Key takeaways
Francis Ngannou beat Ciryl Gane by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 270 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Ciryl Gane had come in as the division's No. 1. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Deiveson Figueiredo beat Brandon Moreno, the division's No. 9, after five rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Said Nurmagomedov, who stopped Cody Stamann after 47 seconds, and five of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Michael Morales's knockout of Trevin Giles, 4 minutes and 6 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 4 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against two of the five above it. Jack Della Maddalena (knockout, round one), Matt Frevola (knockout, round one) and Vanessa Demopoulos (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.
