Key takeaways
Stephen Thompson beat Geoff Neal by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Jose Aldo beat Marlon Vera, the division's No. 10, after three rounds.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, one by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — three stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jimmy Flick, who stopped Cody Durden at 3:18 of round one, and two of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Marcin Tybura's knockout of Greg Hardy, 9 minutes and 31 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 42 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against one of the seven below it. Jimmy Flick (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared.
ESPN+ carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
