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TUF 27 Finale bonuses: 'Violent Bob Ross' Luis Pena gets a happy accident worth $50k

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LAS VEGAS – Israel Adesanya, Luis Pena, Alex Caceres and Martin Bravo earned $50,000 fight-night bonuses at Friday’s UFC event, The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale.

Adesanya and Pena earned “Performance of the Night” awards, and Caceres and Bravo took home “Fight of the Night” honors. UFC officials announced the winners after the card, which MMAjunkie attended.

Adesanya (13-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) was systematic in his dominance of Brad Tavares (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) in the middleweight main event. Adesanya took a pair of 50-45 scores and a 49-46 from a judge who gave Tavares the first round. But after that reasonably close first, it was a blowout for Adesanya, who stayed unbeaten and now hopes to fight Uriah Hall.

Pena (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) picked up a brilliant first-round submission win over fellow “TUF 27” fighter Richie Smullen (3-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) on the prelims. His guillotine choke win was the lone first-round finish on the fight card.

Caceres (14-11 MMA, 9-9 UFC) and Bravo (11-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) went back and forth in their featherweight bout on the main card. It even looked like Caceres might be able to get a finish a couple times. Ultimately, though, it went to the judges and Caceres picked up a split decision with a pair of 29-28 scores.

The TUF 27 Finale took place at Pearl Theater in Las Vegas, and it aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

For more on the The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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