UFC

UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas

Completed Meta Apex, Las Vegas, United States 13 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Rose Namajunas beat Amanda Ribas by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Karl Williams beat Justin Tafa by unanimous decision in the co-main event at heavyweight.
  • Six of the 13 results came early: two knockouts and three submissions.

Main card

RN

5Rose Namajunas vs Amanda Ribas10

Women's flyweight
Unanimous decision R5 5:00
Amanda Ribas
Justin Tafa

Justin Tafa vs Karl Williams

Heavyweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KW
Edmen Shahbazyan

Edmen Shahbazyan vs AJ Dobson

Middleweight
Knockout R1 4:33
AD
CS

Cameron Saaiman vs Payton Talbott11

Bantamweight
Knockout R2 0:21
Payton Talbott
Billy Quarantillo

Billy Quarantillo vs Youssef Zalal8

Featherweight
Submission R2 1:50
YZ
Fernando Padilla

Fernando Padilla vs Luis Pajuelo

Featherweight
Submission R1 2:45
Luis Pajuelo

Preliminary card

Kurt Holobaugh

Kurt Holobaugh vs Trey Ogden

Lightweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Trey Ogden
JE

Julian Erosa vs Ricardo Ramos

Featherweight
Submission R1 2:15
Ricardo Ramos
Cody Gibson

Cody Gibson vs Miles Johns

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Miles Johns
SN

Steven Nguyen vs Jarno Errens

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
JE
MR

Montserrat Rendon vs Daria Zhelezniakova

Women's bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
DZ
Igor Severino

Igor Severino vs Andre Lima

Flyweight
Dq R2 2:52
Andre Lima
Mick Parkin

15Mick Parkin vs Mohammed Usman

Heavyweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MU
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Results

Main and co-main events

Rose Namajunas beat Amanda Ribas by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Amanda Ribas had come in as the division's No. 10. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Karl Williams beat Justin Tafa after three rounds at heavyweight.

How the card was decided

Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, three by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in 13 fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Julian Erosa, who stopped Ricardo Ramos at 2:15 of round one, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Andre Lima's dq of Igor Severino, 7 minutes and 52 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 25 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against two of the seven below it. Julian Erosa (submission, round one) and Andre Lima (dq, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

Five ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Eight weight classes were used, featherweight most often with four bouts.