Yair Rodriguez and Charles Rosa had a memorable undercard scrap at UFC 188. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
It was a night of abundant riches for Fabricio Werdum.
In addition to heavyweight gold, Werdum earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for his victory over Cain Velasquez in the UFC 188 main event.
Werdum submitted Velasquez with a guillotine choke 2:13 into round three of Saturday’s headliner at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City on Saturday night. The Brazilian weathered the storm from Velasquez in round one and battered his foe with punching combinations and knees in the clinch in round two.