UFC Fight Night 36 Bonuses: Machida & Mousasi Earn $50,000 For “Fight Of The Night”
UFC Fight Night 36 is in the books from Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil, and former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has impressed with his second straight victory at middleweight, outclassing former DREAM and Strikeforce champion Gegard Mousasi with a diverse array of strikes.
The win potentially locked up a coveted 185-pound title shot for Machida, but that’s not set in stone, What’s certain is that Machida is $50,000 richer for his efforts. “The Dragon” and “The Dreamcatcher” earned the “Fight of the Night” bonus in the first UFC event to feature the UFC’s new post-fight bonus structure.
With “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of the Night” retired to make way for two “Performance of the Night” bonuses, welterweight crowd favorite Erick Silva earned the first ,000 for his wholly one-sided destruction of Octagon newcomer Takenori Sato. Silva rocked Sato with an early body kick, rushing into to nail him with some unorthodox heel kicks before finishing the fight with punches.
The second “Performance of the Night” bonus went to deserving recipient Charles Oliveira, who put on a ground clinic against TUF veteran Andy Ogle before ending the fight with an impressive third round triangle. “Do Bronx” looked great tonight, and the future should be very bright for the rapidly improving ground wiz.
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