The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was live this past Sunday (May 8, 2016) with UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs Arlovski. After the event concluded, the UFC awarded $50,000 to two fighters for ‘Performance of the Night’ and two fighters for ‘Fight of the Night’. The lines to wager on these props were available at Several Bookmakerss. UFC Fight Night 85’s Post-Fight Bonus-Award winners were… Alistair Overeem earns Performance of the Night for his second round TKO of his training partner and former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski. It was an entertaining fight from begining to end, where Overeem landed a front-kick to the chin followed by a left hand that dropped Arlovski to the canvas, where a barrage of strikes that followed were enough for the referee to halt the action. The victory makes it three in a row for Overeem inside the Octagon, with three of those victories coming by way of T/KO. He now stands in line to take on the winner of this weekends Fabricio Werdum vs Stipe Miocic Heavyweight title bout. Stefan Struve earns Performance of the Night honors for his first round knockout of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. The Brazilian bumrushed Struve and paid dearly by taking a knee and falling to his knees, where “The Skyscraper” emptied out a tank of elbows to end the fight. It took him seventeen seconds to add another highlight to his reel and make an impressive return to the win column in what is a razor-thin heavyweight division in the UFC. Gunnar Nelson earns Performance of the Night for his second round rear naked choke submission of Russian welterweight prospect our of New Jersey, Albert “Einstein” Tumenov. He was unable to get under Tumenov’s chin but his squeeze was tight enough to force the Russian to tap. The impressive, highlight-reel finish puts Nelson back in the win column at 170-pounds and he will likely crack the division’s top 10 with the victory. Germaine De Randamie earns Performance of the Night for her impressive first round TKO finish of promotional newcomer Anna Elmose. The victory puts “The Iron Lady” at two in a row in the UFC’s 135-pound division and fight fans eagerly await her next Octagon outing. Noteworthy Performances: – Nikita Krylov defeated Francimar Barroso via second round rear naked choke to make it four in a row for himself inside the Octagon, with all four victories coming by way of finish. – Magnus Cedenblad defeated Garreth McLellan via second round knockout to make it four in a row for himself in the UFC with three of those victories coming inside the distance. – Reza Madadi defeated Yan Cabral via third round TKO to earn his way back into the win column in the UFC’s 155-pound division. – Yulka Sasaki defeated Willie Gates via second round rear naked choke to snap a two fight losing skid and pick up his first win in the UFC’s flyweight division.
