UFC 172 Bonus Awards

Following last night’s UFC 172 event in Baltimore the recipients of the evening’s $50,000 bonus awards were announced.

Earning ‘Fight Of The Night’ honors was a full-blooded, fist-flying preliminary scrap between Takanori Gomi and Isaac Vallie-Flag.

Joseph Benavidez scooped up a ‘Performance Of The Night’ bonus after he survived an early onslaught from Tim Elliott and then came back strong with a guillotine choke submission victory.

Also earning a ‘Performance Of The Night’ was Chris Beal who started the evening in style with a picture-perfect flying knee KO against Patrick Williams.

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