Key takeaways
Georges St-Pierre beat Matt Hughes by knockout at 1:25 of round two in the main event of UFC 65 at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento. In the co-main event, Tim Sylvia beat Jeff Monson by unanimous decision after five rounds.
Across the nine bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, one by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in nine fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Brandon Vera, who stopped Frank Mir at 1:09 of round one, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was James Irvin's knockout of Hector Ramirez, 7 minutes and 36 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 12 minutes of cage time.