Main card
AS
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Ariane da Silva vs Melissa Gatto
Women's flyweight
Split decision R3 5:00
MG
Key takeaways
Sean Strickland beat Abus Magomedov by knockout at 4:20 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Grant Dawson beat Damir Ismagulov by unanimous decision after three rounds at lightweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Rinat Fakhretdinov, who stopped Kevin Lee after 55 seconds, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Elves Brener's knockout of Guram Kutateladze, 13 minutes and 17 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 3 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of six, against three of the six below it. Rinat Fakhretdinov (submission, round one), Joanderson Brito (knockout, round one) and Elves Brener (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Sean Strickland.
Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with three bouts. ESPN carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
