UFC

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales

Completed Meta Apex, Las Vegas, United States 12 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Michael Morales beat Gilbert Burns by knockout in the main event.
  • Paul Craig v Rodolfo Bellato in the co-main event.
  • Seven of the eleven results came early: three knockouts and four submissions.

Main card

Gilbert Burns

Gilbert Burns vs Michael Morales3

Welterweight
Knockout R1 3:39
Michael Morales
SY

Sodiq Yusuff vs Mairon Santos

Lightweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MS
Dustin Stoltzfus

Dustin Stoltzfus vs Nursulton Ruziboev

Middleweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Nursulton Ruziboev
JE

Julian Erosa vs Melquizael Costa13

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MC

Preliminary card

GG

Gabe Green vs Matheus Camilo

Lightweight
Submission R2 3:43
Matheus Camilo
JG

Jared Gordon vs Thiago Moises

Lightweight
Knockout R1 3:37
TM
Yadier del Valle

Yadier del Valle vs Connor Matthews

Featherweight
Submission R1 2:54
Connor Matthews
Luana Santos

9Luana Santos vs Tainara Lisboa

Women's bantamweight
Submission R2 4:59
TL
Elise Reed

Elise Reed vs Denise Gomes13

Women's strawweight
Knockout R2 0:30
Denise Gomes
HP

HyunSung Park vs Carlos Hernandez

Flyweight
Submission R1 2:26
CH
TP

Tecia Pennington vs Luana Pinheiro

Women's strawweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Luana Pinheiro
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Results

Main and co-main events

Michael Morales beat Gilbert Burns by knockout at 3:39 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Mairon Santos beat Sodiq Yusuff by unanimous decision after three rounds at lightweight.

How the card was decided

Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to HyunSung Park, who stopped Carlos Hernandez at 2:26 of round one, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Luana Santos's submission of Tainara Lisboa, 9 minutes and 59 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 37 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: six of its seven results came early, against one of the four above it. Gabe Green (submission, round two), Jared Gordon (knockout, round one) and Yadier del Valle (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

Four ranked fighters appeared.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with three bouts.