Key takeaways
Dustin Poirier beat Max Holloway by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 236 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Max Holloway had come in as the division's No. 4. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Israel Adesanya beat Kelvin Gastelum after five rounds.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in 13 fights. Two of the nine decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Khalid Taha, who stopped Boston Salmon after 25 seconds, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Nikita Krylov's submission of Ovince Saint Preux, 7 minutes and 30 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 52 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its eight results came early, against one of the five above it. Alexandre Pantoja (knockout, round one), Khalid Taha (knockout, round one) and Brandon Davis (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
