Key takeaways
Giga Chikadze beat Edson Barboza by knockout at 1:44 of round three in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Bryan Battle beat Gilbert Urbina by submission at 2:15 of round two.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. Three of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Abdul Razak Alhassan, who stopped Alessio Di Chirico after 17 seconds, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Andre Petroski's knockout of Micheal Gillmore, 13 minutes and 12 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 59 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against three of the six below it. Abdul Razak Alhassan (knockout, round one), Dustin Jacoby (knockout, round one) and Pat Sabatini (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared.
