Dan Hooker, Mateusz Gamrot, Kai Kara-France, and Carlos Prates Bag Extra $50K from Dana White

The UFC octagon’s return to Perth delivered a plethora of finishes within the 12-fight card on Saturday. Whereas middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis confirmed his coronary heart, retaining the belt after a tricky problem from Israel Adesanya, the co-main eventer, Kai Kara France stole the present with an R1 KO, bagging the PON bonus.

Catching his opponent, Steve Erceg, with a thudding shot, Kara-France dropped ‘Astroboy’ as soon as earlier than repeating the identical after which completed him off with some floor and pound. All in all, Uncle Dana gave out 4 bonuses. One other sensational performer who gained the $50k PON bonus was Brazilian welterweight, Carlos Prates. Prates delivered a spotlight reel walk-off KO over ‘The Leech’ Li Jingliang, changing into the primary fighter within the UFC to KO the Chinese language celebrity.

Because the promotions Perth return acquired the gate cross the $5 million mark, the light-weight banger between Dan Hooker & Mateusz Gamrot was awarded the Battle of the Evening bonus with each fighters getting $50k every. In reality, the battle was an absolute warfare that noticed each males duking it out until the bell rang, incomes the group’s respect.

Hooker vs Gamrot – The Light-weight warfare at UFC 305

The raucous crowd within the sold-out enviornment sensed one thing impending after the cardboard opener, Carlos Prates, KOed ‘The Leech.’ Slowly but steadily the occasion was creating right into a barnburner of a battle card with most prelim fighters doing wonderful work. And shortly it was time for the light-weight #5 vs #7 showdown.

Making essentially the most out of the chance, Dan Hooker confirmed the canine in him and went to warfare towards the Polish powerhouse who shot for takedowns one after the opposite. Regardless of his wrestling-heavy recreation, Gamrot examined ‘The Hangman’s’ chin a couple of occasions giving us one hell of a battle. Hooker, then again, was his traditional self, able to exit on his defend, taking the warfare to #5 ranked Gamrot.

Successfully utilizing the guillotine choke as his protection, the Kiwi stuffed Gamrot’s takedowns earlier than he dropped him with a shot. To present the Polish fighter the credit score, he took like a champ and went at it, even catching Hooker a couple of occasions with photographs of his personal. Nevertheless, on the finish of the duel, two judges scored 29-28 for Hooker who gained the bout through cut up resolution.