Key takeaways
Ahmad Hassanzada beat Chasen Blair by submission at 4:24 of round one in the main event of Cage Warriors 165 at the Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego. In the co-main event, Bobby Winther beat Anthony Zaragosa by submission at 1:27 of round one at welterweight.
Across the nine bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in nine fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Manuel Medina, who stopped Enrique Montalvo after 34 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Anthony Orozco's knockout of Benjamin Orozco, 13 minutes and 25 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 11 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its five results came early, against three of the four above it. Manuel Medina (submission, round one), James Settle (knockout, round one) and Corvan Allen (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with five bouts.