MOSCOW, June 2 Champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) in the lightweight category, Russian Islam Makhachev will receive bonuses for the best fight of the evening and the best performance of the evening based on the results of the UFC 302 tournament, according to the official page of the organization on the social network X.
The fight between Makhachev and American Dustin Poirier took place in Newark (New Jersey , USA) at UFC 302 and ended with the victory of the 32-year-old Russian after a choke hold in the fifth round. The amount of each bonus is 50 thousand dollars.
Also a bonus for the performance of the evening was given to American Kevin Holland, who defeated Pole Michal Olekseichuk (by choke in the first round) in a middleweight fight.
Makhachev ranks first in the UFC rankings regardless of weight categories (P4P). He has 26 wins and one loss. The 35-year-old Poirier has 30 wins and nine defeats (one fight was declared invalid); in 2019, he lost ahead of schedule to former UFC champion Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Holland is 31 years old. He won 26 victories with seven defeats, one fight was declared invalid.
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