Main card
MW
Malcolm Wellmaker vs Juan Diaz
Bantamweight
Submission R2 4:08
JD
✓
NV
Nikolay Veretennikov vs Khaos Williams
Welterweight
KO/TKO R1 3:31
KW
✓
Key takeaways
Arnold Allen beat Melquizael Costa by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Melquizael Costa had come in as the division's No. 13. In the co-main event, Dooho Choi beat Daniel Santos by knockout at 4:29 of round two at featherweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in 13 fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Khaos Williams, who stopped Nikolay Veretennikov at 3:31 of round one, and one of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Nicolle Caliari's submission of Shauna Bannon, 13 minutes and 8 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 31 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against four of the seven below it. Tommy Gantt (knockout, round two), Cody Brundage (knockout, round two) and Alice Ardelean (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts. The only other ranked name was Jacqueline Cavalcanti, No. 10 at women's bantamweight.
Ten weight classes were used, featherweight most often with two bouts. Paramount+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
