Shara Magomedov is back.
The popular fighter rebounds from his first career loss to earn a wild unanimous decision win over Marc-Andre Barriault (30-27 x3) to earn FIght of the Night at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday
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Magomedov and Barriault both earned $50,000 for the honor.
Two other UFC fighters also picked up a bonus with their performances Saturday. Muslim Salikhov earns Performance of the Night with his 42-second knockout of Carlos Leal, while Steven Nguyen has six knockdowns en route to his PON bonus win. Both fights were on the UFC Abu Dhabi prelims.
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