Key takeaways
Michael Bisping beat Jorge Rivera by knockout at 1:54 of round two in the main event of UFC 127 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. In the co-main event, Dennis Siver beat George Sotiropoulos by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Zhang Tiequan, who stopped Jason Reinhardt after 48 seconds, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Michael Bisping's knockout of Jorge Rivera, 6 minutes and 54 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 38 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its five results came early, against three of the six above it. Alexander Gustafsson (submission, round one), Anthony Perosh (submission, round one) and Zhang Tiequan (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.