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UFC 260 results, highlights: Francis Ngannou, Vicente Luque among Performance of the Night winners

  Francis Ngannou is the new UFC heavyweight champion and he's taking home a bit of extra money along with his new championship belt after the  conclusion of Saturday's UFC 260 . Ngannou was one of four men who were awarded the UFC's traditional post-fight bonuses. Ngannou dominated Stipe Miocic in the main event, fending off takedowns and landing big strikes before eventually knocking out Miocic with a massive left hand in the second round. Sean O'Malley joined Ngannou as a Performance of the Night bonus winner. O'Malley almost let the bonus slip through his fingers in his bout with Thomas Almeida. In the first round, O'Malley rocked Almeida, driving him into the cage after a big head kick and left hand, but walked away rather than following up, allowing Almeida back in the fight. In the final moments of the third round, however, O'Malley hit a beautiful step-back left hand that dropped Almeida. When the fight wasn't immediately stopped, this time O'