Key takeaways
Derrick Lewis beat Curtis Blaydes by knockout at 1:26 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Curtis Blaydes had come in as the division's No. 7. In the co-main event, Yana Santos beat Ketlen Vieira by unanimous decision after three rounds.
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 Julian Erosa, who stopped Nate Landwehr after 56 seconds, and four of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Serghei Spivac's knockout of Jared Vanderaa, 9 minutes and 32 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 41 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its six results came early, against three of the six above it. John Castaneda (knockout, round one), Julian Erosa (knockout, round one) and Casey O'Neill (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Tom Aspinall.
ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
