Main card
AA
✓
Andrei Arlovski vs Travis Browne
Knockout R1 4:41
TB
Key takeaways
Daniel Cormier beat Anthony Johnson by submission at 2:39 of round three in the main event of UFC 187 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Chris Weidman beat Vitor Belfort by knockout at 2:53 of round one.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Chris Weidman, who stopped Vitor Belfort at 2:53 of round one, and two of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Daniel Cormier's submission of Anthony Johnson, 12 minutes and 39 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 5 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of five, against two of the six below it. Dong Hyun Kim (submission, round three) and Islam Makhachev (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Islam Makhachev. The only other ranked name was Islam Makhachev, No. 0 at welterweight.
