Overview

• Pereira’s first-round finish of Magomed Ankalaev restored his 205-pound crown and made him a three-time UFC champion across two divisions.
• Merab Dvalishvili retained the bantamweight belt over Cory Sandhagen by unanimous decision and became the first UFC fighter to surpass 100 career takedowns.
• The new champion publicly criticized Ali Abdelaziz, Ankalaev’s manager, in a post-fight message over perceived disrespectful social media behavior.
• Pereira voiced interest in a heavyweight superfight with Jon Jones, even floating the White House as a site, though the UFC has not named his next opponent.
• Post-fight matchmaking chatter featured Israel Adesanya pushing teammate Carlos Ulberg for a title shot, while Glover Teixeira brushed off trilogy talk, and the undercard saw Jiri Prochazka stop Khalil Rountree Jr. plus Youssef Zalal submit Josh Emmett in a bout some stat posts noted had zero strikes landed.