{"id":37602,"date":"2026-04-05T03:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-Vegas-115-Bonuses-Bodyshot-KO-garners-36100K-performance-award-200727"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:36:15","slug":"ufc-vegas-115-bonuses-body-shot-ko-garners-100k-performance-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-vegas-115-bonuses-body-shot-ko-garners-100k-performance-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Vegas 115 Bonuses: Body-shot KO garners &#036;100K performance award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ufc-vegas-115-bonuses-body-shot-ko-garners-100k-performance-award.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alessandro-Costa-214613\">Alessandro<br \/>\nCosta<\/a> attacked the body with intention, and that work made him<br \/>\n$100,000 richer.<\/p>\n<p>The Lobo Gym MMA product received a \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d<br \/>\nbonus for his second-round stoppage of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Stewart-Nicoll-289569\">Stewart<br \/>\nNicoll<\/a> in their preliminary flyweight contest at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-272-April-4-111271\"><br \/>\nUFC Vegas 115<\/a> on Saturday night. A left hook to the liver sent<br \/>\nNicoll to his knees and Costa polished off his victory with one<br \/>\nfollow-up punch at the 4:56 mark of the period.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A Knee KO and a Furious Round<\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alice-Pereira-433004\">Alice<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> also earned a $100,000 \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d check<br \/>\nfor a spectacular knockout of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Hailey-Cowan-271495\">Hailey<br \/>\nCowan<\/a> in a preliminary bantamweight affair. The 20-year-old<br \/>\nBrazilian prospect rendered Cowan unconscious with a leaping left<br \/>\nknee to the chin 4:24 into the second stanza to secure her first<br \/>\nUFC triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tommy-McMillen-229309\">Tommy<br \/>\nMcMillen<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Manolo-Zecchini-168091\">Manolo<br \/>\nZecchini<\/a> garnered \u201cFight of the Night\u201d honors and $100,000<br \/>\napiece for their frenetic featherweight encounter. While both men<br \/>\nwere on the offensive from the outset, McMillen ultimately crumbled<br \/>\nhis foe with a pair of knees to the body against the fence. From<br \/>\nthere, he landed a few more follow-up punches to earn a stoppage<br \/>\n3:57 into Round 1.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.3442211055276\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.3015075376884\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two performances they&#8217;ll never forget<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc4f<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlessanCosta10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlessanCosta10<\/a><br \/>\n&amp; <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alicepereiraufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlicePereiraUFC<\/a><br \/>\nare leaving <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCVegas115?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\n#UFCVegas115<\/a> with the POTN bonuses!<\/p>\n[ B2YB <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamTrucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RamTrucks<\/a><br \/>\n] <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ftqRjjjq2b\">pic.twitter.com\/ftqRjjjq2b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/2040629529312719092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nApril 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/><center readability=\"2.0757575757576\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.2272727272727\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pure grit in the Octagon \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>Tommy McMillen &amp; Manolo Zecchini didn&#8217;t waste a second to earn the<br \/>\nFOTN honor at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCVegas115?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\n#UFCVegas115<\/a>!<\/p>\n[ B2YB <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToyoTires?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ToyoTires<\/a><br \/>\n] <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UXruhU1RGL\">pic.twitter.com\/UXruhU1RGL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/2040630967044637035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nApril 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alessandro Costa attacked the body with intention, and that work made him $100,000 richer. The Lobo Gym MMA product received a \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}