Key takeaways
Valentina Shevchenko beat Julianna Pena by submission at 4:29 of round two in the main event of UFC on FOX at the Ball Arena in Denver. Julianna Pena had come in as the division's No. 1. In the co-main event, Jorge Masvidal beat Donald Cerrone by knockout at 1:00 of round two.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, four by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Francis Ngannou, who stopped Andrei Arlovski at 1:32 of round one, and four of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Li Jingliang's knockout of Bobby Nash, 9 minutes and 45 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 45 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of four, against four of the eight below it. Li Jingliang (knockout, round two), Eric Spicely (submission, round one) and Marcos Rogerio de Lima (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Valentina Shevchenko.
