Following Saturday’s UFC 285 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. For the first time since implementing the bonus system, a fighter was awarded a bonus after missing weight.
Fight Of The Night: Geoff Neal vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
These two welterweight contenders did not disappoint.
Geoff Neal and Shavkat Rakhmonov laid it all on the line for almost 15 full-minutes before Rakhmonov secured a standing rear naked choke forcing Neal to tap. Prior to that jaw dropping moment, both men had big moments on the feet, but it was mainly Rakhmonov deploying a wide variety of strikes leading the dance.
Neal never backed down though, connecting with his own power shots that put Rakhmonov in trouble. It was back-and-forth and gutsy-and-grimy.
Even though Neal missed weight, which would normally mean he was ineligible to receive a bonus, UFC President Dana White loved the fight so much that he decided to make an exception and give “Handz Of Steel” his portion of the bonus.
Rakhmonov is now 17-0 in his professional MMA career, and he’s won each of those fights by either knockout or by submission. He’s the first welterweight in UFC history to begin his career with five consecutive finishes.
That’s impressive stuff for the 28-year-old and fight fans should be ecstatic to see him matchup with the other beasts at the top of the division. Big things are on the way from Rakhmonov - and UFC 285 was the perfect op
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Jones long awaited return and he does 600k buys? Wow. No one even comes close to how big Conor really is. That is insane.
I mean conor has a whole country behind him
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Neal isn’t getting a bonus. Missing weight means Shavkat takes a piece of Neal’s fight purse and his share of the bonus too.
Go and watch dana white's post match conference
Dana specifically said himself he’s paying Neal
Ping ponnnngggg
He’s getting a bonus Dana confirmed ✅ Post fight