It's an anonymous weekend in the UFC.

The mixed martial arts conglomerate was live on a Saturday afternoon from the Apex facility in Las Vegas with a 14-bout card that included four unbeaten fighters, four fighters ranked among the top-15 in their respective weight classes, but no superstars.

Middleweights Brendan Allen and Paul Craig headlined in a scheduled five-round main event, with Allen arriving on a five-fight win streak and Craig looking for his 10th career octagonal victory in his 17th fight since arriving to the company in 2016.

The B/R combat team was in place to take in the action and assemble a real-time, definitive list of the show's winners and losers. Take a look at what we came up with and drop a thought or two of your own in the comments section.

Winner: Shooting Your Shot

Allen was all-in on the pre-fight enmity.

He engaged in the intense pre-fight staring match with a war-painted Craig, shrugged with Craig, refused to touch gloves when waved together by referee Mark Smith, and chirped back and forth with the chatty Scotsman and his corner team during the fight.

And then he backed it all up with performance.

The 27-year-old proved himself a legit main-event commodity from start to finish against his 35-year-old foe, taking his invitation to get the fight to the ground and beating him to a bloody pulp before securing the finish with a rear-naked choke just 38 seconds into the third round.

"I'm a man of my word. That's what I do," Allen said. "I beat everyone they put in front of me, and I want my shot at the No. 1 contender spot. I deserve it."

Indeed, it was Allen's sixth win in a row, 11th in 13 UFC fights and fourth straight by submission, giving him the third-longest streak in the company.

"He definitely broke Craig the way he said he was going to," analyst Paul Felder said. "He's backed up every bit of confidence that he's shown, and he's a real problem in the middleweight division."

Ranked three slots ahead of Craig at No. 10 at 185 pounds, Allen was effective landing hard elbows in the first when he got to full mount on his mat-friendly opponent, exchanging a series of submission attempts during the fight's most competitive stretch near the end of the round.

He opened a bloody gash on Craig's right eyebrow with a series of hard elbows in the second, then hurt his foe with a right hand in a stand-up exchange at the start of the third, prompting Craig to seek a takedown that led initially to an Allen attempt at a guillotine before he seized the rear-naked choke when Craig turned and gave up his back.

It was Craig's first loss in two fights at middleweight and dropped him to 9-7-1 in the UFC.

"I believe in myself. I'm putting a lot of work in. I'm getting more and more comfortable in here," Allen said. "I'm coming and I'm a f-----g problem. If you want it, come get it."

Loser: Co-Main Chaos

Make no mistake.

Unbeaten Ecuadorian export Michael Morales is a world-class fighter, an elite UFC prospect, and perhaps a future challenger on the championship level at welterweight or beyond.

But he's not the most fan-friendly fighter on the planet.

Or at least he wasn't on Saturday.

The angular, solidly built 170-pounder leaned more toward the cerebral than the combative in the 14-bout show's co-main event, using distance, angles, and intermittent violence to out-do 18-fight octagonal veteran Jake Matthews by unanimous decision in a too-often tedious three-rounder.

One judge gave Morales all three rounds and the other two saw it 2-1 in his favor, allowing the 24-year-old to improve to 16-0 as a pro and 4-0 in the UFC.

In fact, the octagonal win streak is already the fifth-longest in the welterweight division.

Matthews, who reached the UFC in 2014, is 12-7 with the company.

"It was one more step. He was a tough fighter to face. But my hands speak for themselves," Morales said. "I knew this guy was strong and he always comes in very hot and close. I had to keep the distance and listen to my corner. So I had to work on my boxing and keep him at a distance the whole time."

Winner: Feeding the Family

If you like grappling, this was your fight.

Both Chase Hooper and Jordan Leavitt were completely comfortable on the mat, and they moved smoothly from position to position in the first round of a main card match of lightweight prospects.

But ultimately, the hunger for cash put Hooper over in his 155-pound debut.

A winner in four of seven fights down at featherweight, Hooper survived a hard right hand from Leavitt while still on his back, scrambled his well to a superior position and instantly locked his left arm under Leavitt's chin while doing so.

