Key takeaways
Josh Barnett beat Roy Nelson by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Uriah Hall beat Gegard Mousasi by knockout at 0:25 of round two.
Across the nine bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, one by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in nine fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Diego Brandao, who stopped Katsunori Kikuno after 28 seconds, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Keita Nakamura's submission of Li Jingliang, 12 minutes and 17 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 54 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: two of its four results came early, against two of the five above it. Keita Nakamura (submission, round three) and Shinsho Anzai (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Kyoji Horiguchi, No. 5 at flyweight.
