UFC 131 took place on Saturday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
The Fight of the Night went to Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja in an action-packed 5-round fight for the Flyweight title. Van earned a unanimous decision victory but both received a $100K bonus.
Arman Tsarukyan earned the $100K Performance Bonus for his finish of Mauricio Ruffy. The co-main lightweight will get his title shot in 2027 most likely.
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Casey O’Neil pulled off one of the slickest, most technical submissions in the UFC. She used an elevator sweep to put Eduardo Moura into a belly down armbar. For this sub she earned $100K
In conjunction with Paramount’s Mobland, the UFC bestowed a $100K bonus to Sean Sharaf. The series gave $50K and White matched it for the $100K. Sharaf had the upset of the night by sleeping Gable Steveson in just 12 seconds.
The $25K finish bonuses went to Joanderson Brito, Ryan Gandra, Marlon Vera and Patricio Pitbull.
The attendance was 19,357 (sell out) at the Crypto.com Arena for $8.3M gate per Dana White at the post-fight press conference.
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