Main card
DM
✓
Demian Maia vs Gunnar Nelson
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
GN
Key takeaways
Luke Rockhold beat Chris Weidman by knockout at 3:12 of round four in the main event of UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Yoel Romero beat Jacare Souza by split decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, one 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 Warlley Alves, who stopped Colby Covington at 1:26 of round one, and three of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Luke Rockhold's knockout of Chris Weidman, 18 minutes and 12 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 10 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its seven results came early, against one of the four above it. Warlley Alves (submission, round one), Leonardo Santos (knockout, round one) and Magomed Mustafaev (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Max Holloway, No. 4 at lightweight.
