Following last night’s TUF 24 Finale in Las Vegas the recipients of the evening’s $50,000 fighter bonus awards were announced.
Earning ‘Fight Of The Night’ was a hard-hitting, back-and-forth battle at 205lbs that saw former heavyweight Jared cannonier make an impressive showing as he matched Ion Cutelaba’s action and aggression in the Octagon and showed superior cardio down the stretch to emerge with a decision victory.
Meanwhile, Sara McMann earned a ‘Performance Of The Night’ bonus after she survived some early submission attempts and hard ground and pound from BJJ black belt Alexis Davis, and then proved she’s no slouch with tapping out people herself when she caught her opponent in a fight-ending arm triangle choke in the second round.
Also picking up a ‘Performance Of The Night’ award was Anthony Smith, who came off second best in the opening round against Elvis Mutapcic, but turned things around in some style in the middle stanza as he dropped his opponent with a hard elbow strike and then sealed a TKO victory with ground and pound.
