Key takeaways
Sean Strickland beat Jack Hermansson by split 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: Nick Maximov beat Punahele Soriano after three rounds.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in 13 fights. Three of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Chidi Njokuani, who stopped Marc-Andre Barriault after 16 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was John Castaneda's submission of Miles Johns, 11 minutes and 38 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 15 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against two of the six above it. John Castaneda (submission, round three), Chidi Njokuani (knockout, round one) and Jailton Almeida (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Sean Strickland. The only other ranked name was Brendan Allen, No. 4 at middleweight.
ESPN+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
