Key takeaways
Ryan Bader beat Rogerio Nogueira by knockout at 3:51 of round three in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo. In the co-main event, Thomas Almeida beat Albert Morales by knockout at 1:37 of round two.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. One of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Gadzhimurad Antigulov, who stopped Marcos Rogerio de Lima at 1:07 of round one, and one of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ryan Bader's knockout of Rogerio Nogueira, 13 minutes and 51 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 54 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its five results came early, against two of the six above it. Cezar Ferreira (submission, round two), Gadzhimurad Antigulov (submission, round one) and Johnny Eduardo (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Kamaru Usman, No. 9 at welterweight.