"Alex Pereira has caused a boilover at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 320 with a first-round technical knockout (TKO) of heavily favoured Magomed Ankalaev in Las Vegas, regaining his undisputed light heavyweight championship belt and avenging his defeat by the Russian seven months earlier. Pereira took only one minute and 20 seconds to defeat Ankalaev after he dropped the 33-year-old champion with a huge right hook less than a minute into the contest on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena."
"The Brazilian then finished off the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows before the match referee called off the bout. Ankalaev, who had never been knocked out in a UFC match, had his 14-match unbeaten run ended, going back to his promotional debut at a UFC Fight Night in March 2018. Pre-fight, Pereira was the decided underdog, with Ankalaev backed by 89 percent of the fight bets at BetMGM."
Alex Pereira regained the undisputed UFC light heavyweight championship by defeating Magomed Ankalaev with a first-round technical knockout at UFC 320 in Las Vegas. Pereira dropped Ankalaev with a huge right hook less than a minute into the contest and finished with a flurry of punches and elbows, prompting the referee to stop the fight at one minute and twenty seconds. Ankalaev's 14-match unbeaten run ended and he suffered the first knockout loss of his UFC career. Pre-fight betting heavily favored Ankalaev, who had beaten Pereira in their first meeting at UFC 313. Pereira said he fought at only 40 percent due to injury and now becomes a two-time light heavyweight champion, reviving the division's title picture and opening potential rematch scenarios.
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