Already thought-about a future UFC Corridor of Famer and sure all-time pound-for-pounder, Alex Pereira cemented that standing this previous Saturday.
Seven months after he misplaced the sunshine heavyweight title to him, Pereira (13-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) received it again within the UFC 320 essential occasion with a fast and nearly flawless 80-second knockout of Magomed Ankalaev (21-2-1 MMA, 12-2-1 UFC) at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Pereira, who additionally held the middleweight title, turned the primary two-division champion in UFC historical past to have a second reign in one of many divisions. Now he’s eyeing a transfer to heavyweight for an unprecedented third UFC title.
Together with that title struggle at UFC 320, dominant bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili (21-4 MMA, 14-2 UFC) landed an insane 20 takedowns towards Cory Sandhagen (18-6 MMA, 11-5 UFC) to defend his belt. Plus, there have been seven different stellar finishes on the cardboard.
Try the UFC 320 “Combat Movement” highlights above, together with Pereira’s reclamation of the sunshine heavyweight title within the headliner.
UFC 320 outcomes:
- Alex Pereira def. Magomed Ankalaev by way of TKO (elbows) – Spherical 1, 1:20
- Merab Dvalishvili def. Cory Sandhagen by way of unanimous choice (49-45, 49-45, 49-46)
- Jiri Prochazka def. Khalil Rountree Jr. knockout (punch) – Spherical 3, 3:04
- Youssef Zalal def. Josh Emmett by way of submission (armbar) – Spherical 1, 1:38
- Joe Pyfer def. Abus Magomedov by way of submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 2, 1:44
- Ateba Gautier def. Treston Vines by way of TKO (strikes) – Spherical 1, 1:41
- Daniel Santos def. JooSang Yoo by way of TKO (punches) – Spherical 2, 0:21
- Jakub Wiklacz def. Patchy Combine by way of cut up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Edmen Shahbazyan def. Andre Muniz by way of TKO (strikes) – Spherical 1, 4:58
- Punahele Soriano def. Nikolay Veretennikov by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Yana Santos def. Macy Chiasson by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Farid Basharat def. Chris Gutierrez by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Ramiz Brahimaj def. Austin Vanderford by way of submission (guillotine choke) – Spherical 2, 2:24
- Veronica Hardy def. Brogan Walker by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)