The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday’s card in Texas \u2013 and the main event winner double-dipped.<\/p>\n
After UFC Fight Night 259, three fighters picked up an extra $50,000 \u2013 and in the case of one, $100K \u2013 for their performances at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. Check out the winners below.<\/p>\n
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Performance of the Night: Santiago Luna<\/p>\n
Santiago Luna (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) got the arena popping off when he took out Quang Le (9-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) with a rallied knockout to open the main card in his UFC debut.<\/p>\n
Performance of the Night, Fight of the Night: Diego Lopes def. Jean Silva<\/p>\n
Diego Lopes (27-7 MMA, 6-2 UFC) had a great start to his featherweight main event against Jean Silva (16-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) when he mounted him and rained down plenty of ground-and-pound. But Silva worked his way back into the fight and constantly threatened Lopes with kicks and slick spinning attacks. That led a thrilling nearly 10 minutes in the headliner \u2013 right until Lopes threw the same kind of spinning elbow Silva had been trying to land and caught him with it. A few punches later, Silva had the first loss of his UFC run \u2013 and another gut punch for the Fighting Nerds.<\/p>\n