UFC 207 bonuses: Amanda Nunes and Alex Garcia pick up $50,000 for their brutal knockouts

LAS VEGAS – Amanda Nunes, Alex Garcia, Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz each earned $50,000 fight-night bonuses at Friday’s UFC 207 event.

Nunes and Garcia earned “Performance of the Night” awards, and Garbrandt and Cruz took home “Fight of the Night” honors.

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

In the main event, Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) absolutely dominated former longtime champion Ronda Rousey (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) for a 48-second TKO. Nunes lit the ex-champ up from the get-go and never seemed to get hit in return to retain her women’s bantamweight title. Rousey was returning for the first time in 13 months after losing her title to Holly Holm. Now she has two straight losses, but by knockout.

In the co-feature Garbrandt (11-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) was mostly dominant against Cruz (22-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) to take a unanimous decision in the five-round bantamweight title fight. Garbrandt won with scores of 48-47 and a pair of 48-46s and became the first fighter to beat Cruz at 135 pounds.

On the preliminary card, Garcia (14-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) took out Mike Pyle (27-13-1 MMA, 10-8 UFC) with just one punch in the first round of their welterweight fight. Garcia landed a perfect right hand, and Pyle fell unconscious to the canvas – his head bouncing off the mat. Garcia needed no follow-ups.

UFC 207 took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

For more on UFC 207, check out the UFC Events section of the site.