Key takeaways
Song Yadong beat Chris Gutierrez by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Khalil Rountree Jr. beat Anthony Smith by knockout at 0:56 of round three at light heavyweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, one by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. Two of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Nasrat Haqparast, who stopped Jamie Mullarkey at 1:44 of round one, and two of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Khalil Rountree Jr.'s knockout of Anthony Smith, 10 minutes and 56 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 3 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against three of the six below it. HyunSung Park (knockout, round two), Steve Garcia (knockout, round two) and Tatsuro Taira (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Eight weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with two bouts. ESPN+ carried all eleven bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.