Key takeaways
Cory Sandhagen beat Song Yadong by knockout at 5:00 of round four in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Song Yadong had come in as the division's No. 5. In the co-main event, Gregory Rodrigues beat Chidi Njokuani by knockout at 1:27 of round two at middleweight.
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. Two of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Damon Jackson, who stopped Pat Sabatini at 1:09 of round one, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Cory Sandhagen's knockout of Song Yadong, 20 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 25 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against three of the seven below it. Damon Jackson (knockout, round one), Gillian Robertson (submission, round two) and Nikolas Motta (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.
Eight weight classes were used, middleweight most often with three bouts. ESPN+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
