Key takeaways
Alex Pereira beat Jiri Prochazka by knockout at 0:13 of round two in the main event of UFC 303 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Jiri Prochazka had come in as the division's No. 2. In the co-main event, Diego Lopes beat Dan Ige by unanimous decision after three rounds at catchweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout and eight on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in 13 fights. Two of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Payton Talbott, who stopped Yanis Ghemmouri after 19 seconds, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Macy Chiasson's knockout of Mayra Bueno Silva, 6 minutes and 58 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 20 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against three of the eight below it. Joe Pyfer (knockout, round one), Jean Silva (knockout, round two) and Payton Talbott (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eleven ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.
Ten weight classes were used, light heavyweight most often with two bouts.