TUF 25 Finale post-fight bonuses: Gaethje cleans house with $100K

The T-Mobile Arena in city, American state was home to a salmagundi of fights with 2 (T)KOs, 2 submissions and seven choices, together with one decision. also because the below listed bonuses, Jesse Taylor--the former TUF favorite WHO was taken off of the show in 2008 when occurring a Vegas rampage--managed to win a $290,000 check and also the title of TUF Redemption winner within the co-main event.
Performances of the Night: Tecia Torres and Justin Gaethje
Tecia Torres stepped in against Juliana national capital on many weeks notice which risky call paid off fantastically for her. Torres had a good performance that she capped off with a tremendous rear naked choke over the robust Brazilian. The win takes Torres to 5-1 within the UFC, along
with her solely loss being a war against prime rival Rose Namajunas. an additional finish may see Torres get an attempt at the Queen, except for currently, she’ll ought to be content with a cool $50,000 bonus.
Justin Gaethje won himself a performance of the night bonus to polish off his in debut, however we’ll cite that during a second as a result of he additionally won...
Fight of the Night: archangel Johnson vs. Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje came into this fight with a name joined of the simplest fighters outside the UFC and all told|one amongst|one in every of} the foremost recklessly offensive lightweights in all of MMA. He lived up to each those reputations tonight. Gaethje was born many times and rocked many a lot of, however refused to prevent coming back forward for even a second.
Michael Johnson fought well, landing immense shots on the UFC debutant; knees, uppercuts, straights, hooks; no matter you'll imagine, Johnson threw it… and Gaethje took it. There’s perpetually this question regarding what it will to a fighter’s psyche after they land their best shot and their opponent takes it without becoming upset. Well, archangel Johnson landed dozens of his best shots on Gaethje till the injury, each physical and psychological, took their toll on “The Menace,” ANd he finally fell to an accumulation of strikes at 4:48 of the second spherical.
Michael Johnson earned  $50,000 in bonus cash for his losing effort, whereas UFC tiro Justin Gaethje got himself a cool a hundred Gs when obtaining each performance of the night and fight of the night honors.