Key takeaways
Stephen Thompson beat Jake Ellenberger by knockout at 4:29 of round one in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Kamaru Usman beat Hayder Hassan by submission at 1:19 of round two.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Maximo Blanco, who stopped Mike de la Torre after 16 seconds, and five of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Michelle Waterson-Gomez's submission of Angela Magana, 12 minutes and 38 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 33 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of six, against two of the five below it. Josh Samman (submission, round one) and Willie Gates (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared.
