UFC Vegas 117 took place on Saturday night at the Apex in Las Vegas. The promotion handed out 10 bonuses for the night.
The Fight of the Night went to Doo Ho Choi and Daniel Santos. Each received $100K for their efforts. After a competitive first round, Choi hit Santos with a big bodyshot near the end of Round 2 which ended the fight.
Juan Diaz earned a $100K Performance Bonus with an upset victory over Malcolm Wellmaker. Diaz stopped Wellmaker in round 2 for the fighter’s second straight loss to a debuting UFC fighter.
Arleen Ardeleen pulled off the submission of the year thus far with the rarely seen “capsule lock” on Polyana Viana. Essentially Ardeleen submitted her while in Viana’s body lock from top.
The $25k stoppage winners include: Khaos Williams, Nicolle Caliari, Bernardo Sopaj, Tommy Gannt and Cody Brundage.
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