Main card
KL
✓
Kevin Lee vs Gregor Gillespie
Knockout R1 2:47
GG
Key takeaways
Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz by knockout at 5:00 of round three in the main event of UFC 244 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the co-main event, Darren Till beat Kelvin Gastelum by split decision after three rounds.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. Three of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who stopped Andrei Arlovski after 29 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jorge Masvidal's knockout of Nate Diaz, 15 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 4 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against two of the five above it. Corey Anderson (knockout, round one), Shane Burgos (knockout, round three) and Edmen Shahbazyan (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared.
