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Ardelean received a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for her first-round submission victory over Viana in their preliminary strawweight clash at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Vianna appeared to have Ardelean neutralized with a body triangle from her back until the Romanian deftly shifted position and forced a tapout at the 4:36 mark of Round 2. The move that apppeared to injure Viana’s knee was described as a capsule lock on the Paramount+ broadcast.
Superboy and a Memorable Debut
Elsewhere, Doo Ho Choi and Daniel Santos secured “Fight of the Night” honors and $100,000 apiece for a back-and-forth featherweight battle in the evening’s co-main event. While Santos went all-out in the opening stanza, he paid the price for those efforts in Round 2, as “The Korean Superboy” put the Brazilian away with body punches and follow-up shots on the canvas at the 4:29 mark of the period.
Finally, Octagon newcomer Juan Diaz garnered the evening’s other $100,000 “Performance of the Night” check for his submission of Malcolm Wellmaker in a featured bantamweight affair. Diaz avoided Wellmaker’s vaunted power and dragged his opponent into his world, ultimately forcing a tapout with a rear-naked choke 4:08 into the second stanza.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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