UFC Vegas 122: Head-kick KOs for Fili and Tanzilovi – four $100,000 bonuses
Andre Fili and Otari Tanzilovi won with head kicks, Alice Pereira after an elbow cut. Together with Brendan Allen they each earn $100,000; five more fighters get a finish bonus.
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At UFC Vegas 122 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, the UFC handed out four Performance of the Night bonuses of $100,000 each overnight into Sunday. Andre Fili knocked out Kai Kamaka III at featherweight just 22 seconds into the second round with a head kick. Otari Tanzilovi also beat Malcolm Wellmaker in round two at bantamweight – with a head kick and punches at 2:39.
The third bonus went to Alice Pereira: according to MMA Junkie, an elbow from top position opened a cut on Darya Zheleznyakova, who did not continue after the first round. The fourth went to main event winner Brendan Allen. The UFC did not award a Fight of the Night bonus.
Allen Frye Jr., Brendson Ribeiro, Niko Price, Francisco Prado and Julius Walker each received a $25,000 finish bonus. Frye earned his first UFC win by knocking out RJ Harris in the first round. According to MMA Junkie, Fili improved his record to 26 wins and 14 losses.