LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 18: (R-L) Rong Zhu of Tibet punches Brandon Jenkins in a light-weight combat through the UFC Combat Night time occasion at UFC APEX on September 18, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
UFC 312 had simply three finishes, so there was going to be an odd man out when it got here to Efficiency of the Night time bonuses.
That odd man turned out to be Gabriel Santos, who submitted Jack Jenkins within the night time’s featured prelim. As an alternative, Tallison Teixeira and Quillan Salkilld earned efficiency bonuses for some massive finishes on Saturday. Each males had been making their promotional debuts, and each did so with fast finishes. Within the first combat of the night time, Salkilld landed a proper hand that put down India’s Anshul Jubli. The light-weight combat was over in simply 19 seconds, the second-fasted debut in UFC 155lb historical past.
Tallison Teixeira took just a bit bit longer, 35 seconds, to place away Justin Tafa. That debut on the primary card noticed Tafa go down off a knee to the physique and elbows.
Combat of the Night time honors went to the debuting Kody Steele and Rong Zhu. On his second stint with the UFC, Highway to UFC alum Zhu entered coming off a loss and badly in want of a win. He obtained simply that in an lively scrap that noticed him virtually end Steele within the opening spherical.
All 4 bonus-winning fighters at UFC 312 will decide up $50,000 on high of their purse, outfitting pay and so forth. UFC CEO and President Dana White introduced an attendance of 18,253 on the Qudos Financial institution Enviornment, for an Australian indoor report gate of $7.7 million.
