Main card
AS
✓
4Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal8
Featherweight
Unanimous decision R5 5:00
YZ
DG
✓
Davey Grant vs Adrian Luna Martinetti
Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
AM
Key takeaways
Aljamain Sterling beat Youssef Zalal by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Youssef Zalal had come in as the division's No. 8. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Joselyne Edwards beat Norma Dumont, the division's No. 4, after three rounds at women's bantamweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, one by submission and eleven on the judges' scorecards — two stoppages in 13 fights. One of the eleven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jackson McVey, who stopped Sedriques Dumas at 2:14 of round one, and one of the two finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ryan Spann's knockout of Marcus Buchecha, 7 minutes and 10 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled three hours and 4 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: one of six, against one of the seven below it. Jackson McVey (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts.
Eight weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with three bouts. Paramount+ carried all 14 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
