout.
  • Rizvan Kuniev stopped Tyrell Fortune in the third round and both fighters received $100,000 each for Fight of the Night.
  • Magomed Ankalaev finished Bogdan Guskov with strikes in round five, and Ankalaev plus Muhammad Saidov, Sam Patterson, Axel Sola and Abdul Hussein each received $25,000 finish bonuses that raise their pay and public profiles.