Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. Last week was a busy one on the MMA calendar, with…
Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. Last week was a busy one on the MMA calendar, with plenty of regional action going on in addition to…
UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa (6-3) had a walk-off knockout at UFC 284 but didn’t leave RAC Arena with a performance bonus. The 29-year-old secured a 66-second first-round KO against Parker Porter. Despite his highlight-reel KO, Tafa didn’t receive a $50,000 performance bonus. Instead, Peth’s Jack Della Maddalena and Yair Rodriguez took home Performance of the […]
UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa (6-3) had a walk-off knockout at UFC 284 but didn’t leave RAC Arena with a performance bonus.
The 29-year-old secured a 66-second first-round KO against Parker Porter. Despite his highlight-reel KO, Tafa didn’t receive a $50,000 performance bonus.
Instead, Peth’s Jack Della Maddalena and Yair Rodriguez took home Performance of the Night honors. Maddalena secured a first-round submission against Randy Brown while Yair Rodriguez submitted Josh Emmett in the second round to capture the interim UFC featherweight title. Islam Makhachev versus Alexander Volkanovski won Fight of the Night.
Justin Tafa Believed He Was Deserving of $50K
Tafa believes his showing was deserving of a bonus. He took to Twitter to express his thoughts on being left out of the bonus pool.
“No 50K?,” Tafa said. “Like a walkoff should be automatic.”
Jon Jones didn’t take long to delete his tweet praising UFC heavyweight Parker Porter just seconds before his loss to Justin Tafa at UFC 284. Porter and Tafa battled on the UFC 284 main card on Saturday in Perth, Australia. It was a matchup of tw…
Jon Jones didn’t take long to delete his tweet praising UFC heavyweight Parker Porter just seconds before his loss to Justin Tafa at UFC 284. Porter and Tafa battled on the UFC 284 main card on Saturday in Perth, Australia. It was a matchup of two heavyweights who are often involved in quick outings inside…
It took a few fights for UFC 284 to really get rolling, but by the time the main card kicked off the Australian crowd was primed for some fantastic fights to close out the night. As always, the in-cage interviews following some of the performances prov…
It took a few fights for UFC 284 to really get rolling, but by the time the main card kicked off the Australian crowd was primed for some fantastic fights to close out the night. As always, the in-cage interviews following some of the performances provided some interesting comments ranging from individual callouts to warnings…
Justin Tafa gave the Australian crowd something to cheer about when scored a first-round knockout on the main card of UFC 284. “Bad Man” entered the night having missed out on all of last year, while his opponent Parker Porter was wasn’t far remo…
Justin Tafa gave the Australian crowd something to cheer about when scored a first-round knockout on the main card of UFC 284. “Bad Man” entered the night having missed out on all of last year, while his opponent Parker Porter was wasn’t far removed from being on a three-fight winning streak. The American had previously…
UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa feels Alexander Volkanovski is the most underrated fighter in the history of fighting. Volkanovski will face Islam Makhachev in the UFC 284 headliner on Saturday in Perth, Australia. He’s challenging for the lightweigh…
UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa feels Alexander Volkanovski is the most underrated fighter in the history of fighting. Volkanovski will face Islam Makhachev in the UFC 284 headliner on Saturday in Perth, Australia. He’s challenging for the lightweight title and the chance to become a two-division champion. Volkanovski is also defending the UFC’s pound-for-pound No. 1…