Key takeaways
Dominick Cruz beat TJ Dillashaw by split decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the TD Garden in Boston. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Eddie Alvarez beat Anthony Pettis after three rounds.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in 13 fights. Two of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Ilir Latifi, who stopped Sean O'Connell after 30 seconds, and three of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Travis Browne's knockout of Matt Mitrione, 14 minutes and 9 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 24 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: seven of its nine results came early, against one of the four above it. Patrick Cote (knockout, round two), Ed Herman (knockout, round two) and Chris Wade (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.