Main card
ES
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Randy Brown
Welterweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
RB
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Key takeaways
Islam Makhachev beat Dustin Poirier by submission at 2:42 of round five in the main event of UFC 302 at the Prudential Center in Newark. In the co-main event, Sean Strickland beat Paulo Costa by split decision after five rounds at middleweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — three stoppages in twelve fights. Three of the nine decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Kevin Holland, who stopped Michal Oleksiejczuk at 1:34 of round one, and two of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Islam Makhachev's submission of Dustin Poirier, 22 minutes and 42 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 52 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against one of the seven below it. Jailton Almeida (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Islam Makhachev and Sean Strickland.
Six weight classes were used, welterweight most often with four bouts.
