Key takeaways
Tony Ferguson beat Ramsey Nijem by knockout at 3:54 of round one in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Clay Guida beat Anthony Pettis by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in eleven fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Ed Herman, who stopped Tim Credeur after 48 seconds, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was George Roop's knockout of Josh Grispi, 13 minutes and 14 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 4 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against two of the five above it. George Roop (knockout, round three), Scott Jorgensen (knockout, round one) and Reuben Duran (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
