Main card
LM
Lauren Murphy vs Valentina ShevchenkoC
Knockout R4 4:00
VS
✓
RL
✓
Robbie Lawler vs Nick Diaz
Knockout R3 0:44
ND
Key takeaways
Alexander Volkanovski beat Brian Ortega by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 266 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Brian Ortega had come in as the division's No. 11. In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko beat Lauren Murphy by knockout at 4:00 of round four.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, two by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in 13 fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Matthew Semelsberger, who stopped Martin Sano after 15 seconds, and three of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Valentina Shevchenko's knockout of Lauren Murphy, 19 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 28 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its eight results came early, against three of the five above it. Merab Dvalishvili (knockout, round two), Chris Daukaus (knockout, round two) and Jalin Turner (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko.
