UFC Vegas 119 bonus awards went to Manel Kape and Murtazali Magomedov, who each earned Performance of the Night honors. Vinicius Oliveira and Andre Fili shared Fight of the Night recognition for their bout.
Four fighters walked away from UFC Vegas 119 with bonus checks after a night that produced standout individual performances and one memorable back-and-forth contest.
Manel Kape earned a Performance of the Night award to add to a résumé that already stands at 23 wins and 7 losses. The 32-year-old Angolan southpaw competes at flyweight, where he is currently ranked sixth in the division. Fighting out of Xtreme Couture, Kape is a high-volume striker who connects at a 55 percent accuracy rate and lands 4.68 significant strikes per minute, making him one of the more dangerous finishers in the 125-pound class.
Murtazali Magomedov claimed the second Performance of the Night bonus, though verified data for the fighter was not available in this report.
The Fight of the Night honors went to Vinicius Oliveira and Andre Fili for what the UFC deemed their evening's most entertaining bout. Oliveira, a 30-year-old Brazilian bantamweight ranked 12th in the division, trains out of Sombra Team and carries a 24-4 record. He fights out of a switch stance, stands five-foot-nine with a 70-inch reach, and averages 5.44 significant strikes per minute, giving him legitimate knockout threat at 135 pounds.
Fili, nicknamed "Touchy," brought a 25-14 record into the fight for Team Alpha Male. The 36-year-old American stands five-foot-eleven with a 74-inch reach and contributes across multiple areas, averaging 2.24 takedown attempts per 15 minutes alongside 3.89 significant strikes per minute. The contrast in styles — Oliveira's high-output striking against Fili's more measured, grappling-supplemented approach — clearly delivered the kind of action the bonus is designed to reward.
Why it matters
- Kape's bonus reinforces his case as a genuine flyweight title contender at rank six
- Oliveira's Fight of the Night recognition could push the 30-year-old deeper into bantamweight contention from his current 12th-place standing
- Fili, at 36 with a 25-14 record, showed he remains a competitive and entertaining presence in the UFC roster
