Key takeaways
Kamaru Usman beat Colby Covington by knockout at 4:10 of round five in the main event of UFC 245 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Alexander Volkanovski beat Max Holloway, the division's No. 4, by unanimous decision after five rounds.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout and six on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in 13 fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Geoff Neal, who stopped Mike Perry at 1:30 of round one, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kamaru Usman's knockout of Colby Covington, 24 minutes and 10 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 49 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its eight results came early, against two of the five above it. Geoff Neal (knockout, round one), Irene Aldana (knockout, round one) and Matt Brown (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Alexander Volkanovski and Petr Yan.
