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#4. Viacheslav Borshchev – defeated Dakota Bush in a UFC lightweight bout

Viacheslav Borshchev picked up an impressive finish of Dakota Bush in his octagon debut

Few people were paying attention to the UFC debut of the curiously nicknamed Viacheslav Borshchev last night. ‘Slava Claus’ stepped into the octagon for the first time to take on Dakota Bush.

After his performance, though, he should garner quite a substantial amount of hype. Even if he doesn’t, he probably won’t mind today. After all, he was able to claim one of the event’s post-fight bonuses, taking home an extra $50k from the UFC in the process.

Borshchev looked genuinely excellent inside the octagon. Despite giving up a couple of early takedowns to Bush, he wasted no time in dispatching him on the feet. A brutal body shot was the killer blow as it dropped the more experienced Bush instantly and forced UFC referee Herb Dean to step in.

Quite how far Borshchev can go in the lightweight division is an absolute mystery. Given Bush was already 0-1 in the octagon, a victory over him may not mean all that much.

However, the fact that he trains with Team Alpha Male probably bodes well for his grappling to improve in the near future. Judging by this, he hits hard enough to be a threat to most opponents. Either way, this was an excellent start for his career on the big stage.

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#3. Jake Collier – defeated Chase Sherman in a UFC heavyweight bout

Jake Collier claimed a $50k bonus for his win over Chase Sherman

Once a pretty svelte 185lber, it’s probably safe to say that Jake Collier won’t be winning any bodybuilding contests in the near future.

Now tipping the scales at 264lbs, ‘The Prototype’ looked to be in poor physical condition for last night’s fight with Chase Sherman. In the end, it didn’t matter at all as he whitewashed ‘The Vanilla Gorilla’ en route to a first round win.

Essentially, the bout couldn’t have gone much easier for Collier. Just about two minutes had passed in the fight when he caught a kick and took Sherman down. From there, he worked him over on the ground, passing to back mount before applying a rear-naked choke for the tapout.

The truth is that being in such questionable shape will probably catch up with Collier at some point. Realistically, it already did when he lost to both Carlos Felipe and Tom Aspinall in his earlier UFC heavyweight bouts.

However, this win over Sherman not only saved his UFC career – he probably would’ve been cut with a loss – but it also made him $50k richer thanks to the fact that he produced one of just two finishes last night. Who can really complain about that?