Key takeaways
Cody Garbrandt beat Thomas Almeida by knockout at 2:53 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Jeremy Stephens beat Renan Barao by unanimous decision after three rounds.
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. Two of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Cody Garbrandt, who stopped Thomas Almeida at 2:53 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Adam Milstead's knockout of Chris de la Rocha, 9 minutes and 1 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 26 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against one of the six above it. Jake Collier (knockout, round two), Erik Koch (submission, round two) and Adam Milstead (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Aljamain Sterling, No. 4 at featherweight.