Rhys McKee’s first UFC win was a very long time coming and it was made even sweeter with a $50,000 bonus.
In his second run and fifth struggle with the promotion, McKee lastly marked one down within the win column with a gnarly first-round physician stoppage knockout of Daniel Frunza at UFC Vegas 105. It was a cathartic second for McKee, who went 0-2 contained in the octagon in 2020 earlier than parting methods with the promotion. He returned in 2023 and misplaced two extra fights earlier than defeating Frunza on Saturday.
For his efforts, McKee was awarded his first UFC Efficiency of the Night time bonus, as had been Dione Barbosa and Chang Ho Lee.
Barbosa collected an additional $50,000 with a dominant grappling efficiency towards Diana Belbita that ended with Barbosa forcing Belbita to faucet to an arm-triangle choke. The win improved Barbosa’s UFC report to 2-1.
Lee was making his UFC debut correct after profitable a Highway to UFC event to earn a contract. He too used grappling to place a one-sided beatdown on Cortavious Romious. It was a method visitors for over eight minutes earlier than Lee scored a TKO end late in Spherical 2.
With no Struggle of the Night time handed out, 4 Efficiency of the Night time bonuses had been awarded, with the opposite going to flyweight veteran Ode Osbourne.
Osbourne put current Contender Collection signing Luis Gurule away with strikes in Spherical 2 and went on to gather his first bonus since June 2022.
