Johnny Walker, Diego Sanchez, Pedro Munhoz and Cody Garbrandt each earned $50,000 bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s UFC 235 event.
Walker and Sanchez earned “Performance of the Night” honors, while Munhoz and Garbrandt took home the “Fight of the Night” award. UFC officials announced the winners following the event, which MMAjunkie attended.
Sanchez (29-11 MMA, 18-11 UFC) got a finish for the first time since 2008 when he stopped Mickey Gall (5-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) with a second-round TKO in their welterweight fight. Sanchez was an underdog in the fight, which opened the prelims on ESPN.
Walker (17-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) needed just 36 seconds to tear through Misha Cirkunov (14-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) in their light heavyweight fight on the ESPN-broadcast prelims. Walker landed a knee, Cirkunov went down, and Walker pounced to get a quick finish. Afterward, Walker fell face-first to the canvas to do a worm-dance celebration – and said afterward he may have separated his shoulder in the process.
Munhoz (18-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) took out former bantamweight champion Garbrandt (11-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) late in the first round with a TKO after the two slugged back and forth with each other. Garbrandt said afterward that a headbutt contributed to him being put away.
UFC 235 took place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass.
For complete coverage of UFC 235, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
