Key takeaways
Sean O'Malley beat Marlon Vera by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 299 at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Marlon Vera had come in as the division's No. 10. In the co-main event, Dustin Poirier beat Benoit Saint Denis, the division's No. 5, by knockout at 2:32 of round two at lightweight.
Across the 14 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in 14 fights. One of the nine decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Robelis Despaigne, who stopped Josh Parisian after 18 seconds, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jack Della Maddalena's knockout of Gilbert Burns, 13 minutes and 43 seconds in. End to end, the 14 fights filled two hours and 53 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against three of the nine below it. Curtis Blaydes (knockout, round two), Michel Pereira (submission, round one) and Robelis Despaigne (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eleven ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Petr Yan.
Eight weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with three bouts.
