Key takeaways
Brandon Royval beat Brandon Moreno by split decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City. Brandon Moreno had come in as the division's No. 9. In the co-main event, Brian Ortega beat Yair Rodriguez, the division's No. 5, by submission at 0:58 of round three at featherweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, five by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in twelve fights. Four of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Muhammad Naimov, who stopped Erik Silva after 44 seconds, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Raoni Barcelos's submission of Cristian Quinonez, 12 minutes and 4 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 18 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: four of its seven results came early, against two of the five above it. Raoni Barcelos (submission, round three), Edgar Chairez (submission, round one) and Ronaldo Rodriguez (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts.
Five weight classes were used, flyweight most often with five bouts. ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
