Sean Brady, UFC London ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Patrick McCorry/Cageside Press
For the second week in a row, the UFC opted to forgo a Combat of the Night time bonus on Saturday, as an alternative awarded 4 Efficiency of the Night time bonuses at UFC London.
That signifies that each fighter who got here away with a end on the O2 Area picked up an additional $50,000 for his or her efforts. Sadly, it virtually meant that there have been 9 fights that wound up going the gap, on an evening that noticed one thing of a altering of the guard.
Most important occasion winner Sean Brady was on of the 4 fighters selecting up Efficiency bonuses, after submitting ex-champ and English fave Leon Edwards with a mounted guillotine within the fourth spherical. Brady had been dominant as much as that time, leaving no query that he’s now deserving to be within the title dialog. After all, welterweight champ Belal Muhammad will get Jack Della Maddalena subsequent, and Shavkat Rakhmonov continues to loom over the division, so Brady could must struggle once more, or wait a great lengthy whereas earlier than any shot at gold is forthcoming.
Newcomer Alexia Thainara submitted “Meatball” Molly McCann on the principle card at UFC London, spoiling the Liverpool native’s evening and coincidentally or not, sending her into retirement. It was the fourth loss in 5 fights for McCann, who retires with 14 bouts contained in the octagon and 4 post-fight bonuses of her personal. The second, and the win, belonged to Thainara nonetheless, a Contender Collection winner who accepted the bout final Friday, changing Istela Nunes.
The remaining Efficiency bonuses went to Shauna Bannon and Chris Duncan, each of whom additionally gained their fights by way of submission.
