Overview

• The stoppage came at 1:20 of Round 1 after a right hand dropped Magomed Ankalaev and follow-up elbows prompted the referee’s intervention.
• Pereira said he felt fully healthy for the rematch after not being at his best in their previous meeting earlier this year.
• Merab Dvalishvili retained the bantamweight championship with a unanimous-decision win over Cory Sandhagen.
• Jiri Prochazka scored a third-round knockout of Khalil Rountree Jr., boosting his claim for another light-heavyweight title shot.
• On the prelims, Daniel “Willycat” earned a second-round TKO, while André “Sergipano” lost to Edmen Shahbazyan by late first-round TKO.