Key takeaways
Justin Gaethje beat Donald Cerrone by knockout at 4:18 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver. In the co-main event, Glover Teixeira beat Nikita Krylov, the division's No. 12, by split decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, one by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in eleven fights. Three of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Augusto Sakai, who stopped Marcin Tybura after 59 seconds, and four of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Louis Smolka's knockout of Ryan MacDonald, 4 minutes and 43 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 59 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against two of the six below it. Augusto Sakai (knockout, round one) and Louis Smolka (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Justin Gaethje. The only other ranked name was Marcin Tybura, No. 12 at heavyweight.
ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
