{"id":537366,"date":"2026-03-15T05:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537366\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T05:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:21:10","slug":"ufc-vegas-114-bonuses-jaw-breaking-featherweight-scrap-takes-fotn-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537366\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Vegas 114 Bonuses! Jaw-Breaking Featherweight Scrap Takes FOTN Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Vallejos put the UFC\u2019s featherweight division on notice last night (Sat., Mar. 14, 2026) at UFC Vegas 114<\/a> LIVE on Paramount+ from inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, after the 24-year-old contender stopped battle-tested veteran Josh Emmett with a perfect first-round TKO (highlights HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In addition to the featherweight headliner, UFC\u2019s return to Meta Apex produced a laundry list of memorable performances and finishes. Check out some of the key moments below and let us know which ones stood out the most!<\/p>\n

Beatriz Mesquita looked even better than her debut with an impressive submission finish over women\u2019s bantamweight fighter Montserrat Rendon (highlights HERE<\/a>)Rising 23-year-old bantamweight prospect Elijah Smith delivered another memorable outing with an early rear-naked choke stoppage<\/a>Former Contender Series standout Manoel Sousa scored big in his Octagon debut with a blistering one-punch knockout over Bolaji Oki (watch it HERE<\/a>)Light heavyweight veteran Ion Cutelaba earned a surprising submission finish<\/a> over hulking prospect Oumar SyUndefeated featherweight prospect Marwan Rahiki ended up breaking Harry Hardwick\u2019s jaw over the course of two exhilarating rounds to walk away with a debut TKO stoppage<\/p>\n

Now that the Octagon violence has concluded, let\u2019s take a closer look at the official UFC Vegas 114 post-fight bonus winners. Remember, each winner gets an extra $100,000<\/a>, while every fighter leftover who earned a finish gets $25,000.<\/p>\n

Fight of the Night: Marwan Rahiki vs. Harry Hardwick
Performance of the Night: Kevin Vallejos
Performance of the Night: Manoel Sousa
$25K Winners: Bia Mesquita, Ion Cutelaba, Elijah Smith<\/p>\n

For complete UFC Vegas 114 results, coverage, and highlights click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Vallejos put the UFC\u2019s featherweight division on notice last night (Sat., Mar. 14, 2026) at UFC Vegas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,76364,139445,702,7788],"class_list":["post-537366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-bonuses-and-awards","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}