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UFC Fight Night 197 Bonuses: Holloway vs. Rodriguez Takes ‘Fight of the Night’ Honors



The UFC Fight Night 197 main event met the lofty expectations that preceded it, and both Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez received some extra financial compensation as a result.

Holloway vs. Rodriguez was an easy choice for “Fight of the Night,” as both featherweights received $50,000 apiece for their five-round battle at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. Rodriguez pushed the former champ in the opening round and the final round, but in between, Holloway was able to effectively blend striking and grappling for a unanimous decision triumph — his second straight in the Octagon.

Elsewhere, Kalinn Williams garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check thanks to a technical knockout of Miguel Baeza in the featured welterweight clash. After defending multiple leg locks in the opening round and struggling to combat his opponent’s leg-kick heavy attack, “Khaos” dropped Baeza with a counter right hook and finished him off with punches on the ground 62 seconds into Round 3.

Finally, Andrea Lee captured the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award by virtue of a technical knockout win against Cynthia Calvillo in a preliminary flyweight tilt. Working behind an effective jab, Lee battered and bloodied Calvillo with a multi-faceted arsenal for 10 minutes. That onslaught resulted in a corner stoppage prior to the third round, giving the former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion her second straight UFC triumph.

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