UFC 254 Bonuses: Nurmagomedov, Ankalaev, Kenney, Wood Take Home $50K
Khabib Nurmagomedov ended his Ultimate Fighting Championship tenure with one last dominant effort.
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Magomed Ankalaev captured the card’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check on the strength of a knockout of Ion Cutelaba in a featured light heavyweight tilt. Ankalaev floored his foe with a left hand early in the contest before dropping him again with a counter left hook later in the frame. Punches and hammerfists from above brought an end to the bout at the 4:19 mark of Round 1 and allowed Ankalaev to improve to 2-0 against Cutelaba.
Elsewhere, Casey Kenney and Nathaniel Wood earned “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for their preliminary scrap at 140 pounds. In a matchup that saw the combatants combine to land 259 significant strikes, Kenney ultimately emerged with an entertaining three-round verdict on the judges’ scorecards.
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