Key takeaways
Jack Della Maddalena beat Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 315 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Belal Muhammad had come in as the division's No. 7. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Valentina Shevchenko beat Manon Fiorot, the division's No. 2, after five rounds at women's flyweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, two by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in twelve fights. One of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Bekzat Almakhan, who stopped Brad Katona at 1:04 of round one, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Benoit Saint Denis's submission of Kyle Prepolec, 7 minutes and 35 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 23 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its seven results came early, against one of the five above it. Mike Malott (knockout, round two), Jasmine Jasudavicius (submission, round one) and Marc-Andre Barriault (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
13 ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Valentina Shevchenko.
Seven weight classes were used, women's flyweight most often with three bouts.
