UFC

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt

Completed Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, United States 12 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Cody Garbrandt beat Thomas Almeida by knockout in the main event.
  • Jeremy Stephens beat Renan Barao by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Four of the twelve results came early: three knockouts and one submission.

Main card

Thomas Almeida

Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt

Knockout R1 2:53
Cody Garbrandt
JS

Jeremy Stephens vs Renan Barao

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
RB
RS

Rick Story vs Tarec Saffiedine

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Tarec Saffiedine
CC

Chris Camozzi vs Vitor Miranda

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
VM
Jorge Masvidal

Jorge Masvidal vs Lorenz Larkin

Split decision R3 5:00
Lorenz Larkin
JB

Joshua Burkman vs Paul Felder

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Paul Felder

Preliminary card

Sara McMann

Sara McMann vs Jessica Eye

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Jessica Eye
Abel Trujillo

Abel Trujillo vs Jordan Rinaldi

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Jordan Rinaldi
Jake Collier

Jake Collier vs Alberto Uda

Knockout R2 1:06
AU
EK

Erik Koch vs Shane Campbell

Submission R2 3:02
SC
BC

Bryan Caraway vs Aljamain Sterling4

Split decision R3 5:00
Aljamain Sterling
CR

Chris de la Rocha vs Adam Milstead

Knockout R2 4:01
Adam Milstead
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Results

Main and co-main events

Cody Garbrandt beat Thomas Almeida by knockout at 2:53 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Jeremy Stephens beat Renan Barao by unanimous decision after three rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, one by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the eight decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Cody Garbrandt, who stopped Thomas Almeida at 2:53 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Adam Milstead's knockout of Chris de la Rocha, 9 minutes and 1 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 26 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against one of the six above it. Jake Collier (knockout, round two), Erik Koch (submission, round two) and Adam Milstead (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Aljamain Sterling, No. 4 at featherweight.