Key takeaways
Sergei Pavlovich beat Curtis Blaydes by knockout at 3:08 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Curtis Blaydes had come in as the division's No. 7. In the co-main event, Bruno Silva beat Brad Tavares by knockout at 3:35 of round one at middleweight.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout and five on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in ten fights. Two of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Christos Giagos, who stopped Ricky Glenn at 1:35 of round one, and four of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Brady Hiestand's knockout of Batgerel Danaa, 14 minutes and 21 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 41 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of four, against three of the six below it. Christos Giagos (knockout, round one), Montel Jackson (knockout, round one) and Brady Hiestand (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Eight weight classes were used, heavyweight most often with two bouts. ESPN+ carried all eleven bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
