Main card
KN
KJ Noons vs Daron Cruickshank
Could not continue R2 0:25
DC
Key takeaways
Carla Esparza beat Rose Namajunas by submission at 1:26 of round three in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas. Rose Namajunas had come in as the division's No. 5. In the co-main event, Charles Oliveira beat Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, four by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in ten fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Yancy Medeiros, who stopped Joe Proctor at 4:37 of round one, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Carla Esparza's submission of Rose Namajunas, 11 minutes and 26 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 59 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of four, against two of the six below it. Felice Herrig (submission, round two) and Aisling Daly (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts. The only other ranked name was Angela Hill, No. 12 at women's strawweight.
