UFC Vegas 100 Results: Bonus Winners and Highlights

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Carlos Prates will march into the welterweight Top 15 on Tuesday, and he did it with a bang. Prates scored a huge first-round knockout victory over Neil Magny, leaving the veteran face down out cold in the final seconds.

Here’s a look at the conclusion:

The win was Prates’ 11th in a row and 10th in a row by KO/TKO. Coming into the fight, Magny was ranked #15. That number will almost certainly belong to Prate and Magny will fall out of the rankings. Prates earned a bonus performance of the night for his finish.

After the fight, Prates had two calls. Initially, he called the number 4 Jack Della Maddelena, but he realized that this request might be a bit out of reach at this point in his career.

Prate’s second objective was much more practical. The Brazilian claimed No. 10 Geoff Neal who just had a very narrow TKO victory over Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 308 in October. Neal could easily be ready for Prates in February at UFC 312.

Don’t be shocked if this fight is Prates’ next.

Reinier de Ridder def. Gerald Meerschaert via third round submission (head-arm choke)

RDR didn’t look spectacular in parts of his UFC debut, but he ultimately got what he came for, and that’s a submission win over Meerschaert. Coming from ONE Championship, where he was a two-division champion, RDR showed he could compete in the UFC, but while he won, the 34-year-old didn’t look like a championship contender.

Here’s a look at the finish.

Here’s a look at the results from the rest of the card including the other three bonus winners.

  • Gaston Bolaños def. Cortavious Romious by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27×2)
  • Gillian Robertson def. Luana Pinheiro by unanimous decision (29-28×2, 29-27)
  • 🏆 Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Dushko Todorovic by first round TKO

In one of the most spectacular main card debuts this year, Abdul-Malik destroyed Todorovic in the first round. The last place anyone wants to be is under Abdul-Malik taking the powerful ground-pound punches of the middleweights.

Abdul-Malik earned one of four performance bonuses.

  • Denise Gomes def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz by unanimous decision (30-27×2, 29-28)
  • Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Zach Scroggin via first round TKO
  • Zaleski dos Santos made Scroggin pay for the weight loss for the fight. This fight ended in less than 90 seconds with another wild TKO.
  • 🏆Charles Radtke def. Matthew Semelsberger via first round TKO

Semelsberger tried to stay with Radtke, but it was a missed approach. In another first round finish, Radtke made quick work of Semelsberger to keep the action moving. Radtke also earned a bonus.

  • 🏆Da’Mon Blackshear def. Cody Stamann via first round submission (rear choke)

Stamann was considered a future title contender at one time, but on Saturday, he fell into Blackshear’s spider-like web and lost via first-round submission. Blackshear’s Mastery gained a bonus.

  • Tresean Gore def. Antonio Trócoli via first round submission (guillotine)

Gore’s explosiveness was a problem for Trocoli early in the fight, but the end came as the former was able to lock in a standing guillotine, leading to the submission victory.

  • Melissa Mullins def. Klaudia Syguła by second round TKO

To open the show and set the tone for the night, Mullins quickly dispatched Sygula, taking the finish line with dozens of unanswered punches from backmount.

Next week, the UFC will move to Madison Square Garden for UFC 309. Jon Jones, who was in attendance at the event at Apex, will defend his title against Stipe Miocic.

Stay tuned for fight week coverage.

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