Key takeaways
Curtis Blaydes beat Chris Daukaus by knockout at 0:17 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus. In the co-main event, Alexa Grasso beat Joanne Wood by submission at 3:57 of round one.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Alexa Grasso, who stopped Joanne Wood at 3:57 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Chris Gutierrez's knockout of Batgerel Danaa, 7 minutes and 34 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 24 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of six, against two of the six below it. Chris Gutierrez (knockout, round two) and Aliaskhab Khizriev (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
ESPN carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
