Key takeaways
Cory Sandhagen beat Deiveson Figueiredo by knockout at 4:08 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Deiveson Figueiredo had come in as the division's No. 9. In the co-main event, Reinier de Ridder beat Bo Nickal, the division's No. 15, by knockout at 1:53 of round two at middleweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, one by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Azamat Bekoev, who stopped Ryan Loder at 2:44 of round one, and one of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Daniel Rodriguez's knockout of Santiago Ponzinibbio, 11 minutes and 12 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 14 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of six, against three of the six below it. Azamat Bekoev (knockout, round one), Gillian Robertson (knockout, round two) and Quang Le (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts.
Eight weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with four bouts. ESPN 2 carried all 14 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
