UFC on Fox 28 took place in Orlando on Saturday night and main event headliner Jeremy Stephens continued his winning ways earning a bonus for his stoppage against Josh Emmert.
While the stoppage was not in dispute, the beginning of the end for Emmett started with what look like a knee to a grounded opponent that narrowly missed Emmert. Even though it was avoided the fight was stopped shortly thereafter.
In addition, Ilir Latif, Alan Jouban and Ben Saunders earned the other $50,000 bonuses. Jouban and Saunders earned fight of the night with Jouban stopping his teammate, while Latif earned the other Performance Bonus with a first-round win over Ovince St. Preux.
The event drew 10,124 fans for a live gate of $1,064,303.50 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. It ranked third among the three UFC events that have been held at the venue. UFC on Fox 17 in December 2015 and UFC on Fox 11 in April 2014
The numbers were announced post-event.
Payout Perspective:
It was an entertaining night of fights but one might expect ratings to hover around 1.7 million viewers as it went up against the Olympics on NBC and the Warriors-Thunder NBA game on ABC. Stephens is ascending his way up the Featherweight ranks and should be considered a contender to challenge for the title after the winner of Ortega-Edgar.
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