Main card
MR
✓
Mauricio Rua vs Rogerio Nogueira
Split decision R3 5:00
RN
FW
✓
Fabricio Werdum vs Alexander Gustafsson
Submission R1 2:30
AG
Key takeaways
Robert Whittaker beat Darren Till by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Mauricio Rua beat Rogerio Nogueira after three rounds.
Across the 14 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, two by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in 14 fights. Two of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Tom Aspinall, who stopped Jake Collier after 45 seconds, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Francisco Trinaldo's knockout of Jai Herbert, 11 minutes and 30 seconds in. End to end, the 14 fights filled two hours and 38 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of seven, against three of the seven below it. Francisco Trinaldo (knockout, round three), Tom Aspinall (knockout, round one) and Tanner Boser (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Four ranked fighters appeared, among them champion Tom Aspinall.
ESPN carried all 15 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
