Key takeaways
Stephen Thompson beat Rory MacDonald by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the TD Place Arena in Ottawa. In the co-main event, Donald Cerrone beat Patrick Cote by knockout at 2:35 of round three.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in 13 fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Krzysztof Jotko, who stopped Tamdan McCrory after 59 seconds, and one of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Joe Soto's submission of Chris Beal, 13 minutes and 39 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 55 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against four of the eight below it. Misha Cirkunov (submission, round three), Krzysztof Jotko (knockout, round one) and Joe Soto (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
