Key takeaways
Brendan Allen beat Chris Curtis by split decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Damon Jackson beat Alexander Hernandez after three rounds at featherweight.
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. Three of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Ignacio Bahamondes, who stopped Christos Giagos at 3:34 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jean Matsumoto's submission of Dan Argueta, 9 minutes and 59 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 39 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its seven results came early, against one of the five above it. Jean Matsumoto (submission, round two), Cesar Almeida (knockout, round two) and Nora Cornolle (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared.
Seven weight classes were used, middleweight most often with two bouts. ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
