Key takeaways
Magomed Ankalaev beat Johnny Walker by knockout at 2:42 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Johnny Walker had come in as the division's No. 13. In the co-main event, Jim Miller beat Gabriel Benitez by submission at 3:25 of round three at lightweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, one by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Nikolas Motta, who stopped Tom Nolan at 1:03 of round one, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jim Miller's submission of Gabriel Benitez, 13 minutes and 25 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 49 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its six results came early, against three of the five above it. Marcus McGhee (knockout, round two), Jean Silva (knockout, round one) and Nikolas Motta (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Nine ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Joshua Van.
Eight weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with three bouts. ESPN+ carried all eleven bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
