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, Pere

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