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UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2 May 25, 2013 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada All ‘of the Night’…

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Chris Palmquist
May 26, 2013 · 1 min read
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UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2

May 25, 2013

MGM Grand Garden Arena

Las Vegas, Nevada

All ‘of the Night’ performance bonuses are set for $50,000 going forward, and there were some HOLY F@#%ING $#!* moments Saturday night that that honored.

Knockout of the Night: T.J. Grant

Submission of the Night: Glover Teixeira

Fight of the Night: Junior dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt

UFC president Dana White had originally determined to award Junior dos Santos the “Knockout of the Night” honors for the wheel kick destruction above. However, a higher power in the form of Mike Tyson determined that T.J. Grant’s KO of Gray Maynard was more worthy still.

JDS did however take the $50,000 Fight of the Night honors.

Submission of the Night went to Glover Teixeira, who guillotined James Te Huna at just 2:38 of the first round.

White revealed the role Tyson played during the UFC 160 media scrum:

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