Main card
FW
✓
Fabricio Werdum vs Cain Velasquez
Submission R3 2:13
CV
TP
✓
Tecia Pennington vs Angela Hill12
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
AH
Key takeaways
Fabricio Werdum beat Cain Velasquez by submission at 2:13 of round three in the main event of UFC 188 at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City. In the co-main event, Eddie Alvarez beat Gilbert Melendez by split decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, three by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in eleven fights. Two of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Patrick Williams, who stopped Alejandro Perez after 23 seconds, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Fabricio Werdum's submission of Cain Velasquez, 12 minutes and 13 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 9 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against two of the six below it. Efrain Escudero (submission, round one) and Patrick Williams (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared.
