Key takeaways
Yair Rodriguez beat Brian Ortega by knockout at 4:11 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UBS Arena in Elmont. Brian Ortega had come in as the division's No. 11. In the co-main event, Amanda Lemos beat Michelle Waterson-Gomez by submission at 1:48 of round two.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, three by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in twelve fights. One of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Dustin Jacoby, who stopped Da Woon Jung at 3:13 of round one, and two of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Li Jingliang's knockout of Muslim Salikhov, 9 minutes and 38 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 54 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against four of the six below it. Punahele Soriano (knockout, round two), Ricky Simon (submission, round two) and Bill Algeo (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts. The only other ranked name was Miesha Tate, No. 15 at women's bantamweight.
