Key takeaways
Mario Bautista beat Vinicius Oliveira by submission at 4:46 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Kyoji Horiguchi beat Amir Albazi, the division's No. 8, by unanimous decision after three rounds at flyweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in 13 fights. One of the nine decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Nikolay Veretennikov, who stopped Niko Price at 1:42 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jakub Wiklacz's submission of Muin Gafurov, 14 minutes and 59 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 48 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of six, against two of the seven below it. Nikolay Veretennikov (knockout, round one) and Jakub Wiklacz (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.
Nine weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with four bouts. Paramount+ carried all 16 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
