Key takeaways
Manel Kape beat Kyoji Horiguchi by knockout at 2:42 of round three in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Kyoji Horiguchi had come in as the division's No. 5. In the co-main event, Navajo Stirling beat Ion Cutelaba by knockout at 3:23 of round two at light heavyweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Levan Chokheli, who stopped Leon Shahbazyan after 23 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Manel Kape's knockout of Kyoji Horiguchi, 12 minutes and 42 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 55 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of five, against two of the seven below it. Bia Mesquita (submission, round one) and Levan Chokheli (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Five weight classes were used, featherweight most often with five bouts.
