LAS VEGAS -- Alex Pereira said he wasn't himself in March, when he surrendered his UFC light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev in a five-round decision. Saturday's rematch indicated he wasn't lying.

Pereira (14-3) reclaimed the championship at UFC 320 in dominant fashion, finishing Ankalaev (21-2-1) via TKO in just 80 seconds.

It was a stunning reversal from what happened seven months ago, when Pereira appeared hesitant and timid in what was his first loss in that weight class. In Saturday's rematch, he practically ran out of his corner and put away Ankalaev while barely absorbing a strike.

"Vengeance is never a good thing, it's kind of a poison sometimes," Pereira said through an interpreter in his postfight Octagon interview. "I told everyone I was not in good condition last t

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