Overview

• The middleweight prelim at Shanghai Indoor Stadium ended at 0:43 after a right hook dropped Pereira and follow-up elbows prompted a referee stoppage.
• The fight aired live on ESPN+ as part of the UFC Shanghai undercard.
• Daukaus entered as a sizeable betting underdog in his first UFC appearance since 2022.
• He earned his re-signing off a four-fight regional run that included winning and defending the Cage Fury FC middleweight title.
• Pereira has now lost three straight, including defeats to Anthony Hernandez and Abus Magomedov, and he briefly protested Saturday’s stoppage.