On an evening filled with finishes, Kelvin Gastelum, Ronaldo Souza, Lyoto Machida and Alexey Oleynik went home with $50,000 bonus checks for their work at UFC 224.
Gastelum and Souza earned “Fight of the Night” honors for their middleweight co-main event tilt. Gastelum weathered a strong start from “Jacare” to drop his opponent in the second frame and pull out a narrow split-decision triumph over the former Strikeforce titlist.
Elsewhere,Machida just has a knack for giving opponents a kick into retirement, and his latest parting gift earned him a “Performance of the Night” award.