Key takeaways
Rose Namajunas beat Tracy Cortez by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Ball Arena in Denver. Tracy Cortez had come in as the division's No. 8. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Muslim Salikhov beat Santiago Ponzinibbio after three rounds at welterweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Montel Jackson, who stopped Da'Mon Blackshear after 18 seconds, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jean Silva's knockout of Drew Dober, 11 minutes and 28 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 2 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its six results came early, against two of the five above it. Charles Johnson (knockout, round three), Montel Jackson (knockout, round one) and Luana Santos (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Nine ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Joshua Van.
Seven weight classes were used, women's flyweight most often with three bouts. ESPN carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.