The main event of UFC 265 is in the books now. The event featured a fight for the interim heavyweight title between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane in Houston, Texas. UFC president, Dana White has revealed the Gate, & Attendance Numbers. He also disclosed the fight of the night and the performances of the night.
In the post-fight reaction of UFC 265, he said that the gate was $3,460,000. The attendance at Toyota center was 16,604.
UFC 265 Fight of the Night: Bobby Green vs Rafael Fiziev
Rafael Fiziev defeated Bobby Green by a unanimous decision at UFC 265. Bobby Green has spent near a decade in MMA. But, Rafael lived up to his reputation and showcased high-level striking. The Muay Thai expert was striking in volume early in the fight but Bobby being a veteran went toe-to-toe, strike-for-strike with Rafael. Which made the crowd chanting his name making it a favorite for Fight of the Night. Rightly so, Dana confirmed the obvious.
Performance bonuses at UFC 265
Ciryl Gane:
Gane defeated Lewis in the main event with a stellar performance. he was better than Derrick in every aspect of the fight at UFC 265. He was double the speed of Derrick and it was not like Ciryl was just touching him, the shots he landed certainly had power. Everything both fighters were going through inside the octagon was on Gane’s terms. So, with such a performance he certainly deserved the performance bonus. However, Dana had forgotten to consider him for the bonus. It was when a journalist asked White the reason for not giving Gane a bonus Dana responded saying ” He gets 50,000 too”
Jessica Penne:
Penne defeated Kowalkiewicz by making her submit to a nasty armbar submission. Kowalkiewicz was throwing punches from the bottom. Penne, however, stayed right on her, keeping her position in jeopardy as Kowalkiewicz locked her with a kneebar. However, Penne managed to get out of that. Then came the arm-bar by Penne. Kowalkiewicz tried to slam her way out of it, but Penne, re-positioned and forced her to tap. With this comeback win, the BJJ black belt also won the performance of the night.
Vincente Luque:
The Silent Assassin got the job done against Michael Chiesa quickly as he won the fight in the first round via submission. This was another comeback fight at UFC 265. The Brazilian fighter got out of a rear-naked choke showing his great defense skills and went on to make Chiesa submit to D’ arce choke. This made him won an extra $50,000, good for him.
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Miles Johns:
Miles fought Anderson dos Santos in the early prelims of UFC 265. He won the bout by a brutal KO which made him win the performance bonus for the night.
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