Main card
JH
Johny Hendricks vs Paulo Costa
Knockout R2 1:23
PC
✓
Key takeaways
Georges St-Pierre beat Michael Bisping by submission at 4:23 of round three in the main event of UFC 217 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the co-main event, TJ Dillashaw beat Cody Garbrandt by knockout at 2:41 of round two.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, one by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Rose Namajunas, who stopped Joanna Jedrzejczyk at 3:03 of round one, and two of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Georges St-Pierre's submission of Michael Bisping, 14 minutes and 23 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 46 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its six results came early, against four of the five above it. James Vick (knockout, round two), Mark Godbeer (dq, round one) and Ovince Saint Preux (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared.
