Key takeaways
Robert Whittaker beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 213 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Alistair Overeem beat Fabricio Werdum after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in eleven fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Thiago Santos, who stopped Gerald Meerschaert at 2:04 of round two. The longest was Chad Laprise's knockout of Brian Camozzi, 11 minutes and 27 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 25 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its six results came early, against one of the five above it. Aleksei Oleinik (submission, round two), Chad Laprise (knockout, round three) and Thiago Santos (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared.