Following Saturday’s UFC 332 card, the organization revealed who the recipients of post-fight bonuses were following the action-packed event.
Check out all the UFC 332 bonus winners below.
Performance of the evening ($100,000 to the fighter): Roman Kopylov
In a middleweight bout that kicked off the UFC 332 main card, Roman Kopylov brutally knocked out Ateba Gautier in a first-round stunner. Kopylov was a sizeable underdog in this fight, but he got the job done with a nasty knockout for one of the biggest wins of his career to date.
Performance of the evening ($100,000 to the fighter): Imanol Rodriguez
At flyweight, Imanol Rodriguez knocked out Alden Coria in the first round with a body kick. Rodriguez came out firing and landed a nasty front kick straight to the body that knocked his opponent to the canvas, where he was quickly finished off with strikes.
Performance of the evening ($100,000 to the fighter): Damian Pinas
In a middleweight clash, Damian Pinas destroyed Andrey Pulyaev in the first round with a massive uppercut that left his opponent stiff on the canvas. Pinas is now 3-0 in the UFC and is quickly climbing the rankings as he currently has some of the heaviest hands in the UFC.
Performance of the evening ($100,000 to the fighter): Johnny Walker
At heavyweight, Johnny Walker viciously knocked out Mick Parkin with a brutal knee in the clinch in the first round. Walker, making his heavyweight debut, put Parkin in the clinch and landed one of the most vicious knee knockouts you’ll ever see.
Finisher bonus ($25,000 for each fighter): Payton Talbott, Marcus McGhee, Jacobe Smith, Alexander Hernandez, Eric Nolan
In a bantamweight co-main event, Payton Talbott stopped Deiveson Figueiredo with a first-round knockout to earn the biggest win of his UFC career to date. The fight looked like a mismatch on paper and played out exactly that way with a quick win for Talbott.
At featherweight, Marcus McGhee knocked out Anthony Romero, who was making his UFC debut on short notice. McGhee was clearly better than his opponent and made it look easy, eliminating him in less than five minutes.
In a heavyweight bout that kicked off the main card, Anthony Wint brutally knocked out Lucas Armand in the first round. Wint fired from the first round and stopped Armand with punches in just 23 seconds. After the fight, Wint called out Sean Sharaf to fight at UFC 334.M
In the welterweight division, Jacobe Smith knocked out Bruce Whitehead in the first round in what was a huge mismatch. Whitehead was seriously injured early in the fight following a brutal strike to the groin, but continued to fight. This proved to be a mistake as Smith took down Whitehead and crushed him with ground and weight for an easy victory.
At lightweight, Alexander Hernandez finished Rafael dos Anjos in the second round with strikes. Dos Anjos, who is 41 and coming off a two-year break, looked incredible in the first round before being brutally knocked out in the second round by punches after Hernandez knocked him down twice and forced a stoppage from the referee.
In the first fight of the evening, Eric Nolan brutally knocked out Court McGee in the third round of their welterweight bout. McGee, 41, had announced beforehand that this would be his retirement fight, and although he fought valiantly to the end, he suffered a nasty knockout in the third round when Nolan grabbed him on the chin and finished him.
Also worth noting is that Esteban Ribovics knocked out King Green in the first round with strikes in a lightweight bout on the main card. Ribovics dropped Green three times with big punches before referee Herb Dean stepped in and stopped the fight. However, Ribovics missed weight; he was therefore not eligible for a bonus.
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