Key takeaways
Israel Adesanya beat Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 276 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Jared Cannonier had come in as the division's No. 11. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Alexander Volkanovski beat Max Holloway, the division's No. 4, after five rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, three 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 Julija Stoliarenko, who stopped Jessica-Rose Clark after 42 seconds, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Bryan Barberena's knockout of Robbie Lawler, 9 minutes and 47 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 10 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of four, against three of the seven below it. Jalin Turner (submission, round one), Jim Miller (submission, round two) and Julija Stoliarenko (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Ten ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Alexander Volkanovski and Sean Strickland.
