UFC

UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos

Completed Meta Apex, Las Vegas, United States 12 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Raul Rosas Jr. beat Raoni Barcelos by knockout in the main event.
  • Ailin Perez beat Norma Dumont by unanimous decision in the co-main event at women's bantamweight.
  • Nine of the twelve results came early: six knockouts and two submissions.

Main card

Raul Rosas Jr. ✓ Mexico

12Raul Rosas Jr. vs Raoni Barcelos13

Bantamweight
Knockout R5 1:38
Raoni Barcelos Brazil
Norma Dumont Brazil

4Norma Dumont vs Ailin Perez5

Women's bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Ailin Perez ✓ Argentina
LH ✓

Luis Hernandez vs Sedriques Dumas

Light heavyweight
Submission R1 0:57
Sedriques Dumas United States
MO

Mehemmedeli Osmanli vs Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu

Bantamweight
Dq R1 2:19
IU
Melissa Amaya

Melissa Amaya vs Valesca Machado

Women's strawweight
Knockout R2 3:19
Valesca Machado Brazil

Preliminary card

Brady Hiestand ✓ United States

Brady Hiestand vs Rinya Nakamura

Bantamweight
Submission R2 4:07
Rinya Nakamura Japan
Rodolfo Vieira ✓ Brazil

Rodolfo Vieira vs Robert Bryczek

Middleweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Robert Bryczek Poland
Rodolfo Bellato Brazil

Rodolfo Bellato vs Christian Edwards

Light heavyweight
Knockout R3 1:47
Christian Edwards ✓ United States
Elves Brener ✓ Brazil

Elves Brener vs Josiah Harrell

Lightweight
Knockout R1 4:14
Josiah Harrell United States
Montel Jackson ✓ United States

Montel Jackson vs Ricky Simon

Bantamweight
Knockout R2 2:39
Ricky Simon United States
John Castaneda United States

John Castaneda vs Alatengheili

Bantamweight
Split decision R3 5:00
Alatengheili ✓
MG

Mickey Gall vs Sedriques Dumas

Middleweight
Cancelled
Sedriques Dumas United States
Vanessa Demopoulos United States

Vanessa Demopoulos vs Yazmin Jauregui

Women's strawweight
Knockout R1 1:02
Yazmin Jauregui ✓ Mexico
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Results

Main and co-main events

Raul Rosas Jr. beat Raoni Barcelos by knockout at 1:38 of round five in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Raoni Barcelos had come in as the division's No. 13. In the co-main event, Ailin Perez beat Norma Dumont, the division's No. 4, by unanimous decision after three rounds at women's bantamweight.

How the card was decided

Across the ten bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, two by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in ten fights. One of the three decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Luis Hernandez, who stopped Sedriques Dumas after 57 seconds, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Raul Rosas Jr.'s knockout of Raoni Barcelos, 21 minutes and 38 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 41 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against two of the three above it. Brady Hiestand (submission, round two), Christian Edwards (knockout, round three) and Elves Brener (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

Four ranked fighters appeared.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

The card drew fighters from six countries, nine of them from United States and six from Brazil. Six weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with five bouts. Paramount+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.

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