Key takeaways
Francis Ngannou beat Curtis Blaydes by knockout after 45 seconds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing. Curtis Blaydes had come in as the division's No. 7. In the co-main event, Alistair Overeem beat Sergei Pavlovich, the division's No. 3, by knockout at 4:21 of round one.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Francis Ngannou, who stopped Curtis Blaydes after 45 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Li Jingliang's knockout of David Zawada, 14 minutes and 7 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 3 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of four, against four of the eight below it. Wu Yanan (submission, round one), Zhang Weili (submission, round one) and Kevin Holland (submission, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
UFC Fight Pass carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
