Key takeaways
Dumitru Girlean beat Simone Patrizi by submission at 2:43 of round three in the main event of Cage Warriors 162 at the Fiera Roma in Rome. In the co-main event, Simone D'Anna beat Alberth Dias by unanimous decision after three rounds at featherweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, three by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — ten stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Baris Adiguzel, who stopped Alex Bertinazzi after 21 seconds, and four of the ten finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Dumitru Girlean's submission of Simone Patrizi, 12 minutes and 43 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 29 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: nine of its nine results came early, against one of the three above it. Nicolas Leblond (knockout, round two), Samir Sadikov (submission, round one) and Sam Creasey (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six weight classes were used, featherweight most often with five bouts.