Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar take UFC Moscow Fight of the Night honors in front of sold-out crowd
Featherweights Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar took the UFC on ESPN+ 21 Fight of the Night honors on Saturday in front a sellout crowd in Moscow, Russia.
Magomedsharipov may have earned a shot at the UFC featherweight championship with his win over Kattar in Saturday’s main event, but each of them will go home with an additional $50,000 because of the post-fight bonus.
There’s was an atypical three-round main event because of it being a late shift to the fight card after former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos was forced out of the original UFC Moscow main event opposite Alexander Volkov. Magomedsharipov and Kattar still put on a tremendous display, both men walking through punches in order to try and take the fight to the other.
At the end of the day, Magomedsharipov’s more versatile striking attack won the day, as he earned unanimous scores of the 29-28 from the three judges.
Makes it look easy ? #UFCMoscow pic.twitter.com/kwT36Iwsx0
— UFC (@ufc) November 9, 2019
The Performance of the Night bonuses went to Magomed Ankalaev and David Zwada, both fighters won on the UFC on ESPN+ 121 preliminary portion of the fight card.
Ankalaev closed the prelims with a devastating knockout of Dalcha Lungiambula 23 seconds into the third frame of their fight, while Zwada submitted Abubakar Nurmagomedov with an arm-triangle choke midway through the first round of their bout.
HE KICKED HIS CHIN INTO ORBIT! ?
?? @AnkalaevM #UFCMoscow pic.twitter.com/X18aZzzSzN
— UFC (@ufc) November 9, 2019
UPSET! ?@DavidZawada forces Nurmagomedov to tap in round 1️⃣! #UFCMoscow pic.twitter.com/lQtqBO2QWj
— UFC (@ufc) November 9, 2019
UFC on ESPN+ 21: Zabit vs. Kattar performance bonuses
- Fight of the Night: Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Calvin Kattar
- Performance of the Night: Magomed Ankalaev
- Performance of the Night: David Zawada
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
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