Main card
RN
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5Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili1
Knockout R1 1:18
ZW
Key takeaways
Kamaru Usman beat Jorge Masvidal by knockout at 1:02 of round two in the main event of UFC 261 at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville. In the co-main event, Rose Namajunas beat Zhang Weili, the division's No. 1, by knockout at 1:18 of round one.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, two by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 13 fights. One of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Uriah Hall, who stopped Chris Weidman after 17 seconds, and six of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Valentina Shevchenko's knockout of Jessica Andrade, 8 minutes and 19 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled one hour and 36 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of five, against four of the eight below it. Randy Brown (submission, round one), Brendan Allen (submission, round one) and Batgerel Danaa (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Valentina Shevchenko.
