UFC

UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

Completed Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia 12 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Junior Dos Santos beat Tai Tuivasa by knockout in the main event.
  • Mauricio Rua beat Tyson Pedro by knockout in the co-main event.
  • Five of the twelve results came early: three knockouts and two submissions.

Main card

JS

Junior Dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa

Knockout R2 2:30
Tai Tuivasa
MR

Mauricio Rua vs Tyson Pedro

Knockout R3 0:43
Tyson Pedro
MH

Mark Hunt vs Justin Willis

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Justin Willis
AM

Anthony Rocco Martin vs Jake Matthews

Submission R3 1:19
JM
SY

Sodiq Yusuff vs Suman Mokhtarian

Knockout R1 2:14
SM
Paul Craig

Paul Craig vs Jimmy Crute

Submission R3 4:51
JC

Preliminary card

YO

Yushin Okami vs Aleksei Kunchenko

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
AK
WR

Wilson Reis vs Ben Nguyen

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
BN
KN

Keita Nakamura vs Salim Touahri

Split decision R3 5:00
Salim Touahri
Elias Garcia

Elias Garcia vs Kai Kara-France

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Kai Kara-France
MH

Mizuto Hirota vs Christos Giagos

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Christos Giagos
AG

Alex Gorgees vs Damir Ismagulov

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
DI
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Results

Main and co-main events

Junior Dos Santos beat Tai Tuivasa by knockout at 2:30 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide. In the co-main event, Mauricio Rua beat Tyson Pedro by knockout at 0:43 of round three.

How the card was decided

Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, two by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in twelve fights. One of the seven decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Sodiq Yusuff, who stopped Suman Mokhtarian at 2:14 of round one, and one of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jimmy Crute's submission of Paul Craig, 14 minutes and 51 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 32 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The main card finished at the higher rate: five of six, against no of the six below it.