UFC Mexico Bonuses: Lamas, De Andrade Nab Extra $50,000
‘The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3’ Finale went down from Arena Cuidad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico tonight (November 5, 2016). The card was headlined by a potential number one contender matchup between former champ Rafael dos Anjos and former ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ winner Tony Ferguson. The two lightweights delivered a Fight of the Year candidate, and so were a shoe-in for Fight of the Night.
The two lightweights battled tooth and nail for five hard rounds. Dos Anjos took the first and likely a close third, with Ferguson taking the second. But ‘El Cucuy‘ took over in the championship rounds, maintaining a ridiculous pace down the stretch that a discouraged looking RDA simply couldn’t match. Ferguson took home his ninth straight UFC victory, a record in the promotion’s lightweight division. But both men banked an extra $50,000 for their efforts.
Elsewhere on the main card, Ricardo Lamas dispatched the outrageously overweight Charles Oliveira in their “featherweight” showcase. ”Do Bronx’ was a short-notice opponent for Lamas, who was supposed to fight BJ Penn three weeks ago in the canceled UFC card in the Philippines. Having already exhibited trouble on the scales in his UFC career, Oliveira came in a whopping nine pounds over the 146-pound limit. But he could not capitalize on his weight advantage.
The two men traded submission attempts and engaged in wild scrambles throughout their abbreviated encounter. ”Do Bronx’ appeared to have Lamas locked up in a guillotine, but ‘The Bully’ managed to wriggle free. Just as he did in his last fight with Anthony Pettis, Oliveira eventually succumbed to a guillotine choke from his opponent. Lamas walked away the victor, and also took home an extra $50,000 for his impressive victory.
Finally, Douglas Silva de Andrade became just the fourth man in UFC history to win a fight by spinning back fist. Joining Shonie Carter, John Makdessi, and Paul Felder, “D’Silva” turned out Henry Briones’ lights with the spinning attack in the third round of their preliminary bantamweight affair. The two men engaged in a back and forth slugfest, both landing clean shots over 12-plus minutes. But the Brazilian hit a standing elbow that wobbled his Mexican counterpart, reset, and then uncorked the fight-finishing move. Briones hit the deck 2:33 into round three, losing for the second time in three UFC appearances. Andrade, meanwhile, got an extra $50,000 deposited into his bank account for his trouble.
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