Key takeaways
Carlos Prates beat Neil Magny by knockout at 4:50 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Reinier de Ridder beat Gerald Meerschaert by submission at 1:44 of round three at middleweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, three by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Charles Radtke, who stopped Matthew Semelsberger after 51 seconds, and six of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Reinier de Ridder's submission of Gerald Meerschaert, 11 minutes and 44 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 18 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its six results came early, against three of the five above it. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (knockout, round one), Charles Radtke (knockout, round one) and Da'Mon Blackshear (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Five weight classes were used, welterweight most often with three bouts. ESPN+ carried all eleven bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
