Key takeaways
Rob Font beat Cody Garbrandt by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Carla Esparza beat Yan Xiaonan, the division's No. 4, by knockout at 2:58 of round two.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in twelve fights. One of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Bruno Silva, who stopped Victor Rodriguez at 1:00 of round one, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Carla Esparza's knockout of Yan Xiaonan, 7 minutes and 58 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: three of its six results came early, against one of the six above it. Ben Rothwell (submission, round two), Bruno Silva (knockout, round one) and David Dvorak (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Two ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Norma Dumont, No. 4 at women's bantamweight.
ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
