Key takeaways
Glover Teixeira beat Jan Blachowicz by submission at 3:02 of round two in the main event of UFC 267 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Jan Blachowicz had come in as the division's No. 4. In the co-main event, Petr Yan beat Cory Sandhagen, the division's No. 4, by unanimous decision after five rounds.
Across the 14 bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, four by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in 14 fights. One of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Islam Makhachev, who stopped Dan Hooker at 2:25 of round one, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Andre Petroski's submission of Hu Yaozong, 14 minutes and 46 seconds in. End to end, the 14 fights filled two hours and 47 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of six, against three of the eight below it. Michal Oleksiejczuk (knockout, round one), Lerone Murphy (knockout, round two) and Andre Petroski (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
15 ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Petr Yan and Islam Makhachev.
ESPN+ carried all 14 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
