Key takeaways
Valentina Shevchenko beat Holly Holm by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC on FOX at the United Center in Chicago. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Edson Barboza beat Gilbert Melendez after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in eleven fights. One of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Francis Ngannou, who stopped Bojan Mihajlovic at 1:34 of round one, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Eddie Wineland's knockout of Frankie Saenz, 11 minutes and 54 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 19 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of four, against two of the seven below it. Eddie Wineland (knockout, round three) and Luis Henrique (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Valentina Shevchenko. The only other ranked name was Kamaru Usman, No. 9 at welterweight.
