The second UFC event of the month of October got off to a sluggish start, but UFC Fight Night 230 ended with one of the year’s best fights.
In the main event, rated featherweight Edson Barboza (24-11 MMA, 18-11 UFC) defeated Sodiq Yusuff (13-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) via unanimous decision after recovering from a brutal first-round beating.
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The total payment for the event in accordance with the UFC Promotional Guidelines was $167,500.
Newcomers to the sport had a 1-2 record there.
$50,000 in fight-night bonuses were awarded to Barboza, Yusuff, Jonathan Martinez, and Michel Pereira at UFC Fight Night 230.
With a swift first-round TKO victory over Andre Petroski (10-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who had never lost in the UFC, Michel Pereira (29-11 MMA, 7-2 UFC) immediately established himself as a middleweight contender. After years at welterweight, Pereira upped to 185 pounds, he needed just 66 seconds to finish Petroski after nearly 17 months on the sidelines.
Adrian Yanez (16-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) was the target of Jonathan Martinez’s (19-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) leg kick strategy. He continued doing it until he finally took Yanez down for the final time for a TKO. Martinez is now only the second fighter in UFC history to receive multiple leg kick finishes. He shares that accomplishment with Edson Barboza, the featured performer on Saturday.
For UFC Fight Night 230, the UFC sold VIP tickets to fans, but the promotion kept the gate and the total number of tickets sold a secret.
Favourites in the betting went 8-3 on the card.
Favourites in the betting dropped to 19-16-1 for UFC main events this year.
The 11-bout card’s total fight time was 2:16:15.
