Key takeaways
Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Conor McGregor by submission at 3:03 of round four in the main event of UFC 229 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Tony Ferguson beat Anthony Pettis by knockout at 5:00 of round two.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, one by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Aspen Ladd, who stopped Tonya Evinger at 3:26 of round one, and two of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Khabib Nurmagomedov's submission of Conor McGregor, 18 minutes and 3 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 21 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against three of the five above it. Vicente Luque (knockout, round one), Aspen Ladd (knockout, round one) and Scott Holtzman (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared.
