Main card
NM
Nate Marquardt vs Cezar Ferreira
Split decision R3 5:00
CF
✓
RA
✓
Raphael Assuncao vs Matthew Lopez
Knockout R3 1:50
ML
CG
✓
Clay Guida vs Joe Lauzon
Knockout R1 1:07
JL
Key takeaways
Dustin Poirier beat Anthony Pettis by knockout at 2:08 of round three in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Chartway Arena in Norfolk. In the co-main event, Matt Brown beat Diego Sanchez by knockout at 3:44 of round one.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in 13 fights. Two of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Clay Guida, who stopped Joe Lauzon at 1:07 of round one, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Dustin Poirier's knockout of Anthony Pettis, 12 minutes and 8 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 33 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against one of the seven below it. Karl Roberson (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Sean Strickland.
