By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Only three fighters were awarded "Fight Night" bonuses for UFC 118, as the event had no knockouts or TKO victories to award a "Knockout of the Night." Instead, only Joe Lauzon, Marcus Davis and Nate Diaz took home $60,000 in bonus money for their efforts in Boston.
Lauzon earned his with the most emphatic performance of the night. Submitting Gabe Ruediger with an armbar after a two minute beating in the first round of their bout on the Spike TV Prelims Live special, Lauzon earned himself the "Submission of the Night" award.
Diaz and Davis earned the "Fight of the Night" for their brutal back and forth brawl that ended when Diaz choked Davis unconscious with less than a minute left in the third round. Davis started off strong, knocking Diaz down and launching a flurry of punches at him in the first round, but from then on out it was all Diaz. He used his reach advantage effectively, and brutalized Davis face, opening up a huge cut and giving Davis a giant welt on the right side of his face. Diaz finally got a late takedown in the third and locked on the vicious fight ending choke.
Penick's Analysis: This was a very average fight card for the UFC, leading to Davis and Diaz taking the "Fight of the Night" almost by default. Not that it wasn't thoroughly entertaining, but it wasn't the strongest "Fight of the Night" on a UFC event this year. For Diaz, he's made himself a healthy chunk of extra money in his UFC career, with yet another bonus check in his bank account. As for Lauzon, he looked excellent, and made Ruediger look completely below his league. That was a very deserving deserving bonus win for him in just a great performance.
RELATED STORY: Penick's full round by round event report: [CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE]
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