UFC 269 took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC gave out several more bonuses than usual for this outstanding card.
The $50K Performance Bonuses went to Tai Tuivasa, Sean O’Malley, Kai Kara-France, Julianna Pena and Charles Oliveira. Tuivasa once again got a KO, this time against Augusto Sakai and produced the fan-favorite drink from a shoe. Ugh. Sean O’Malley looked impressive in getting a second round KO of Raulian Pavia. Kai Kara-France took out Cory Garbrandt who was debuting at 125 pounds.
The co-main event and main event winners earned the last two $50K bonuses. Julianna Pena pulled off the upset of the night with a second-round submission over Amanda Nunes. Pena did what she said she was going to, which was take the fight to Nunes and it showed in the second round as she was able to touch the Lionness with stiff jabs. Nunes cardio looked off and it led to the quick tap.
In the main event Charles Oliveira was able to pull off the submission over Dustin Poirier to secure his first defense of the lightweight belt.
Fight of the Night went to Pedro Muhnoz and Dominick Cruz. In a back and forth matchup, Cruz overcame a first round flurry by Muhnoz to win the second and third rounds for the victory.
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