Main card
GV
Gian Villante vs Ilir Latifi
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
IL
✓
Key takeaways
Nate Diaz beat Conor McGregor by submission at 4:12 of round two in the main event of UFC 196 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Miesha Tate beat Holly Holm by submission at 3:30 of round five.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, two by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jason Saggo, who stopped Justin Salas at 4:31 of round one, and one of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Miesha Tate's submission of Holly Holm, 23 minutes and 30 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 11 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its six results came early, against two of the five above it. Nordine Taleb (knockout, round two), Vitor Miranda (knockout, round two) and Jason Saggo (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Valentina Shevchenko. The only other ranked name was Valentina Shevchenko, No. 0 at women's flyweight.
