Key takeaways
Israel Adesanya beat Alex Pereira by knockout at 4:21 of round two in the main event of UFC 287 at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Alex Pereira had come in as the division's No. 3. In the co-main event, Gilbert Burns beat Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision after three rounds at welterweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout and seven on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Rob Font, who stopped Adrian Yanez at 2:57 of round one, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kevin Holland's knockout of Santiago Ponzinibbio, 13 minutes and 16 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 19 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against two of the seven below it. Joe Pyfer (knockout, round one) and Steve Garcia (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Six weight classes were used, middleweight most often with three bouts.
