Key takeaways
Marina Rodriguez beat Mackenzie Dern by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Randy Brown beat Jared Gooden after three rounds.
Across the nine bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in nine fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Loopy Godinez, who stopped Silvana Gomez Juarez at 4:14 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mariya Agapova's submission of Sabina Mazo, 10 minutes and 53 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 57 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its four results came early, against one of the five above it. Alexandr Romanov (knockout, round two), Loopy Godinez (submission, round one) and Steve Garcia (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Mackenzie Dern.
ESPN+ carried all nine bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
