Main card
DM
✓
Demian Maia vs Anthony Rocco Martin
Majority decision R3 5:00
AM
DD
✓
Drew Dober vs Marco Polo Reyes
Knockout R1 1:07
MR
Key takeaways
Francis Ngannou beat Junior Dos Santos by knockout at 1:11 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. In the co-main event, Joseph Benavidez beat Jussier Formiga by knockout at 4:47 of round two.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, one by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in twelve fights. One of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Drew Dober, who stopped Marco Polo Reyes at 1:07 of round one, and five of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Dalcha Lungiambula's knockout of Dequan Townsend, 10 minutes and 42 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 38 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against four of the six below it. Eryk Anders (knockout, round one), Dalcha Lungiambula (knockout, round three) and Amanda Ribas (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared.
ESPN carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
