Key takeaways
Anderson Silva beat Vitor Belfort by knockout at 3:25 of round one in the main event of UFC 126 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Forrest Griffin beat Rich Franklin by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, two by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Kyle Kingsbury, who stopped Ricardo Romero after 21 seconds, and two of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jon Jones's submission of Ryan Bader, 9 minutes and 20 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 49 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of eight, against one of the three below it. Donald Cerrone (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
