UFC Vegas 115 Bonuses: Body-shot KO garners $100K performance award

Alessandro
Costa attacked the body with intention, and that work made him
$100,000 richer.

The Lobo Gym MMA product received a “Performance of the Night”
bonus for his second-round stoppage of Stewart
Nicoll in their preliminary flyweight contest at
UFC Vegas 115 on Saturday night. A left hook to the liver sent
Nicoll to his knees and Costa polished off his victory with one
follow-up punch at the 4:56 mark of the period.

A Knee KO and a Furious Round

Elsewhere, Alice
Pereira also earned a $100,000 “Performance of the Night” check
for a spectacular knockout of Hailey
Cowan in a preliminary bantamweight affair. The 20-year-old
Brazilian prospect rendered Cowan unconscious with a leaping left
knee to the chin 4:24 into the second stanza to secure her first
UFC triumph.

Finally, Tommy
McMillen and Manolo
Zecchini garnered “Fight of the Night” honors and $100,000
apiece for their frenetic featherweight encounter. While both men
were on the offensive from the outset, McMillen ultimately crumbled
his foe with a pair of knees to the body against the fence. From
there, he landed a few more follow-up punches to earn a stoppage
3:57 into Round 1.