Main card
AC
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Alex Caceres vs Julian Erosa
Featherweight
Knockout R1 3:04
JE
Key takeaways
Jared Cannonier beat Sean Strickland by split decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Arman Tsarukyan beat Damir Ismagulov after three rounds at lightweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in 13 fights. One of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Alex Caceres, who stopped Julian Erosa at 3:04 of round one, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Amir Albazi's knockout of Alessandro Costa, 12 minutes and 13 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 45 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against one of the seven below it. Said Nurmagomedov (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Sean Strickland.
Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with three bouts. ESPN+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
