Key takeaways
Sean Strickland beat Israel Adesanya by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 293 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Israel Adesanya had come in as the division's No. 9. In the co-main event, Alexander Volkov beat Tai Tuivasa by submission at 4:37 of round two at heavyweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Gabriel Miranda, who stopped Shane Young after 59 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Carlos Ulberg's submission of Da Woon Jung, 14 minutes and 49 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 7 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against four of the seven below it. Carlos Ulberg (submission, round three), Chepe Mariscal (knockout, round two) and Gabriel Miranda (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Sean Strickland and Carlos Ulberg.
Seven weight classes were used, heavyweight most often with two bouts.
