Main card
GS
George Sotiropoulos vs Ross Pearson
Knockout R3 0:41
RP
✓
CF
Colin Fletcher vs Norman Parke
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
NP
✓
Key takeaways
Ross Pearson beat George Sotiropoulos by knockout at 0:41 of round three in the main event of UFC on FX at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gold Coast. In the co-main event, Robert Whittaker beat Brad Scott by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the nine bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout and four on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in nine fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Chad Mendes, who stopped Yaotzin Meza at 1:55 of round one, and four of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ross Pearson's knockout of George Sotiropoulos, 10 minutes and 41 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 26 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its five results came early, against two of the four above it. Chad Mendes (knockout, round one), Ben Alloway (knockout, round one) and Cody Donovan (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared.
