Muslim Salikhov, Natalia Silva Among Four POTN Winners

The POTN honors belong none other than to
these four 👏👏👏

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November 20, 2022

Muslim
Salikhov lived up to his “King of Kung Fu” moniker at
UFC Fight Night 215.

The Dagestani striker garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night”
award for his third-round stoppage of Andre
Fialho in a featured welterweight showdown at the UFC Apex in
Las Vegas on Saturday. Salikhov put his opponent on the defensive
with an impressive offensive arsenal before ending the contest with
a spinning wheel kick and follow-up punches at the 1:03 mark of
Round 3.

Salikhov wasn’t the only one to use a spinning kick to pad his bank
account. Natalia
Silva earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” for a
spectacular knockout of Tereza
Bleda in the card’s opening bout. The Brazilian weathered a
wrestling-heavy approach from her opponent and as her Bleda
fatigued, Silva took control with her striking. That culminated in
her landing a perfectly-timed spinning back kick to the head as
Bleda shot for a takedown, setting the stage for a finishing
sequence at the 1:27 mark of Round 3.

Elsewhere, Kennedy
Nzechukwu took home a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus
after rallying for a second-round technical knockout triumph
against Ion
Cutelaba in the evening’s makeshift main event. The 6-foot-5
Fortis MMA product rocked Cutelaba with a knee and sealed his
victory with a barrage of punches 62 seconds into the period.

Finally, Jack
Della Maddalena received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night”
check for his third consecutive finish in the Octagon. The Aussie
overwhelmed Danny
Roberts with a salvo of punches near the fence for a technical
knockout victory 3:24 into the opening frame of their featured
welterweight encounter.