Four fighters earned big bonuses at UFC Vegas 104.
Andre Lima, Carli Judice, and Carlos Vera all won $50,000 Performance of the Night bonuses for the first time at Saturday’s event at UFC APEX. The fourth bonus went to bantamweight veteran Priscila Cachoeira, who most recently won a Fight of the Night back in February 2022.
The extra cash was well-earned, with all four winners showing out in impressive fashion.
Lima was arguably the fastest riser in terms of rankings as the flyweight improved to 4-0 in the UFC and 11-0 as a pro with a dominant submission win over Daniel Barez. “Mascote” went ahead on the scorecards after two rounds before finding a rear-naked choke finish in the third.
Judice and Vera both utilized head kicks to score their first UFC wins and snatch their first Performance of the Night bonuses. In the opening bout of the preliminaries, Judice rocked Yuneisy Duben with a high kick to find a knockout finish in the first round, while Vera used a kick to stun the heavily favored Josias Musa and put him away with a rear-naked choke also in the first round.
This is the second bonus for Judice in just two UFC appearances after she previously won a Fight of the Night award in a losing effort against Gabriella Fernandes.
The most emphatic finish of the night belonged to Cachoeira, who blasted Josiane Nunes with an uppercut in Round 1 that left her Brazilian counterpart flat on the canvas.
