UFC Des Moines Bonuses: Reinier de Ridder Earns $50K For Shocking Upset

The headliner and co-headliner stole the show at
UFC Des Moines.

Four performance bonuses were handed at the event, also known as
UFC on ESPN 67, which went down at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines
on Saturday.

Cory
Sandhagen (18-5) and Deiveson
Figueiredo (24-5) clashed in a bantamweight affair in the main
event. “Sandman” was a massive favorite and justified the odds with
a dominating “Performance of the Night” award to bag $50,000.
Sandhagen outgunned Figueiredo in every aspect before the former
flyweight champ visibly covered up in agony due to a knee injury in
the second round.

Former two-division One
Championship champ Reinier
de Ridder (20-2) earned another POTN bonus for his finish of
Bo
Nickal (7-1) in the co-headliner. Ridder stopped Nickal with a
massive knee to the body in the second round, handing the former
three-time NCAA Division 1 king his first professional mixed
martial arts loss. “The Dutch Knight” then aimed high with a
callout of Sean
Strickland.

Middleweight prospect Azamat
Bekoev (20-3) won a POTN bonus for his knockout of Ryan Loder
(7-2) on the preliminary card. Bekoev stubbed a takedown attempt
from the former NCAA All-American before knocking him out in under
three minutes.

Vietnamese bantamweight Quang Le (9-2)
walked away with an axtra $50,000 for his first Octagon win. Le
displayed a well-rounded arsenal to choke Gaston
Bolanos (8-5) out in the second round, rebounding from a
two-fight skid.