The UFC's first card held in Chile didn't appear to have much going for it leading up to Saturday night other than a pieced-together main event between Kamaru Usman and Demian Maia, who stepped in on three week's notice.

While the main event turned into a bit of a snoozer with Maia losing his third straight by decision, the rest of the card did the heavy lifting with six finishes, including five in the first round. Several young up-and-comers made their mark early in their respective UFC careers and opened the door to future stardom.

Here are four winners from UFC Chile to keep an eye on moving forward.

Dominick Reyes

Age: 28 | Weight class: Light Heavyweight | Record: 9-0

Once hoping to crack the NFL as a defensive back, Reyes is putting together an impressive MMA resume and added to it Saturday when he TKO'd Jared Cannonier with a monster uppercut in the first round of his third UFC bout. The win was Reyes' sixth straight first-round finish after competing for just five minutes, 28 seconds in his four fights combined in 2017.

The 6-foot-4 California native could climb the ranks quickly at light heavyweight, currently the thinnest division in the UFC. He called out Jordan Johnson, who currently sits 15th in the UFC's light heavyweight rankings, after defeating Cannonier and should be able to book a matchup with his fellow 9-0 competitor.

Reyes has an exciting style and not a ton of names to work past to make it to the top of his division. While he's faced tougher opponents than Reyes, knockout artist Volkan Oezdemir needed just three wins at 205 lbs in 2017 to earn a title shot. If Reyes can get a win over Johnson and maybe sneak in another victory over a ranked opponent before the end of 2018, he could be challenging for a title in a year's time.

Andrea Lee

Age: 29 | Weight class: Flyweight | Record: 9-2

After defeating Veronica Macedo by unanimous decision and earning Fight of the Night honors, Lee said her performance Saturday night wasn't as impressive as it should have been - but she might be the only one holding that opinion. The Texas native doubled up her opponent in total strikes and had six minutes, 20 seconds more in ground control during her UFC debut, where she stretched her winning streak to five.

Like Reyes, Lee has an advantage by merely being part of a weak weight class. Of the 15 women listed in the UFC's flyweight rankings before Saturday, only one has competed at 125 lbs on multiple UFC cards and five don't even have a non-exhibition win in the promotion's class.

Lee has fought all 11 of her pro MMA bouts at flyweight, previously winning the division's belt with Legacy FC and LFA, with six of nine victories coming by finish. Lee also won titles in boxing, Muay Thai, and kickboxing prior to her MMA career, developing a strike-heavy, fan-friendly style - not to mention sporting her badass cowboy hat along the way.

Vicente Luque

Age: 26 | Weight class: Welterweight | Record: 13-6-1

Born and raised in the United States, training out of Brazil with some Chilean roots, it seems Luque could be a crowd favorite wherever he fights. The welterweight got a big cheer from the Chilean crowd during the country's maiden UFC event Saturday as he knocked out Chad Laprise in the first round.

The win pushed Luque to 6-1 in his last seven UFC fights, with each victory coming via finish within the first two rounds. He faces an uphill battle to crack the top ranks at welterweight, but the division is stocked full of exciting talent for him to test. Luque may need to keep playing with fire and take more action-packed matchups against guys like Laprise, who had won his previous three bouts by TKO, to get noticed. At 26, he's got time to work his way up and has already earned enough respect that a couple losses in exciting fights won't sink him too far down the pecking order.

Tatiana Suarez

Age: 27 | Weight class: Strawweight | Record: 6-0

Some may have been confused to see Suarez booked for the co-main event with Alexa Grasso in Chile after just five pro fights, but she lived up to the hype in quick fashion. The winner of "The Ultimate Fighter 23" notched the third first-round finish of her young career, forcing Grasso to tap to a tight rear-naked choke in just two minutes, 44 seconds.

Grasso had entered the night as the UFC's ninth-ranked strawweight contender with Suarez sitting at No. 12. That will undoubtedly flip to see Suarez inside the top 10, where she'll go up against the next tier of 115-pounders, possibly facing Felice Herrig, Michelle Waterson, or a top-five contender next.

With all three of the top strawweight contenders having already lost at least one title shot, there's room for an undefeated fresh face like Suarez to work her way into the conversation quickly with a couple more victories.

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