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UFC 163 Fighter Bonuses: Anthony Perosh Leads $50,000 Award Winners with 14-Second KO

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 09:55:03 +0000

The Ultimate Fighting Championship handed out $50,000 performance bonuses to four fighters following UFC 163 on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Anthony Perosh, Sergio Moraes, Ian McCall and Iliarde Santos took home the bonus awards. Knockout of the Night honors went to Anthony Perosh , who knocked out Vinny Magalhaes in just 14 seconds. The Australian knocked Magalhaes down with a right hand and finished with a series of punches on the ground. The Submission of the Night award went to Sergio Moraes for his first round submission of Neil Magny. Moraes was able to get inside Magny’s reach advantage to get the fight to the ground. From there, he applied a triangle choke and forced The Ultimate Fighter alum to tap out. Fight of the Night was awarded to flyweights Ian McCall and Iliarde Santos . The fight kicked off the preliminary card that aired on FX. McCall was the quicker fighter, beating Santos to the punch throughout the fight. Santos pressed forward and had his moments, but in the end, McCall won by unanimous decision

Invicta FC 6 Fight Night Bonus Winners Fight Highlights Video

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:30:57 +0000

Former Invicta FC atomweight titleholder Jessica Penne , top flyweight contender Leslie Smith , Jennifer Maia and Miriam Nakamoto won fight night bonuses for their performances at Invicta FC 6 on July 13 at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City. Watch the highlights of the action that earned them bonus awards. Courtesy on Invicta FC Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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Invicta FC 6 bonuses: Penne, Nakamoto, Smith, Maia win awards

BAD MMA News — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Jessica Penne , Miriam Nakamoto , Leslie Smith and Jennifer Maia each took home post-fight bonus awards for their performances at Saturday’s Invicta FC 6 card. Penne picked up the “Submission of the Night” bonus, Nakamoto won “Knockout of the Night,” and Smith and Maia were awarded “Fight of the Night.” Invicta officials announced the winners following the event, though bonus amounts were not released. “Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen” took place at Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., and aired on pay-per-view. In the main event, Cristiane Santos stopped Marloes Coenen in the fourth round to win the featherweight title. Penne (11-2), Invicta’s former atomweight champ, made easy work of Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc (8-7), picking up a first-round submission in her first fight since losing the title to Michelle Waterson in April. With just three seconds left in the first round, Penne forced Rivera-Calanoc to tap to a rear-naked choke.

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Join the club: Dennis Siver hopes for title shot with UFC 162 win vs. Swanson

BAD MMA News — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 03:15:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Add Dennis Siver to the growing list of UFC featherweights who believe they’re just one win away from a title shot. As it turns out, Siver’s Saturday opponent, Cub Swanson , is right there with him. Siver (21-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Swanson (19-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) meet in a key contenders bout to open up the main card of UFC 162, which takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. Siver has won two straight at featherweight since dropping down from lightweight, where he spent 13 fights after a drop from welterweight and picked up five post-fight bonus awards in the UFC. Swanson has four straight featherweight wins and along with Ricardo Lamas believes he should be next in line for a shot at the 145-pound belt that Jose Aldo puts on the line against “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung , in August. Lamas and Swanson believe they should be there ahead of Jung, as it is.

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