UFC 332 first-round finishes hit a record nine on Saturday night at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Eleven of the 14 fights ended before the judges got involved, according to Cageside Press, and the card was good enough that no Fight of the Night bonus was handed out.
Natalia Silva took the vacant women’s flyweight title in the main event, beating Wang Cong by unanimous decision. Our Silva vs Cong recap has the full story of that fight.
UFC 332 first-round finishes, fight by fight
The prelims set the pace. Damian Pinas knocked out Andrey Pulyaev at 1:15 of the first round, and Marcus McGhee stopped Anthony Romero at 4:58. Imanol Rodriguez beat Alden Coria with a body kick and punches at 3:11.
Anthony Wint had the fastest night of anyone. The former New York Jets linebacker finished Lucas Armand with punches in 23 seconds. Jacobe Smith stopped Bruce Whitehead with punches at 1:32.
Johnny Walker made his heavyweight debut count. He locked up a Thai clinch and landed a knee to knock out Mick Parkin at 3:35.
Main card stoppages
Roman Kopylov opened the main card by stopping Ateba Gautier with punches at 3:12 of the first. Esteban Ribovics beat King Green by TKO at 4:08. Payton Talbott then needed only 2:09 to stop Deiveson Figueiredo in the co-main event.
Not everything ended in the first. Alexander Hernandez beat Rafael dos Anjos by TKO at 3:12 of the second round, and Eric Nolan stopped Court McGee in the third. Ismail Naurdiev edged Marvin Vettori on all three scorecards, 29-28, and Roberto Soldic beat Khaos Williams by decision.
Bonuses and what comes next
Walker, Pinas, Rodriguez and Kopylov each earned a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus. Seven more fighters got $25,000 finish bonuses, per Cageside Press.
Wint used his post-fight interview to call out Sean Sharaf, saying he wants the fight in 40 days, according to Forbes. We previewed the whole card in our UFC 332 preview.
For full round-by-round results, see the Forbes results page, the Cageside Press bonus report and NFL.com’s profile of Wint.
