Key takeaways
Petr Yan beat Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 323 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Merab Dvalishvili had come in as the division's No. 1. In the co-main event, Joshua Van beat Alexandre Pantoja, the division's No. 1, by knockout after 26 seconds at flyweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, two by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 13 fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Joshua Van, who stopped Alexandre Pantoja after 26 seconds, and six of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mairon Santos's knockout of Muhammad Naimov, 10 minutes and 21 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled one hour and 48 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: seven of its nine results came early, against two of the four above it. Manuel Torres (knockout, round one), Chris Duncan (submission, round one) and Fares Ziam (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Twelve ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Petr Yan and Joshua Van.
Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with four bouts.
