Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa brought the house down at UFC Paris, and for their efforts they were rewarded “Fight of the Night.”
The heavyweights each took home an additional $50,000 for a back-and-forth firefight that ended in the third with a vicious combination of punches from Gane, who bounced back from a title unifier against champ Francis Ngannou at UFC 270. Tuivasa may have been defeated by knockout, but his post-fight celebration with Gane won over the hostile crowd at Accor Arena.
Two additional fighters received bonuses for “Performance of the night”: Frenchman Benoit Saint Denis was awarded an extra $50,000 for stopping Gabriel Miranda. Prelim headliner Abus Magomedov, who had a perfect front kick to the head set him up for the knockout of Dustin Stolzfus, took home the exact same check.
ESPN+ aired UFC Paris live.
