Key takeaways
Alex Pereira beat Jamahal Hill by knockout at 3:14 of round one in the main event of UFC 300 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Jamahal Hill had come in as the division's No. 6. In the co-main event, Zhang Weili beat Yan Xiaonan, the division's No. 4, by unanimous decision after five rounds at women's strawweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in 13 fights. Two of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Diego Lopes, who stopped Sodiq Yusuff at 1:29 of round one, and two of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Max Holloway's knockout of Justin Gaethje, 24 minutes and 59 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 37 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its eight results came early, against three of the five above it. Jiri Prochazka (knockout, round two), Kayla Harrison (submission, round two) and Diego Lopes (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
17 ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Justin Gaethje and Kayla Harrison.
Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with four bouts.
