UFC Vegas 44 results and bonuses: Who all got the $50,000 bonus?

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Jose Aldo and Rob Font at UFC Vegas 44 (MMA Mania)

UFC Vegas 44: Take a look at the results and also the ones who received the bonus

A week before the UFC 269, the UFC had yet another exciting card for the UFC Vegas 44. The event was headlined by the bantamweight bout between Jose Aldo and Rob Font. The two put on a show for the full 25 minutes as Aldo prevailed on top to also continue his quest to title.

Jose Aldo after his win over Rob Font (UFC Twitter)

The legend of Aldo also seems to be growing with age as he put on a dominating performance against a dangerous Font. The card also had a total of 13 fights divided into two cards. The prelims featured seven fights whereas the main card had the rest six, With that being said, let’s take a look at all the results and also the bonus winners from the UFC Vegas 44.

UFC Vegas 44 Winners and results

Prelims card

Dusko Todorovic defeated Maki Pitolo TKO (punches)
Manel Kape defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov TKO (punches)
Bryan Barberena defeated Darian Weeks unanimous decision
Cheyanne Vlismas defeated Mallory Martin unanimous decision
William Knight defeated Alonzo Menifield unanimous decision
Claudio Puelles defeated Chris Gruetzemacher submission (kneebar)
Vince Morales defeated Louis Smolka KO (punches)

Main card

Rafael Fiziev defeated Brad Riddell TKO (spinning wheel kick)
Jamahal Hill defeated Jimmy Crute knockout (punches)
Clay Guida defeated Leonardo Santos submission (rear-naked choke)
Chris Curtis defeated Brendan Allen TKO (punches)
Alex Morono defeated Mickey Gall unanimous decision
Jose Aldo defeated Rob Font unanimous decision

UFC Vegas 44 Bonus winners

The UFC seemed to be pretty generous for this event as the company handed out four performance of the night bonuses and also one fight of the bonus after the event. The fight of the Night bonus went to Mallory Martin and Cheyanne Vlismas. Both fighters went at it for 15 minutes straight. The fight looked like it could end at any moment because of the enormous pressure by both of the fighters.

The first performance of the Night bonus went to Chris Curtis. Coming into the fight against Brendan Allen, Curtis was a massive underdog. However, Curtis stopped Allen to earn a ferocious TKO victory. Clay Guida also took home an extra $50,000 for his submission win over Leonardo Santos. Santos nearly finished Guida in the first round but Guida was able to overcome it and come back to secure a victory.

Jamahal Hill won the third performance of the night bonus for his win over Jimmy Crute. Hill was successful in making quick work of his opponent and also walked away with an extra $50,000 in his pockets. The final performance of the Night bonus went to Rafael Fiziev. Firziev took on Brad Riddell and the fight was also a tough task for both the fighters. However, the former was able to stop Riddell in the last round to walk away with extra cash.

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Shivam Khatwani

Writer by the day, dreamer by the night.