Key takeaways
Thiago Santos beat Johnny Walker by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Johnny Walker had come in as the division's No. 13. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Niko Price beat Alex Oliveira after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, one by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. Two of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Alexander Hernandez, who stopped Mike Breeden at 1:20 of round one, and two of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Casey O'Neill's knockout of Antonina Shevchenko, 9 minutes and 47 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 3 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against one of the four above it. Casey O'Neill (knockout, round two), Jamie Mullarkey (knockout, round two) and Douglas Silva de Andrade (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared.
ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
