Key takeaways
Alexander Volkanovski beat Yair Rodriguez by knockout at 4:19 of round three in the main event of UFC 290 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Yair Rodriguez had come in as the division's No. 5. In the co-main event, Alexandre Pantoja beat Brandon Moreno, the division's No. 9, by split decision after five rounds at flyweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, two by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 13 fights. Two of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jesus Aguilar, who stopped Shannon Ross after 17 seconds, and five of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Alexander Volkanovski's knockout of Yair Rodriguez, 14 minutes and 19 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled one hour and 57 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: six of its eight results came early, against three of the five above it. Robbie Lawler (knockout, round one), Denise Gomes (knockout, round one) and Alonzo Menifield (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Twelve ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Alexander Volkanovski.
Nine weight classes were used, flyweight most often with two bouts.
