UFC Mexico noticed a number of rising stars awarded for thrilling finishes, together with octagon newcomers David Martinez and Ateba Gautier.
4 Efficiency of the Evening bonuses had been handed out Saturday at Area CDMX in Mexico Metropolis, with Martinez, Gautier, Edgar Chairez, and Manuel Torres all incomes an additional $50,000.
For Martinez and Gautier, their UFC debuts couldn’t have gone higher. Each are current signings off of Dana White’s Contender Collection and each delivered highlight-reel knockouts.
Martinez gave Saimon Oliveira a impolite welcome again to competitors after a two-year hiatus, needing a little less than a round to put Oliveira away with strikes. Gautier additionally discovered his end within the first spherical as he closed out Saturday’s prelims with a brutal knockout barrage in opposition to Jose Daniel Medina.
An emotional Chairez cashed in after needing solely half a spherical to submit CJ Vergara with an hermetic rear-naked choke.
Torres is not any stranger to bonuses having gained one for every of his UFC wins to this point. That offers him 4 in complete after placing veteran slugger Drew Dober away in under two minutes.