Vicente Luque, Bryan Barberena, Kron Gracie and Luke Sanders each earned $50,000 bonuses for their performances at Sunday’s UFC on ESPN 1 event.
Luque and Barberena earned the “Fight of the Night,” while Gracie and Sanders each won “Performance of the Night” honors.
UFC officials announced the winners following the event, which MMAjunkie attended.
Luque (15-6-1 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and Barberena (14-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) slugged it out for nearly the entire 15 minutes of their welterweight fight. But with just six seconds left, Luque finally was able to put Barberena away with a TKO.
Gracie 5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) picked up the first UFC win for a member of his famed family since 1994 when he submitted Alex Caceres (14-12 MMA, 9-10 UFC) in the first round of his promotional ddebut.
And Sanders (13-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) rallied to beat up former champion Renan Barao (34-8 MMA, 9-7 UFC) in their bantamweight bout. After losing the first round, Sanders stopped Barao with a TKO quickly into the second.
UFC on ESPN 1 took place Sunday at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. The event aired on ESPN following early prelims on ESPN+.
For complete coverage of UFC on ESPN 1, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
