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TUF 26 Finale Bonuses: Championship War Takes ‘Fight Of The Night’

“The Ultimate Fighter 26” Finale emanated tonight (Friday, December 1, 2017) from the Park Theater in Paradise, Nevada. The night was main-evented by the inaugural women’s flyweight title fight between Nicco Montano and late-replacement fill-in Roxanne Modafferi. The upstart Montano, ranked #14 in the show’s tournament, would take a unanimous decision to become champion in […]

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“The Ultimate Fighter 26” Finale emanated tonight (Friday, December 1, 2017) from the Park Theater in Paradise, Nevada. The night was main-evented by the inaugural women’s flyweight title fight between Nicco Montano and late-replacement fill-in Roxanne Modafferi.

The upstart Montano, ranked #14 in the show’s tournament, would take a unanimous decision to become champion in a battle that was fought tooth-and-nail. Modafferi had her moments as the pair traded punches liberally throughout the fight. “The Happy Warrior” even appeared to stagger Montano on two occasions. But the new champion was able to secure well-timed takedowns, win scrambles for top position, and thwart all of Roxy’s submission attempts, including a tight Hail Mary armbar in the fifth that Montano was able to slip out of.

Both women will go home $50,000 richer for their efforts, as their war of attrition won Fight of the Night honors.

The Performances of the Night went to finishers on the main card. The first was bantamweight Brett Johns pulling off an insanely slick calf slicer off a Joe Soto single-leg attempt. Johns reached down and wrapped up one of Soto’s legs, fell to his back, figure-foured his own legs around Soto’s, and pulled down on the foot for the tap. Soto looked in extreme pain. The end came in just 30 seconds.

The other Performance of the Night went to middleweight Gerald Meerschaert for his pulverizing body kick finish of Eric Spicely. “GM3” had to survive a harrowing first frame in which Spicely took his back and fished for the choke for the second half of the round. Once back on his feet in the second, Meerschaert wasted little timing slamming kicks into Spicely’s body. One particularly powerful one folded Spicely in half in obvious agony. No follow-up shots were necessary.

Both Johns and Meerschaert will find an extra $50,000 in their bank accounts come Monday.

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Gerald Meerschaert Crumbles Eric Spicely With Body Kick

Gerald Meerschaert put a halt to Eric Spicely’s early success with a thunderous body kick. Meerschaert vs. Spicely followed up a lackluster bout between DeAnna Bennett and Melinda Fabian on the main card of “The Ultimate Fighter” 26 Finale. The middleweight tilt was held inside the Park Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. A barrage of […]

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Gerald Meerschaert put a halt to Eric Spicely’s early success with a thunderous body kick.

Meerschaert vs. Spicely followed up a lackluster bout between DeAnna Bennett and Melinda Fabian on the main card of “The Ultimate Fighter” 26 Finale. The middleweight tilt was held inside the Park Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A barrage of strikes from Meerschaert got the opening round started. Spicely answered with a takedown. He took the back of his opponent and had both hooks in. Spicely dropped some strikes to try to open up Meerschaert for the choke. Spicely tried getting under the neck, but Meerschaert defended. Spicely wound up on his back near the end of the round.

Spicely ducked under a punch early in round two and went for a takedown. Meerschaert stuffed the attempt. Meerschaert kept landing body kicks. One landed with a thud and Spicely went crashing down. The fight was stopped shortly after.

Final Result: Gerald Meerschaert def. Eric Spicely via TKO (body kick) – R2, 2:18

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UFC Albany Bonuses: Villante vs. Safarov Banks FOTN

UFC Albany kicked off from the Times Union Center in Albany, New York tonight (Friday, December 9, 2016) as the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s second event in the Empire State. The Fight of the Night went to light heavyweight sluggers on the main card. Gian Villante and short-notice replacement Saparbek Safarov duked it out for the

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UFC Albany kicked off from the Times Union Center in Albany, New York tonight (Friday, December 9, 2016) as the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s second event in the Empire State.

The Fight of the Night went to light heavyweight sluggers on the main card. Gian Villante and short-notice replacement Saparbek Safarov duked it out for the better part of two rounds. At first it appeared that Villante’s more poised striking and big-show experience would carry him over the Russian newcomer, but Safarov refused to give in. He dropped the New Yorker in the second, and though bloodied, searched for his own finish. When it failed to materialized, Villante went back to work on his gassed adversary, eventually earning the TKO with punches and elbows against the fence. Safarov covered up but offered no other intelligent defense, forcing the referee to intervene.

Still, Safarov’s stock should rise in the aftermath. From unknown and unheralded debutante to Fight of the Night winner in less than ten minutes of action. Both 205-pounders took home an extra $50,000 for their efforts in Albany.

Elsewhere in main card action, fellow heavyweight Francis Ngannou earned himself a $50,000 bonus check for Performance of the Night against Anthony Hamilton. The Frenchman got the first round finish many predicted, but certainly not in the fashion that was expected. After escaping

After escaping to his feet following a Hamilton takedown, Ngannou countered another takedown attempt with a standing kimura. He took the Jackson-Wink product down while maintaining the hold, moved to side control, and wrenched the arm for the tap. It was the first submission of Ngannou’s UFC career, and his fourth straight victory in the promotion.

Finally, UFC newcomer Gerald Meerschaert banked a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus of his own with his first round submission of Joe Gigliotti. Back and forth stand-up and scrambles ultimately resulted in Meerschaert taking Gigliotti’s back, then transitioning to an anaconda choke as his foe tried to escape. The 32-fight veteran tightened the hold and walked his legs toward Gigliotti, forcing the submission. Meerschaert’s was the first finish of the card after five straight decisions.

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