But it was exactly what Brandon Moreno needed as he pushes toward a title shot.

Officially, Moreno took home a TKO victory at 4 minutes, 59 seconds of the first round Saturday in the UFC 255 prelims in Las Vegas.

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"I don't know what happened in the fight," Moreno said.

Moreno got Royval down and had back control for the duration of the round, though he didn't do a ton of damage.

"I was very nervous in that fight, because Brandon Royval came to this fight with nothing to lose," Moreno said.

This night was special for me, I won in the first round, I get the W in the first round against Brandon Royval, he's dangerous.

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Women's flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko (c) (20-3, 9-2 UFC) defeats Jennifer Maia (18-7-1, 3-3 UFC) by unanimous decision.

Perry did have his moments in the first round, when he took the fight to the canvas and secured back control on Means, threatening to get his first career submission.

Calvillo, known most for her wrestling and grappling, never took Chookagian down.

Chookagian, 31, fell to champion Valentina Shevchenko via third-round TKO at UFC 247 in February.

Calvillo, a 33-year-old California native, was unbeaten in four straight fights going in and could have earned a title shot with a win.

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Whereas Craig had only one takedown and mainly hurt Rua in the standup during a November 2019 bout that ended in a split draw, the 32-year-old Scotsman was relentless with his wrestling this time, landing two takedowns in each round on his way to finishing a helpless "Shogun" with strikes on the ground at 3:36 of Round 2.

Craig took Rua to the canvas twice in the first round, initially less than a minute and a half into the fight, then with just under two minutes to go.

He threatened submissions both times, but the second time he had Rua down, the Brazilian reversed into top position and landed some sharp strikes.

When Craig flattened him out on his stomach midway through Round 2, and Herb Dean called on him to show some fight, he instead tapped out before the ref could call it.

This time he used his fists, and for the second straight time he handed an opponent his first career loss.

He didn't have time before the horn to finish the fight, but he had his opponent hurt.

Buckley wasted no time after the break to find out.

For Buckley, it was his second straight victory after dropping his UFC debut.

I wasn't going to show no more mercy after that second round.".

It seemed like just a matter of time.

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Women's strawweight: Antonina Shevchenko (9-2, 3-2 UFC) defeats Ariane Lipski (13-6, 2-3 UFC) by second-round TKO.

The referee is forced to stop the fight as Ariane Lipski is unable to fight back with Antonina Shevchenko on top of her and unleashing a downpour of punches.

A multiple-time world Muay Thai champion like her sister, Valentina, Antonina Shevchenko is known for her striking skills.

Shevchenko stopped Lipski via TKO at 4:33 of the second round in a women's flyweight bout.

Shevchenko used her wrestling and grappling skills to get Lipski down in both rounds.

In the first round, Shevchenko took Lipski down with a head-and-arm throw.

She nearly lost position in a scramble, but Shevchenko got in top position and landed punches.

Shevchenko got Lipski down again in the second with a throw, ended up in mount and then took Lipski's back.

All the while, Shevchenko was landing punches.

"I did what I want to do -- improve as a fighter," Shevchenko said in her postfight interview.

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It took Rodriguez most of the way through Round 1 to find his range.

Rodriguez, who is 33 and fights out of Alhambra, California, lost for the first time in the UFC.

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The second round is what separated Jouban.

Rather than loading up for haymakers like Gooden did, Jouban was content to land a jab, that straight left and some hard kicks to the body and legs.

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He took two hard strikes below the belt

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