When he locked things down with his right arm, the mission was accomplished.

"This sport is cutthroat," Hooper said. "His wife is about to have a baby, so is mine. So I've got to be making that money. I hit him with a decent shot early and he thought, 'OK, I'm going to grapple.' That's always a best-case scenario for me."

The finish was his sixth in 13 career wins and fourth finish, three by submission, in five UFC triumphs.

"I'm going to be in here a lot more," Hooper said. "I've got to make that money and hopefully add to it with a bonus."

Winner: Justifying Hype

It's hard to believe it was Payton Talbott's first time.

The 25-year-old from Reno seemed to have already reached expert level in trash talk when he flashed an "I'm breaking you" gesture toward Nick Aguirre to begin the first round, and his post-fight slow motion strut across the octagon seemed the product of much repetition as well.

Put it all together and the UFC seems to have a hot new prospect.

The material between the pre-round gesture and the post-fight walk was pretty solid, too, as the unbeaten bantamweight shook off an uneven first two rounds with a hard body kick that sapped Aguirre's gas tank.

It was quickly followed by a hard knee that dropped Aguirre to the mat, where Talbott took mount, then seized a rear-naked choke when his desperate rival gave up his back. He tapped within seconds, and it was over, officially, when Mark Smith jumped in at 58 seconds of the third.

Talbott improved to 6-0 and recorded his first career submission in his UFC curtain-raiser.

"I woke up and did my job," he said.

"It was super frustrating, and I think you guys saw it. That's why I came out the way I did. After the second round I knew it was a fight, and as soon as I knew that it was a matter of time."

Aguirre got the fight to the floor in the first and controlled most of the round, but Talbott looked gradually better as the action evolved. That was, he said, because of his own internal motivation.

"There was no more pressure (from the outside) than I put on myself," he said. "It was the same as any fight."

Winner: Flipping the Script

Amanda Ribas was drifting into gatekeeper territory.

Though still ranked in the top 10 in two weight classes, the 30-year-old Brazilian had lost three of five fights since 2020 and watched several fighters move past her at both 115 and 125 pounds.

So when ninth-ranked strawweight and former training partner Luana Pinheiro put on a boxing clinic through the first five minutes of their main-card showdown, it seemed the plummet would continue.

But that's when the veteran's purpose kicked in.

"In the second round my dad remembered I had a purpose, to come out and fight for the people in my hometown whose lives I'm trying to change," Ribas said. "I fought with my heart."

And in the process, it seemed she took Pinheiro's apart.

Ribas evened the fight with a second round in which she added kicks to change the striking dynamic, and by the time the third arrived and an exhausted foe was in front of her, she stepped on the gas harder.

A spinning right heel kick began a decisive sequence in which Robas dropped Rinheiro with a right-left combination, then landed a series of unfettered ground strikes before Pinheiro's night was waved off by referee Chris Tognoni.

"In the deep water she emerges with the win, and that's why fight fans love watching Amanda Ribas work," blow-by-blow man Brandan Fitzgerald said. "She got roughed up in the first round, she had to dig deep and change the tactics."

Winner: Backing Up the Talk

Joanderson Brito welcomed the conflict.

He and featherweight foe Jonathan Pearce were deep in the second round of their prelim feature and freely exchanging trash talk as they grinded through a horizontal clinch along the fence.

But just as it appeared the scrap was destined to culminate in a decisive third round, the streaking Brazilian decided to end things in a flash.

Moments after Pearce suggested his rival "Get up and do something," Brito seized Pearce's neck with his right arm as the two men worked their way to a standing position, quickly locked it in with his left arm as he dropped the floor, and used it to draw a quick surrender via ninja choke.

The official time was 3:54 of the second.

"He's been wanting some high profile opponents," Fitzgerald said, "and it's hard to doubt him now."

Indeed, it was a fourth straight win at 145 pounds for Brito, giving him the fifth-longest active win streak in the division, all of which have come inside the distance.

It was his seventh career win by finish, all by some form of choke.

"I knew (Pearce) was going to do this. He didn't want to strike with me," Brito said. "He was breathing heavy, and I knew it was time to go."

