Jun 29, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Alex Pereira (crimson gloves) reacts after defeating Jiri Prochazka (blue gloves) throughout UFC 303 at T-Cell Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports activities Alex Pereira efficiently defended his gentle heavyweight title on Saturday night time, knocking out Jiri Prochazka in the primary occasion bout at UFC 303 in Las Vegas.
Simply 12 seconds into the second spherical, a fierce head kick from Pereira (10-2-0) despatched Prochazka (30-4-1) to the mat, the place Pereira adopted with a barrage of punches earlier than the combat was referred to as.
Prochazka had hassle standing up afterward, and he was rocking backwards and forwards earlier than falling into the fingers of the referee and medical personnel.
Saturday’s bout was a rematch of a Nov. 11, 2023 combat for the vacant gentle heavyweight championship. Pereira received that conflict, too, and has now defended his belt twice.
Prochazka has misplaced two of his previous three fights.
In different motion Saturday, Diego Lopes and Roman Dolidze each received by unanimous choice. Lopes (25-6-0) beat Dan Ige (18-8-0) in catch weight motion, whereas Dolidze (13-3-0) received the perfect of Anthony Smith (38-20-0) in a battle of sunshine heavyweights.
Macy Chiasson (11-3-0) and Ian Machado Gary (15-0-0) additionally received their respective fights.
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