Key takeaways
Song Yadong beat Ricky Simon by knockout at 1:10 of round five in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Caio Borralho beat Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission at 2:49 of round two at middleweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Fernando Padilla, who stopped Julian Erosa at 1:41 of round one, and two of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Song Yadong's knockout of Ricky Simon, 21 minutes and 10 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 1 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against two of the five below it. Irina Alekseeva (submission, round one) and Marcus McGhee (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Eight weight classes were used, middleweight most often with two bouts. ESPN carried all eleven bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
