Key takeaways
Mackenzie Dern beat Angela Hill by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Angela Hill had come in as the division's No. 12. In the co-main event, Anthony Hernandez beat Edmen Shahbazyan by knockout at 1:01 of round three at middleweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout and six on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in twelve fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Natalia Silva, who stopped Victoria Leonardo at 2:58 of round one, and one of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Anthony Hernandez's knockout of Edmen Shahbazyan, 11 minutes and 1 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 26 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against three of the seven below it. Viacheslav Borshchev (knockout, round two), Gilbert Urbina (knockout, round two) and Natalia Silva (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Mackenzie Dern.
Seven weight classes were used, welterweight most often with three bouts. ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
