Key takeaways
Curtis Blaydes beat Alexander Volkov by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Alexander Volkov had come in as the division's No. 2. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Josh Emmett beat Shane Burgos after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Justin Jaynes, who stopped Frank Camacho after 41 seconds, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Gillian Robertson's submission of Cortney Casey, 14 minutes and 36 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 23 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against one of the five above it. Gillian Robertson (submission, round three), Justin Jaynes (knockout, round one) and Austin Hubbard (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
ESPN carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
