The lights go out in the Madison Square Garden. The assistants of the UFC 309including the president of the United States, Donald Trumpand the CEO of Tesla and director of X, Elon Muskhave enjoyed an evening with great finishes and a lot of spectacle, except in the battle of Bo Nickal contra Paul Craigwho were booeds by the New York public.
Dana White he took his wallet for a walk four bonuses a night: three per performance and one per fight of the night. Three of the four protagonists of the stars took 50.000 extra dollars along with two fighters from the preliminaries who stood out for their good finishes.
Orban Elliot: performance of the night award
The Welshman waited until the last round to release a power stroke which led to Bassil Hafez directly to the canvas. Elliot struck him with several blows to the ground until the referee decided to separate them. At 26 years old, Orban Elliot He has a record of 13-2 in MMA.
Ramiz Brahimaj: performance of the night award
Right after Elliot was knocked out, Ramiz Brahimaj He did the same in the first round. In an explosive duel from the start of the fight against Mickey Gallthe one from New York completed a good combination who surprised his rival, knocking him to the ground and ending the fight.
Jon Jones: performance of the night award
Without a doubt the night of ‘Bones’. He returned to the octagon at the top, being superior to Stipe Miocic both standing and on the ground. In the third round, a roundhouse kick hit squarely on one of the ribs of the fighter of Croatian descent, who could not bear the pain and ended up falling to the canvas, at which point the heavyweight monarch took advantage throwing his fists without mercy and conquering the duel for TKO.
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Oliveira against Chandler: fight of the night award
A movie ending that the only thing missing was a completion by one of the fighters. Charles Oliveira He was perfect in the first four rounds, although he was aware of the knockout power of the American and decided to take the fight to the ground in search of a submission that never came.
When everything seemed lost for ‘Iron’in the fifth round he was nowhere near noquear to ‘Do Bronx’who resisted long enough for the octagon referee to doubt whether or not to stop the fight. Chandler I wanted to keep the show going, but Oliveira showed intelligence and decided to shoot him down to avoid another surprise of the Nashville native. Chandler lost the fight unanimous decisionbut he received a standing ovation from the public for having given, once again, a show worthy of a top-level fighter.
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