Preliminary card fighters bank UFC 321 bonuses | MMA News
The UFC octagon was in Abu Dhabi for Saturday’s UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane pay-per-view event. The combat card was headlined by two world title bouts.
The main event, the heavyweight title bout between champion Tom Aspinall and former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane, ended in a no contest after Aspinall was unable to continue after receiving an unintentional eye poke.
Mackenzie Dern captured the ladies’s strawweight championship in the co-main event defeating Virna Jandiroba by unanimous determination. Following the event, UFC CEO Dana White announced the winners of the performance-based bonuses.
Fight of the Night honors went to the light-weight bout between Ľudovít Klein and Mateusz Rębecki. The back-and-forth combat ended in a majority deciosn for Klein. Both males earned an additional $50,000.
Heavyweight Valter Walker banked a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus for his first-round heel hook submission win over Louie Sutherland on the preliminary card.
Quillan Salkilld earned a bonus for his first-round knockout of Nasrat Haqparast in the featured preliminary bout. Salkilld landed a head kick when Haqparast thought he was going low rendering the German unconscious.
UFC 321: Aspinal vs. Gane happened at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. 13,220 spectators attended the sold-out event. It was the twenty second time the combat promotion held an event in Abu Dhabi.
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