Key takeaways
Jan Blachowicz beat Israel Adesanya by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 259 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Israel Adesanya had come in as the division's No. 9. In the co-main event, Amanda Nunes beat Megan Anderson by submission at 2:03 of round one.
Across the 15 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, three by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 15 fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Uros Medic, who stopped Aalon Cruz at 1:40 of round one, and four of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Aljamain Sterling's dq of Petr Yan, 19 minutes and 29 seconds in. End to end, the 15 fights filled two hours and 51 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against six of the ten below it. Kai Kara-France (knockout, round one), Kennedy Nzechukwu (knockout, round two) and Sean Brady (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
13 ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Petr Yan, Islam Makhachev and Carlos Ulberg.
