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UFC Fight Night: Gilbert Burns becomes a contender; smaller cage makes an impact

A UFC welterweight division that's packed with title contenders appeared to get a new one on Saturday night. Gilbert Burns soundly defeated former champion Tyron Woodley by unanimous decision in the UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas. Burns has now won six in a row, including back-to-back wins over Demian Maia and Woodley, the man the UFC considered the division's No. 1 contender.

Burns' win capped an action-packed night of fights at the UFC Apex, which contests its bouts in a 25-foot-wide cage instead of the typical 30-foot cage. Perhaps that helped produce six finishes in the first eight fights on the card.