Key takeaways
Curtis Blaydes beat Tom Aspinall by knockout after 15 seconds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the O2 Arena in London. In the co-main event, Jack Hermansson beat Chris Curtis by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the 14 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in 14 fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Curtis Blaydes, who stopped Tom Aspinall after 15 seconds, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jonathan Pearce's knockout of Makwan Amirkhani, 9 minutes and 10 seconds in. End to end, the 14 fights filled two hours and 37 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against one of the eight below it. Jonathan Pearce (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Tom Aspinall.
ESPN+ carried all 14 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
