Joshua Van and Brandon Royval made certain their names received’t be forgotten within the aftermath of UFC 317.
The flyweight contenders threw down for 3 rounds and gave the followers at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas a new front runner for Fight of the Year. Van got here out on the profitable finish of a unanimous resolution, however each males head dwelling with $50,000 bonus checks after profitable Saturday’s Struggle of the Evening award.
Efficiency of the Evening bonuses went to Ilia Topuria and Gregory Rodrigues, who each scored memorable knockouts.
Topuria’s KO will go down in history as he wanted lower than half a spherical to ground future Corridor of Famer Charles Oliveira and declare a vacant light-weight title. That’s now three straight title battle wins for Topuria (he additionally knocked out Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway in featherweight title bouts) to cap off a flawless 9-0 begin to his UFC profession.
As for Rodrigues, he despatched a chill by the world on the ultimate preliminary bout of the cardboard with a thudding knockout of fellow middleweight veteran Jack Hermansson. A robust Rodrigues punch knocked Hermansson stiff and “Robocop” now collects his fifth UFC post-fight bonus.
