Key takeaways
Tatsuro Taira beat Alex Perez by knockout at 2:59 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Alex Perez had come in as the division's No. 11. In the co-main event, Miles Johns beat Douglas Silva de Andrade by unanimous decision after three rounds at bantamweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, three by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in eleven fights. Two of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Westin Wilson, who stopped Jeka Saragih at 1:49 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Brady Hiestand's submission of Garrett Armfield, 11 minutes and 52 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 19 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: two of its five results came early, against two of the six above it. Westin Wilson (submission, round one) and Melquizael Costa (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Six weight classes were used, flyweight most often with three bouts.
