Key takeaways
Merab Dvalishvili beat Petr Yan by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Alexander Volkov beat Alexandr Romanov by knockout at 2:16 of round one at heavyweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, five by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in 13 fights. One of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Alexander Volkov, who stopped Alexandr Romanov at 2:16 of round one, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Davey Grant's submission of Raphael Assuncao, 14 minutes and 43 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 33 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of six, against three of the seven below it. Davey Grant (submission, round three), Josh Fremd (submission, round two) and Bruno Silva (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Petr Yan.
Eight weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with five bouts. ESPN+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
