UFC Vegas 96 Bonuses: Jared Cannonier, Caio Borralho, Gerald Meerschaert, Michael Morales Bags $50k Each

Allan Binoy | 25/08/2024
UFC Vegas 96 Purse and Payouts: Reports Reveal Caio Borralho’s Earnings for Win Over Jared Cannonier

Yet another UFC Fight Night event has come to an end with some stunning performances with the likes of Jared Cannonier and Caio Barralho elevating their status. And all of this happens, because at the end of the night, all the fighters want to know is if they won the Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night Bonuses. This time around, the choices were pretty simple.

Along with Cannonier and Barralho, Gerald Meerschaert, and Michael Morales also bagged $50k. But that wasn’t all that happened.

Michael Morales was an overwhelming favorite going into his fight against Neil Magny and it was quickly revealed why. In the very first round of the fight, he dropped his opponent and executed some vicious ground and pound to put a stop to the contest before whipping out a Spiderman celebration.

Also on the list was Gerald Meerschaert who had a very different experience. The American got dropped by his opponent and almost lost the fight before taking down his opponent and mounting a vicious counter attack to finish the fight.

He brought the fight to the ground and ended up submitting his opponent to break Anderson Silva’s record for most finishes in the middleweight division and become the second POTN fighter at UFC Vegas 96.

Cannonier and Borralho for Fight of The Night

The Fight of the Night deservedly went to the main event of the evening as a resilient Jared Canonier took on the rising star Caio Borralho.

The fight did not disappoint as both fighters went toe to toe for five whole rounds and left it all inside the octagon. Unfortunately for Cannonier his opponent did too much damage to win via points.

The Brazilian ended up securing the decision victory over Cannonier and securing the biggest victory of his career so far. As a cherry on top, he also won $50k for his performance in the main event.

 

Both fighters embraced each other after the fight knowing full well they had put on the performances of their life. What was thoroughly impressive was to see how tough ‘The Killa Gorilla’ was.

 

Despite taking significant damage from his opponent, and at one point having blood shoot out of his nose from a punch, Cannonier did not go down, and he did not give up.

The sheer resilience in the face of unsurmountable violence was sight to behold for all those in attendance as many streaming the event have already dubbed it one of the best fights in recent memory earning it the title of the Fight of the Night. And despite his loss, Cannonier’s heart and resilience also got him awarded $50k as POTN.

 

 

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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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