New UFC Flyweight champ Nicco Montano led the bonus winners at the TUF 26 Finale event on Friday night. The bonus winners were announced post-event.
Montano and Roxanne Modafferi earned the Fight of the Night while Gerald Meerschaert and Brett Johns earned performance bonuses. Montana won a five-round unanimous decision over the late substitution, Modafferi, to earn the inaugural Flyweight title. Meerschaert defeated Eric Spicely via TKO after a liverkick. Johns submitted Joe Soto via calf slicer within 30 seconds of the first round.
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The Meerschaert submission was impressive considering the calf-slicer is a rare submission. The Montano-Modafferi fight was not Griffin-Bonnar but a very good fight to conclude the TUF 26 season.
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