Key takeaways
Yair Rodriguez beat BJ Penn by knockout at 0:24 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. In the co-main event, Joe Lauzon beat Marcin Held by split decision after three rounds.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Cyril Asker, who stopped Dmitrii Smoliakov at 2:41 of round one, and two of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Nina Nunes's submission of Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger, 13 minutes and 39 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 14 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its eight results came early, against one of the four above it. Aleksei Oleinik (submission, round one), Nina Nunes (submission, round three) and Walt Harris (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared.
