Brazilian Alex Pereira scored a stunning victory over the first round over Magomed Ankalaev to restore UFC Light Heavyweight title at UFC 320 pm on Saturday evening, while keeping the Merab Dvalishvili in his weight in a participating event.
Pereira, 38, (13-3-0), who lost the title of Ancalayev (21-2-1), was not lost by a unanimous decision in March, any time to chase his Russian opponent when he met the two in the return match in the T-Mobile Square, and Hurban forward from the opening bell.
Pereira affected his opponent with a loud right hand, and as Angelaev tried to wrestle, the Brazilian followed him on the ground, and put strikes to the head and body that forced the herbal referee to intervene and stop the fighting after one minute and 20 seconds of the first round.
“Revenge is never a good thing. It is a kind of poison. I told everyone that I was not in good condition the last time, no one believes it,” Pereira said in an interview with a post -fighting interview.
“I don’t like to make excuses, but I used to say that I was not fine that night (from the first battle), but tonight I am fine.”
The 38 -year -old Brazilian fell 28 out of 45 important strike attempts, while Ankalaev, 33, was only able to land in four of his nine attempts.
19,081 in the attendees, which included Golden Stayet Warriors, Drimen Green, Jimmy Bater, and Los Angeles Ramez’s recipients, they went crazy at the moment when the Dean’s Dean intervened to stop the battle.
The former midfielder Perira, the US Football Association, praised Arthur Jones, the brother of former UFC champion John Jones, who died on Friday, with a moment of silence before leaving the cage.
Earlier in the night, in what some might consider a seizure of the title in the Light Ugden Weight Division of its right to Pereira, the competitor is second. Jerry Prochazka (32-5-1) The left hand was brutal at the 3:04 sign of the third round of the expulsion of Khalil Runteri Junior (15-7-0) in what happened to the battle of the night.
In the joint event, Georgia Merhab Dvalishvili He benefited from an uncompromising wrestling attack to bypass Corrie Sandajen on his way to a unanimous victory over the decision on the Americans, as he obtained his third successful defense in the title since he won the title for the first time in September 2024.
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2025-10-05 06:30:00