Michel
Pereira is looking quite comfortable at 185 pounds.
The flashy Brazilian earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night”
bonus for his quick finish of Ihor
Potieria in a featured middleweight clash at UFC 301
on Saturday night. Pereira locked in a guillotine choke and forced
a tap from his opponent just 54 seconds into the opening stanza of
their bout at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
One bout earlier, Caio
Borralho secured a $50,000 bonus of his own for a knockout of
Paul
Craig in their middleweight pairing. “Borralho” kept the action
on the feet for the majority of the contest, and that paid off in
Round 2, when he wobbled his foe with a pair of hooks and rendered
him unconscious with a straight left at the 2:10 mark of the
period.
Elsewhere, lightweight prospect Mauricio
Ruffy made an impression in his Octagon debut, finishing
Jamie
Mullarkey inside of a round to receive a $50,000 “Performance
of the Night” check. A flying knee from Ruffy set the stage for the
finishing sequence, as the Brazilian then sealed his triumph with
ground-and-pound on the canvas 4:42 into Round 1.
Alessandro
Costa secured the evening’s final $50,000 bonus by chopping
down Kevin
Borjas in their preliminary flyweight scrap. Costa hobbled his
foe with low kicks and then unleashed a salvo of punches on the
canvas to force the stoppage 1:35 into the first stanza.
