Jorge Masvidal earned himself an extra $10,000 per second on Saturday night.
The American Top Team standout needed just five seconds to finishBen Askren in their welterweight grudge match, which set the UFC record for fastest knockout.
It also earned Masvidal (34-13 MMA, 11-6 UFC) an extra $50,000 for a “Performance of the Night” award at UFC 239 for his finish of Askren (19-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC).
UFC 239 took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
On an evening of fantastic performances, the company chose to award four performance bonuses, rather than two and a “Fight of the Night.” The other three “Performance of the Night” awards went to Amanda Nunes, Song Yadong, and Jan Blachowicz.
All three competitors earned knockouts in their fights. Nunes (18-4 MMA, 11-1 UFC), the featherweight and bantamweight champion, defend her 135-pound belt with a first-round TKO of former champ Holly Holm (12-5 MMA, 5-5 UFC), with a head kick setting up a follow-up ground punches. Yadong (15-4 MMA, 4-0 UFC) wasted little time knocking out Alejandro Perez (21-8-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC). And Blachowicz (24-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) earned the biggest victory of his career with a second-round finish of former middleweight champ Luke Rockhold (16-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC).
For more on UFC 239, check out the UFC Results section of the site.
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