Ryan
Spann put Marcus Almeida to sleep. | Getty/UFC
Ryan
Spann seems to be acclimating nicely to the heavyweight
division.
“Superman” earned a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for
his knockout of Marcus
Almeida in a featured heavyweight bout at
UFC Vegas 116 on Saturday night. Spann rendered his
grappling-minded opponent unconscious with a two-punch combination
at the 2:10 mark of Round 2, the second consecutive stoppage
victory for the converted light heavyweight.
Meanwhile, Jackson
McVey garnered the evening’s other $100,000 “Performance of the
Night” award by securing the card’s only other finish. McVey put
opponent Sedriques
Dumas on the defensive with some heavy punches on the feet,
powered into top position and eventually created an opening for a
brabo choke — bringing an end to the middleweight bout 2:14 into
the opening stanza.
Getting Better with Age
Finally, Davey Grant
and Adrian
Luna Martinetti received “Fight of the Night” honors and
$100,000 apiece for their featured bantamweight scrap. The
combatants combined to land 261 significant strikes in a
three-round slugfest, but the 40-year-old Grant landed with more
volume to earn a unanimous decision triumph.