Kape took home an extra $100K on Saturday night. |
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Kape has his revenge, and he’s also $100,000 richer for his
efforts.
“Starboy” secured a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for
his third-round stoppage of Kyoji
Horiguchi in the
UFC Vegas 119 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas. Kape put his foe on wobbly legs with a counter right, then
unleashed a barrage on his grounded adversary — including a vicious
uppercut from behind — that brought a halt tot he contest 2:42 into
Round 3. Kape avenged a 2017 submission loss to Horiguchi that
occurred under the Rizin banner.
An Impressive Debut
Elsewhere, promotional newcomer Murtazali
Magomedov earned a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” check
after making short work of Melsik
Baghdasaryan in a featured featherweight affair. Magomedov
elicited a tapout 1:17 into the opening stanza with a twister, only
the fourth such submission in
UFC history.
Finally, Vinicius
Oliveira and Andre Fili
garnered “Fight of the Night” honors and $100,000 apiece for their
main card featherweight scrap. While Fili had his foe on the
defensive early with a pair of heavy body kicks, “LokDog” rallied
to put the Team Alpha Male veteran away with a volley of punches
and elbows against the cage 4:56 into the second stanza.