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Dana White gives Geoff Neal $50K bonus for Fight of the Night despite weight miss

Right before the two title fights at UFC 285 on Saturday was the barnburner between welterweights Geoff Neal and Shavkat Rakhmonov. The two went at it for three rounds until Rakhmonov finished the job with a rear-naked choke submission in the final 43 seconds of the fight.

Neal and Rakhmonov also won Fight of the Night, which warrants them an extra $50K each. Neal, however, missed weight by four pounds and is technically ineligible to receive his bonus. But UFC president Dana White was left so impressed that he decided to make an exception.

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