Key takeaways
Keiichiro Nakamura beat Kaiwen by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of Road to UFC 4.5 + 4.6 at the Shanghai Indoor Arena in Shanghai. In the co-main event, Sangwook Kim beat Ren Yawei by submission at 3:42 of round two at lightweight.
Across the nine bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in nine fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Sebastian Szalay, who stopped ChangMin Yoon after 47 seconds, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Sangwook Kim's submission of Ren Yawei, 8 minutes and 42 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 36 minutes of cage time.
Five weight classes were used, featherweight most often with two bouts. UFC Fight Pass carried all nine bouts.