Key takeaways
Charles Oliveira beat Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of UFC 256 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Mackenzie Dern beat Virna Jandiroba, the division's No. 3, after three rounds.
Across the nine bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, one by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in nine fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Kevin Holland, who stopped Jacare Souza at 1:45 of round one, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Chase Hooper's submission of Peter Barrett, 13 minutes and 2 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 23 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its five results came early, against two of the four above it. Cub Swanson (knockout, round two), Rafael Fiziev (knockout, round one) and Tecia Pennington (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Mackenzie Dern.
