TUF 26 Finale bonuses: Nicco Montano, Roxanne Modafferi pick up $50,000 in title fight

LAS VEGAS – Nicco Montano, Roxanne Modafferi, Gerald Meerschaert and Brett Johns each earned $50,000 bonuses for their performances at Friday’s TUF 26 Finale event.

Montano, Modafferi earned the “Fight of the Night,” while Meerschaert and Johns each won “Performance of the Night” honors.

UFC officials announced the winners following the event, which MMAjunkie attended.

Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) topped Modafferi (21-14 MMA, 0-2 UFC) with a five-round unanimous decision to win the inaugural UFC women’s flyweigh title. Montano earned her spot in the final with a 3-0 run on Season 26 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” But Modafferi only got the fight after Sijara Eubanks was hospitalized with weight-cutting issues. Modafferi had lost in the semifinals.

Meerschaert (27-9 MMA, 3-1 UFC) took out Eric Spicely (10-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) in their main-card middleweight fight with a sickening left kick to the liver. It dropped Spicely immediately, and the TKO came a second later.

Johns (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) opened the main card with a rare submission against Joe Soto (18-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) in their bantamweight fight. Johns caught Soto with a calf slicer and forced him to tap just 30 seconds into the fight.

The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale took place Friday at Park Theater in Las Vegas. It aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

For complete coverage of The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale, check out the UFC Events section of the site.