UFC 295 took place on Saturday night from Madison Square Garden in front of a capacity crowd. The company announced 7 Performance Bonuses including the new champions at Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight.
Tom Aspinall earned a $50K bonus in addition to winning the interim Heavyweight title against Sergei Pavlovich. Aspinall earned the victory with a punch to the side of Pavlovich’s head and finished it off on the ground.
Alex Pereira won the Light Heavyweight title vacated by Jamahal Hill after he stopped former LHW titleholder Jiri Prochazka in the second round. It is the second belt the Brazilian has held. This time at light heavyweight.
Diego Lopes stopped Pat Sabatini in the first round of their bout to earn $50K.
Benoit Saint Denis used a head kick to take at Matt Frevola in the first round of their matchup.
Jessica Andrade returned to form as she defeated Mackenzie Dern via TKO in round 2.
The Fight of the Night was the first fight on the Prelims and featured Viacheslav Broschev Slava taking on Nazim Sadykhov. The fight was a majority draw but was an exciting back and forth fight between the two.
The event at MSG drew 19,039 for a live gate of $12,432,563. Below are the attendance and gate figures for the UFC at MSG.
2023 UFC 281 20,845, $11,562,807.77
2021 UFC 268 20,715, $9,903,556.86
2019 UFC 244 20,143, $6,575,996.19
2018 UFC 230 17,011$2,841,718.68
2017 UFC 217 18,201, $6,200,000
2016 UFC 205 20,426, $17.7M
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