Winner: Sudden Violence

Jeka Seragih might never be a world champion.

But, as the UFC-hip kids say, the guy can flat-out crack.

The lone Indonesian on Dana White's roster scored Saturday's most memorable stoppage and earned his first octagonal win with a single-shot starching of Lucas Alexander after 91 seconds of a scheduled three-rounder at featherweight.

A better than 5-to-1 favorite heading into the fight, Alexander had driven Seragih toward the fence with a left uppercut and followed with an attempt at a head kick.

He missed the strike and slipped to the ground, however, and Seragih quickly pounced as he attempted to scramble to his feet, landing a right hand that sent Alexander sprawling backward, and semi-conscious, to the mat.

Seragih sprang in with three ground shots against a defenseless foe before referee Herb Dean leapt in to save the stricken fighter at 1:31 of the first.

"If the power is there," Felder said, "anybody can go to sleep with four-ounce gloves."

It was Seragih's first UFC success after a loss to Anshul Jubli in his February debut, while Alexander fell to 1-2 since he arrived to the promotion last October.

"It's a long journey for me," Seragih said. "I spent more time preparing than I do with my family. I'm gonna go to my village and celebrate with my friends, my family and my son. I'm happy for all of them."

Loser: Coherent Officiating

Trey Ogden was minutes away from a victory lap.

The Kansas-based gym owner and trainer was in the octagon on his own behalf for a prelim date with Nikolas Motta and was in the final stages of what was sure to be a wide decision win in a one-sided three-rounder at lightweight.

He'd out-skilled Motta, who'd never seen a third round in 18 fights, over the first 10 minutes and had the prone Brazilian in an arm triangle choke as referee Mike Beltran came in for a closer look. Motta seemed neither on the verge of an exit nor unconsciousness as the fight entered minute No. 14, but Beltran nevertheless leaned forward with repeated warnings that he was about to stop the fight with no escape.

He shouted, "Show me you're there or you go," four times before intervening at 3:11 of the third and certifying Ogden's would-be win, but Motta sprang up and immediately protested the stop, suggesting he was still very much contesting the maneuver in spite of his lack of response to the official.

Felder immediately took Motta's side and labeled it a "bad stoppage," insisting that giving a thumbs-up gesture in that situation is "detrimental to the defense" and that a referee has "got to let these guys fight through things like that."

The broadcast broke for commercial and came back for the official announcement from Joe Martinez, but rather than the submission stoppage it was deemed a no contest.

Neither Felder nor Fitzgerald seemed to know the no contest was coming, and Felder was visibly confused as he chatted with Ogden, who'd been on the verge of a scorecard win and was left to wonder if he'd get the winning share of the purse.

Ogden had won the first two rounds on all three official scorecards.

"I was really happy with the performance, happy to get the win," Ogden said. "I deserve my win money. I don't care about records. I care about my win money. I didn't stop the fight."

Full Card Results

Main Card

Brendan Allen def. Paul Craig by submission (rear-naked choke), 0:38, Round 3

Michael Morales def. Jake Matthews by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Chase Hooper def. Jordan Leavitt by submission (rear-naked choke), 2:58, Round 1

Payton Talbott def. Nick Aguirre by submission (rear-naked choke), 0:58, Round 3

Amanda Ribas def. Luana Pinheiro by TKO (strikes), 3:53, Round 3

Myktybek Orolbai def. Uros Medic by submission (neck crank), 4:12, Round 2

Preliminary Card

Joanderson Brito def. Jonathan Pearce by submission (ninja choke), 3:54, Round 2

Jose Johnson def. Chad Anheliger by submission (rear-naked choke), 4:49, Round 2

Christian Leroy Duncan def. Denis Tiuliulin by TKO (strikes), 4:24, Round 2

Mick Parkin def. Caio Machado by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Jeka Saragih def. Lucas Alexander by KO (punches), 1:31, Round 1

Ailin Perez def. Lucie Pudilova by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Trey Ogden and Nikolas Motta — No contest, 3:11, Round 3 (submission, overturned)

Rafael Estevam def. Charles Johnson by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)