Key takeaways
Leon Edwards beat Kamaru Usman by majority decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 286 at the O2 Arena in London. Kamaru Usman had come in as the division's No. 9. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Justin Gaethje beat Rafael Fiziev after three rounds at lightweight.
Across the 14 bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, three by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in 14 fights. Five of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jake Hadley, who stopped Malcolm Gordon at 1:01 of round one, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Muhammad Mokaev's submission of Jafel Filho, 14 minutes and 32 seconds in. End to end, the 14 fights filled two hours and 43 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its nine results came early, against one of the five above it. Jack Shore (submission, round two), Yanal Ashmouz (knockout, round one) and Muhammad Mokaev (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Justin Gaethje.
Six weight classes were used, lightweight most often with four bouts.
