Main card
AV
✓
2Alexander Volkov vs Jailton Almeida
Heavyweight
Split decision R3 5:00
JA
Key takeaways
Mackenzie Dern beat Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 321 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Virna Jandiroba had come in as the division's No. 3. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Umar Nurmagomedov beat Mario Bautista, the division's No. 7, after three rounds at bantamweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, one by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — three stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the nine decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Valter Walker, who stopped Louie Sutherland at 1:24 of round one, and three of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Azamat Murzakanov's knockout of Aleksandar Rakic, 3 minutes and 11 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 32 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: one of four, against two of the eight below it. Quillan Salkilld (knockout, round one) and Valter Walker (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eleven ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Tom Aspinall and Mackenzie Dern.
Eight weight classes were used, heavyweight most often with four bouts.
