UFC 315 Bonuses: Della Maddalena, Muhammad Receive 'Fight of the Night' Honors

As it turned out, Jack Della Maddalena and Belal Muhammad were the ideal dance partners for a memorable championship clash.

The welterweight combatants earned “Fight of the Night” and $50,000 apiece for their spirited battle in the UFC 315 headliner at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Saturday night. The action only increased as the fight wore on, culminating in a frenetic final round where Della Maddalena put a final stamp on his unanimous decision victory to claim 170-pound gold.

Elsewhere, Jasmine Jasudavicius pocketed a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check for a dominant victory over Jessica Andrade in a preliminary flyweight contest. The Canadian took the former strawweight champion down with ease, landed ground-and-pound and then elicited a tap with a rear-naked choke at the 2:40 mark of Round 1.

Finally, Marc-Andre Barriault took home the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for a violent finish of Bruno Silva in a preliminary middleweight affair. Barriault put his adversary away with a series of elbows to the side of the head against the cage, rendering him unconscious 1:27 into the opening frame. Silva had to be carried from the Octagon on a stretcher afterward.