“Fight Night” bonuses were handed down to Takanori Gomi, Charles Oliveira, Brian Stann and Mike Massenzio for their efforts on Sunday night at the UFC on Versus 2 event. Each fighter was awarded a $40,000 bonus.
“Knockout of the Night” was awarded to Gomi, the “Submission of the Night” was given to Oliveira, and the “Fight of the Night” was earned by Stann and Massenzio.
It took the “Fireball Kid” 1:04 seconds to end his fight against Tyson Griffin in the opening bout of the Versus broadcast to earn the “Knockout of the Night” honor. Griffin was caught with a right hook that sent him to the mat, he was quick to protest the stoppage but it was very evident that he had been rocked and the right call had been made.
Oliveria made a big splash with the UFC in his promotional debut by quickly submitting fellow lightweight Darren Elkins at 41 seconds of the first round to win the “Submission of the Night” honor.
The winners of the “Fight of the Night” honor, Stann and Massenzio faced one another on the preliminary card of the event. Both men traded the first two rounds winning one each before Stann managed to succeed with a triangle-choke at 3:10 of the third round to earn the victory.