Main card
VB
✓
Vitor Belfort vs Nate Marquardt
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
NM
Key takeaways
Max Holloway beat Jose Aldo by knockout at 4:13 of round three in the main event of UFC 212 at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. In the co-main event, Claudia Gadelha beat Karolina Kowalkiewicz by submission at 3:03 of round one.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, four by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in twelve fights. One of the three decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Brian Kelleher, who stopped Iuri Alcantara at 1:48 of round one, and three of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Max Holloway's knockout of Jose Aldo, 14 minutes and 13 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 49 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of five, against five of the seven below it. Antonio Carlos Junior (submission, round two), Matthew Lopez (knockout, round one) and Brian Kelleher (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Deiveson Figueiredo, No. 9 at bantamweight.
