UFC 328 bonuses: Flyweight title combatants earn $100K apiece
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Joshua Van was too much for Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328. | Getty/UFC
Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira produced an instant classic at UFC 328.
Van and Taira received “Fight of the Night” honors and $100,000 apiece for their back-and-forth battle in Saturday’s co-main event at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. After struggle to defend his opponent’s takedowns early, Van began to assert his dominance on the feet, ultimately defeating Taira via technical knockout at the 1:32 mark of Round 5 to retain the 125-pound belt.
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Elsewhere, former Bellator MMA champion Yaroslav Amosov secured a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” award for dispatching Joel Alvarez in a preliminary welterweight contest. Amosov powered his foe to the canvas in the second frame, immediately transitioned to an arm-triangle choke and elicited the tapout at the 1:13 mark of the period.
Finally, beloved veteran Jim Miller garnered the card’s other $100,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for a first-round submission of Jared Gordon in a preliminary lightweight affair. When Gordon left his neck exposed on a takedown attempt, Miller capitalized and locked in a guillotine choke to bring an end to the bout at the 3:29 mark of Round 1.
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