Key takeaways
Derrick Lewis beat Chris Daukaus by knockout at 3:36 of round one in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Belal Muhammad beat Stephen Thompson by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, three by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — ten stoppages in 13 fights. One of the three decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Justin Tafa, who stopped Harry Hunsucker at 1:53 of round one, and three of the ten finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Don'Tale Mayes's knockout of Josh Parisian, 13 minutes and 26 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 1 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: six of its seven results came early, against four of the six above it. Gerald Meerschaert (submission, round three), Justin Tafa (knockout, round one) and Melissa Gatto (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven 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.
