UFC on ESPN 32 Bonuses: Kattar, Chikadze Earn ‘Fight of the Night’ for Five-Round Battle

Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze delivered in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first main event of 2022.

Kattar and Chikadze received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for a five-round slugfest at UFC on ESPN 32 on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. While Chikadze was game throughout the fight, it was Kattar who consistently delivered the bout’s most significant blows with a variety of punches to the head and standing elbows. When the dust settled, Chikadze was left bloodied and battered, while “The Boston Finisher” emerged with a unanimous decision triumph.

Elsewhere, converted heavyweight Jake Collier garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award by making short work of Chase Sherman in the co-main event. The former Resurrection Fighting Alliance champion tripped his foe to the floor, moved to full mount and landed some damaging elbows to the head of his opponent. From there, he took Sherman’s back and secured the fight-ending rear-naked choke at the 2:26 mark of Round 1.

Finally, Dana White’s Contender Series alum Viacheslav Borshchev captured the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check by virtue of a first-round stoppage of Dakota Bush at lightweight. Borshchev made a strong impression in his Octagon debut, as he crumbled his opponent with a right hook to the ribs and sealed his victory with a barrage of hammerfists from above 3:47 into the opening stanza.