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\nSean Sharaf, UFC 331 ceremonial weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez\/Cageside Press<\/p>\n
Sean Sharaf\u2019s finish of Gable Steveson at UFC 331 did not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n
Sharaf was a sizeable underdog in the fight, which had Olympic gold medalist wrestler Steveson a -2500 favourite with some oddsmakers. Most had counted Sharaf out, but heavyweight is heavyweight, and a single punch changes everything. Which is did, just 12 seconds into the fight, when Sharaf flatlined the ex-NCAA Division I champ.<\/p>\n
As Dana White said following the bout, \u201canything is possible.\u201d And after anything can and did happen, Sharaf picked up a special $50,000 \u201cproper chaos\u201d bonus that had previously been announced in conjunction with the new season of Paramount+ show Mobland<\/em>. On top of that, UFC CEO and President White pledged an extra $50,000.<\/p>\n Performance of the Night bonuses at UFC 331 were also the usual $100,000 and went to Arman Tsarukyan and Casey O\u2019Neill. A slick arm-bar submission (a tornado arm-bar) saw O\u2019Neill thrill fans at the Crypto.com Arena on Saturday, while Tsarukyan put away Mauricio Ruffy with elbows in the co-main event.<\/p>\n Fight of the Night went to the main event between Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja. The rematch exceed expectations, and saw Van come away with a decision win after five incredibly hard-fought rounds.<\/p>\n $25,000 finish bonuses went to Joanderson Brito, Ryan Gandra, Chito Vera, and Patricio Pitbull. Attendance\u00a0 in Los Angeles was 19,357 for an $8.3 million U.S. gate, the highest in arena history.<\/p>\n