Key takeaways
Stipe Miocic beat Fabricio Werdum by knockout at 2:47 of round one in the main event of UFC 198 at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba. In the co-main event, Jacare Souza beat Vitor Belfort by knockout at 4:38 of round one.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, one by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eleven fights. Two of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Cristiane Justino, who stopped Leslie Smith at 1:21 of round one, and five of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Demian Maia's submission of Matt Brown, 14 minutes and 31 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 47 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against three of the six below it. Demian Maia (submission, round three), Thiago Santos (knockout, round one) and Rogerio Nogueira (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Renato Moicano, No. 10 at lightweight.
