Key takeaways
Alex Pereira beat Jiri Prochazka by knockout at 4:08 of round two in the main event of UFC 295 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Jiri Prochazka had come in as the division's No. 2. In the co-main event, Tom Aspinall beat Sergei Pavlovich, the division's No. 3, by knockout at 1:09 of round one at heavyweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, one by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in twelve fights. One of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jamall Emmers, who stopped Dennis Buzukja after 49 seconds, and six of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Alex Pereira's knockout of Jiri Prochazka, 9 minutes and 8 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 30 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of five, against three of the seven below it. Mateusz Rebecki (submission, round one), Jared Gordon (knockout, round one) and Jamall Emmers (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Twelve ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Tom Aspinall, Mackenzie Dern and Joshua Van.
Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with four bouts.
