The bout with the highest stakes was also the evening’s best at UFC 213.
Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero earned “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for their five-round battle in the evening’s headliner at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Whittaker shook off a slow start and a bum leg to outwork Romero down the stretch to capture a unanimous decision triumph and the interim middleweight title in a tense back-and-forth battle.
Elsewhere, Rob Font received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for his second-round submission of Douglas Silva de Andrade in a featured bantamweight clash.