Key takeaways
Efrain Escudero beat Phillipe Nover by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Ryan Bader beat Vinny Magalhaes by knockout at 2:18 of round one.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in ten fights. One of the three decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Eliot Marshall, who stopped Jules Bruchez at 1:27 of round one, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Anthony Johnson's knockout of Kevin Burns, 10 minutes and 28 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 24 minutes of cage time.