Key takeaways
Israel Adesanya beat Anderson Silva by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of UFC 234 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. In the co-main event, Lando Vannata beat Marcos Mariano by submission at 4:55 of round one.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, three 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 Jalin Turner, who stopped Callan Potter after 53 seconds, and five of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Montana De La Rosa's submission of Nadia Kassem, 7 minutes and 37 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 39 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against three of the six below it. Devonte Smith (knockout, round one), Kyung Ho Kang (submission, round one) and Jalin Turner (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared.
