This year’s UFC Paris card was a solid spectacle of individual efforts from a number of fighters, and four of those were rewarded when it came time for bonuses to be handed out.
Six finishes decorated the Fight Night card (though many of the night’s prelims did go the distance), including the main event between Renato Moicano and Benoit Saint-Denis. That ended early due to a doctor’s stoppage when BSD was unable to pass a vision check, both eyes swelling shut.
That fight did not earn any bonus money, but main card opener Fares Ziam did, for a brutal knee landed on Matt Frevola that put that “Steamrolla” out cold on the canvas. For Ziam, it was a signature win, and a new look, as the lightweight had eschewed his normal, patient fighting style and come out hot right out of the gate.
Also picking up bonus cash at UFC Paris was Morgan Charriere, who in the very next fight put down Gabriel Miranda with a punch. Miranda, who had gone out of position, attempted a weak backhand before Charriere connected with the finishing blow.
It wasn’t all bonus money and glory for French fighters at UFC Paris, however, as TUF 29 winner Bryan Battle put away Kevin Jousset to pick up his own Performance of the Night award. The final bonus went to Chris Duncan, for a technical submission finish (guillotine) of Bolaji Oki to kick off the preliminary card.
