UFC on ABC 1 bonuses: Obviously Max Holloway earned a further $50K

By Dave Doyle |

January 16, 2021 7: 45 pm

The fundamental UFC event of 2021 is within the books, and with it comes the most important slate of submit-warfare bonus winners.

Four bonuses were awarded after UFC on ABC 1. And while most frequently the awards attain down as four “Efficiency of the Night” honors, this time, there were two “POTN” and a “Fight of the Night.”

Incomes the latter became once the one-sided by compelling fundamental event between Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar. “Efficiency of the Night” went to a pair of killer finishes delivered by Alessio Di Chirico and Li Jingliang.

Each fighter earned $50,000 for their efforts.

UFC on ABC 1 took diagram Saturday at Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi. The fundamental card aired on ABC and ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN+. 

Right here’s a more in-depth glimpse at each of the evening’s bonus winners:

‘Fight of the Night’: Max Holloway def. Calvin Kattar

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JANUARY 17: (R-L) Max Holloway kicks Calvin Kattar in a featherweight bout in the end of the UFC Fight Night event at Etihad Enviornment on UFC Fight Island on January 17, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Characterize by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

In general, “Fight of the Night” indicates a bout that became once a barnburner, a aid-and-forth battle correct up till both a mighty competitor fell or the closing horn sounded.

The scorecards in Holloway’s 50-43, 50-43, 50-42 bout tells you that wasn’t the case right here.

Nonetheless if fact be told, is anyone going to argue Kattar didn’t create a further $50,000? Kattar took the total lot Holloway could well maybe dish out, stayed on his toes, and lasted till the closing horn. Place in thoughts it fight pay.

This marked Holloway’s ninth occupation submit-demonstrate bonus and Kattar’s fourth.

‘Efficiency of the Night’: Alessio Di Chirico

There’s no question Di Chirico came into this warfare needing a earn, having lost three in a row.

Nonetheless who knew exactly how substantial a statement he’d form? Di Chirico became once taking up an opponent who had long past viral along with his KOs in Joaquin Buckley.

Di Chirico, nonetheless, landed the most important knockout of 2021 that could well maybe cease up being regarded as after we attain aid spherical for “Knockout of the Yr” in December, ending the bout within the opening spherical with a foul head kick.

Not solely did that get the middleweight aid within the earn column, it moreover landed him his second occupation UFC bonus.

‘Efficiency of the Night:’ Li Jingliang

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JANUARY 17: (L-R) Li Jingliang of China punches Santiago Ponzinibbio of Argentina in a welterweight bout in the end of the UFC Fight Night event at Etihad Enviornment on UFC Fight Island on January 17, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Characterize by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Santiago Ponzinibbio whiffed on an staunch hand, and that turned out to be a substantial mistake.

Jingliang became once elusive in the end of their welterweight fundamental card bout Saturday, and it gave the impact a topic of time till he became once going to land a brutal counter.

And it took diagram sooner than the spherical became once out, because the Chinese language competitor adopted up the slipped punch with a foul left to the jaw that ended the warfare at the 4: 25 designate.

That gave Jingliang four wins in his past 5, and moreover his sixth bonus in eight UFC bouts.