Key takeaways
Ciryl Gane 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. In the co-main event, Tanner Boser beat Ovince Saint Preux by knockout at 2:31 of round two.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jeremiah Wells, who stopped Warlley Alves at 0:30 of round two. The longest was Julia Avila's submission of Julija Stoliarenko, 14 minutes and 19 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 25 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against two of the five above it. Kennedy Nzechukwu (knockout, round three), Shavkat Rakhmonov (submission, round two) and Jeremiah Wells (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
ESPN+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
