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UFC Vegas 35 winners and bonuses: Quite a few fighters earned the $50,000 bonus at the event
UFC Vegas 35 had a huge main event featuring Giga Chikadze and Edson Barboza in a Featherweight clash.
Chikadze had been on quite a rise in the UFC thanks to his Giga Kicks but Barboza was going to be a tough opponent for the Georgian.
There were a couple of big matches on the main card too. Two Ultimate Fighter 29 final battles took place, one each in the Middleweight and Bantamweight divisions.
There were some incredible finishes in the event too with a total of 12 fights on the card. As with any UFC event, the card was split into two, the prelim card and the main.
The UFC also took some time to share news of UFC 268 and the main event was going to be Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2.
However, let us look at what all happened at UFC Vegas 35 with the results, winners and bonuses.
Prelim card
Mana Martinez beats Guido Cannetti – Decision (split)
Pat Sabatini beats Jamall Emmers – Submission (heel hook)
JJ Aldrich beats Vanessa Demopoulos – Decision (unanimous)
Dustin Jacoby beats Darren Stewart – TKO (punches)
Wellington Turman beats Sam Alvey – Decision (split)
Abdul Razak Alhassan beats Alessio Di Chirico – KO (head kick)
Main card
Gerald Meerschaert beats Makhmud Muradov – Submission (rear naked choke)
Andre Petroski beats Micheal Gillmore – TKO (elbows and punches)
Daniel Rodriguez beats Kevin Lee – Decision (unanimous)
Ricky Turcios beats Brady Hiestand – Decision (split)
Bryan Battle beats Gilbert Urbina – Submission (rear naked choke)
Giga Chikadze beats Edson Barboza – TKO (punches)
The UFC has two bonuses each of $50,000 that are awarded to fighters. The Fight of the Night award hands both fighters in a clash $50,000 each.
A Performance of the Night award is also handed out with multiple fighters getting the $50,000. At UFC Vegas 35 Ricky Turcios and Brady Hiestand won the Fight of the Night award.
Chikadze, Alhassan, Gerald Meerschaert and Pat Sabatini won $50,000 each for Performance of the night.
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