Key takeaways
Charles Oliveira beat Max Holloway by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 326 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Max Holloway had come in as the division's No. 4. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Caio Borralho beat Reinier de Ridder, the division's No. 8, after three rounds at middleweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, one by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in twelve fights. One of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Gregory Rodrigues, who stopped Brunno Ferreira at 1:47 of round one, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Drew Dober's knockout of Michael Johnson, 6 minutes and 53 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 27 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against two of the seven below it. Alberto Montes (submission, round two) and Rodolfo Bellato (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts.
Six weight classes were used, middleweight most often with three bouts. Paramount+ carried all 15 bouts, split across a main card and two preliminary blocks.