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The Octagon returned to New York for tonight’s UFC 281 event, a fourteen-bout fight card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s highly anticipated middleweight title fight resulted in a shocking fifth-round come from behind victory for the challenger in Alex Pereira. \u2018Poatan\u2019 was down on the scorecards headed into the final round but wound up landing a late flurry that prompted the referee to step in and stop the fight. It was an unbelievable finish to an amazing fight card.<\/p>\n

The co-main event of UFC 281 featured a women’s strawweight title fight between Carla Esparza and Weili Zhang. The bout resulted in a second-round submission win for Weili Zhang. The first-round of the contest was back and forth but the Chinese standout was able to secure an early takedown in round two and proceeded to promptly lock-up a\u00a0fight-ending choke.<\/a><\/p>\n

Following the conclusion of today\u2019s event<\/a>, UFC officials announced at the post-fight press conference that four fighters would be taking home performance bonuses.<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Fight of the night:<\/strong> Lightweight fighters Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier each pocketed an extra $50k for their thrilling back and forth war on today’s UFC 281 main. ‘The Diamond’ won the contest via third-round submission<\/p>\n

Performance of the night: <\/strong>Weili Zhang earned an extra $50k for her second-round submission win over Carla Esparza to reclaim the strawweight title.<\/p>\n

Performance of the night:<\/strong> Alex Pereira pocketed an extra $50k for his electrifying fifth-round come from behind TKO victory over Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n

Are you surprised by any of the performance bonuses handed out by Dana White<\/a> and company following the conclusion of tonight\u2019s UFC 281 event in New York City? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Tonight’s highly anticipated middleweight title fight resulted in a shocking fifth-round come from behind victory for the challenger in Alex Pereira. \u2018Poatan\u2019 was down on the scorecards headed into the final round but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":462718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[62650,39449,39610,83390],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nUFC 281 Bonus Report: Poirier vs. Chandler earns 'FOTN' honors | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Octagon returned to New York for tonight's UFC 281 event, a fourteen-bout fight card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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