Key takeaways
Jared Cannonier beat Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Mark Madsen beat Clay Guida after three rounds.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, three by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in twelve fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Ramiz Brahimaj, who stopped Sasha Palatnikov at 2:33 of round one, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ignacio Bahamondes's knockout of Roosevelt Roberts, 14 minutes and 55 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 28 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its six results came early, against two of the six above it. Josiane Nunes (knockout, round one), William Knight (knockout, round one) and Ignacio Bahamondes (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared.
