Key takeaways
Murilo Bustamante beat Matt Lindland by submission at 1:33 of round three in the main event of UFC 37 at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City. In the co-main event, Ricco Rodriguez beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka by knockout at 3:25 of round two.
Across the seven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in seven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Phil Baroni, who stopped Amar Suloev at 2:59 of round one, and one of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ivan Salaverry's knockout of Andrei Semenov, 12 minutes and 27 seconds in. End to end, the seven fights filled one hour and 14 minutes of cage time.