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Manel Kape has his revenge, and he’s also $100,000 richer for his efforts.
“Starboy” secured a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for his third-round stoppage of Kyoji Horiguchi in the UFC Vegas 119 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Kape put his foe on wobbly legs with a counter right, then unleashed a barrage on his grounded adversary — including a vicious uppercut from behind — that brought a halt tot he contest 2:42 into Round 3. Kape avenged a 2017 submission loss to Horiguchi that occurred under the Rizin banner.
An Impressive Debut
Elsewhere, promotional newcomer Murtazali Magomedov earned a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” check after making short work of Melsik Baghdasaryan in a featured featherweight affair. Magomedov elicited a tapout 1:17 into the opening stanza with a twister, only the fourth such submission in UFC history.
Finally, Vinicius Oliveira and Andre Fili garnered “Fight of the Night” honors and $100,000 apiece for their main card featherweight scrap. While Fili had his foe on the defensive early with a pair of heavy body kicks, “LokDog” rallied to put the Team Alpha Male veteran away with a volley of punches and elbows against the cage 4:56 into the second stanza.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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