Main card
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Ben Rothwell vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Knockout R1 0:32
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Key takeaways
Max Holloway beat Yair Rodriguez by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Yair Rodriguez had come in as the division's No. 5. In the co-main event, Marcos Rogerio de Lima beat Ben Rothwell by knockout after 32 seconds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, eight ended by knockout, one by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Marcos Rogerio de Lima, who stopped Ben Rothwell after 32 seconds, and five of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Felicia Spencer's knockout of Leah Letson, 14 minutes and 25 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 35 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its six results came early, against four of the five above it. Joel Alvarez (knockout, round one), Andrea Lee (knockout, round two) and Sean Woodson (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts. The only other ranked name was Song Yadong, No. 5 at bantamweight.
ESPN+ carried all eleven bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
