UFC

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

Completed UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States 10 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Robert Whittaker beat Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Andrei Arlovski beat Chase Sherman by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Two of the ten results came early: one knockout and one submission.
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Main card

Robert Whittaker ✓

10Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum

Unanimous decision R5 5:00
Kelvin Gastelum
AA ✓

Andrei Arlovski vs Chase Sherman

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Chase Sherman
AA

Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Jacob Malkoun

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
JM ✓
Justine Kish

Justine Kish vs Tracy Cortez8

Split decision R3 5:00
Tracy Cortez ✓
LP ✓

Luis Pena vs Alexander Munoz

Split decision R3 5:00
AM

Preliminary card

Juan Espino

Juan Espino vs Alexandr Romanov

Split decision R3 1:05
Alexandr Romanov ✓
Jessica Penne ✓

Jessica Penne vs Loopy Godinez6

Split decision R3 5:00
LG
Bartosz Fabinski

Bartosz Fabinski vs Gerald Meerschaert

Submission R1 2:00
Gerald Meerschaert ✓
Austin Hubbard ✓

Austin Hubbard vs Dakota Bush

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Dakota Bush
Anthony Birchak

Anthony Birchak vs Tony Gravely

Knockout R2 1:31
TG ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Robert Whittaker beat Kelvin Gastelum 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: Andrei Arlovski beat Chase Sherman after three rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the ten bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, one by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — two stoppages in ten fights. Four of the eight decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Gerald Meerschaert, who stopped Bartosz Fabinski at 2:00 of round one, and one of the two finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Tony Gravely's knockout of Anthony Birchak, 6 minutes and 31 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled two hours and 15 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: two of its five results came early, against no of the five above it. Gerald Meerschaert (submission, round one) and Tony Gravely (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

Three ranked fighters appeared.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

ESPN carried all ten bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.