Key takeaways
Stipe Miocic beat Francis Ngannou by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 220 at the TD Garden in Boston. In the co-main event, Daniel Cormier beat Volkan Oezdemir, the division's No. 8, by knockout at 2:00 of round two.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout and six on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in eleven fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Islam Makhachev, who stopped Gleison Tibau after 57 seconds, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Calvin Kattar's knockout of Shane Burgos, 10 minutes and 32 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 10 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against two of the six below it. Abdul Razak Alhassan (knockout, round one) and Islam Makhachev (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Islam Makhachev.
