It was the perfect card for anyone with late-night plans.
The UFC's weekly Fight Night show from its Apex facility was still packed to overflowing after a late cancellation trimmed it to 12 bouts across seven weight classes, but the fighters made scheduling academic by combining for seven early endings—five by KO/TKO, another by submission and one by no contest.
Big-hitting light heavyweights Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker were on the marquee in the main event, marking just the ninth time in the promotion's history that two Brazilians met atop a fight card.
Santos was one of the first eight when he met Glover Teixeira on another Fight Night show last November.