Check out the UFC Fight Night 86 post-fight bonuses below.
Sunday afternoon’s UFC Fight Night 86 marked the UFC’s debut in Zagreb, Croatia, and it is now in the books. The card featured a handful of heavyweight clashes, including the main event between Ben Rothwell and Junior Dos Santos, in which former heavyweight champion “Cigano” won by a dominant unanimous decision. UFC Fight Night 86 featured several newcomers to the organization — a total of eight — but was fun overall, with several finishes and exciting wars.
Following the action, the UFC handed out four post-fight performance bonuses.
Derrick Lewis: The Black Beast picked up his third consecutive win (after falling to Shawn Jordan last year) with one of the biggest wins of his career — a 1st round TKO over former top contender Gabriel Gonzaga. Lewis struggled early with Gonzaga’s grappling skills showing — Napao was able to get Lewis down quite easily — but Lewis was able to get back to his feet, and it was only a matter of time before he landed a few bombs to end the fight.
Mairbek Taisumov: The rising lightweight star picked up his fourth consecutive knockout win on Sunday afternoon with a vicious stoppage over UFC newcomer Damir Hadzovic. The fight was at a high pace right from the opening bell with Hadzovic landing some good shots of his own, but it didn’t take long for Taiusmov to land a powerful uppercut resulting in a very impressive walk-off knockout victory.
Alejandro Perez: TUF Latin America bantamweight winner Perez picked up another victory inside the UFC’s Octagon on the UFC Zagreb preliminary card. He took on the returning Ian Entwistle and battled through numerous leg lock attempts from Entwistle and ended up getting the job done via verbal submission to strikes in the first round.
Jared Cannonier: “The Killa Gorilla” returned from a year layoff against UFC newcomer Cyril Asker and picked up a massive first-round knockout victory. Cannonier showed off several improvements in his game with the time off, including his footwork, and that resulted in his first Octagon win.
No Fight of the Night bonuses were handed out.