In only a few brief hours, André Lima acquired his first win contained in the Octagon, a brand new tattoo, and $50,000.
Making his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday night time, Lima went toe-to-toe with extremely touted prospect Igor Severino. After an entertaining opening spherical and an equally thrilling couple of minutes within the second, issues took an uncommon flip when Severino appeared to chew Lima on the bicep throughout a clinch in opposition to the cage wall. Lima instantly protested which prompted referee Chris Tognoni to pause the motion and try the replay.
Nonetheless, Lima had all of the proof they wanted on his arm. Brandishing a nasty-looking chew mark, the bout was instantly known as off with Severino being disqualified close to the midway level of the spherical.
André Lima scores a giant fats ‘chew bonus’ from dana white
White later confirmed in a textual content alternate with MMA journalist Kevin Iole that Severino had been lower. Lima’s supervisor additionally revealed that his fighter can be the first-ever recipient of the “I acquired f*cking bit bonus” courtesy of the UFC CEO, which might land Lima an additional $25,000 for the trauma.
In a hilarious twist to the story, Lima commemorated the incident by tattooing Severino’s chew mark on his arm which instantly earned him an additional 25k from White.
“I used to be going to provide him 25k,” White wrote on his Instagram tales. “Now I’m giving him 50k. That is superior!”
