Key takeaways
Dricus Du Plessis beat Kamaru Usman by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Kamaru Usman had come in as the division's No. 9. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Christian Leroy Duncan beat Jared Cannonier, the division's No. 11, after three rounds at middleweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, two by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to RJ Harris, who stopped Alvin Hines at 1:40 of round one, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Tommy McMillen's knockout of Alberto Montes, 13 minutes and 29 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 23 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its seven results came early, against two of the five above it. Felipe Franco (knockout, round two), RJ Harris (knockout, round one) and Dione Barbosa (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
Nine weight classes were used, featherweight most often with three bouts. Paramount+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
