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Alex Pereira retains title, stops Jamahal Hill with hellacious first round KO – UFC 300 Highlights

Undisputed light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira remains the pacesetter at 205lbs following tonight’s UFC 300 card in Las Vegas, finishing former champion, Jamahal Hill with a brutal first round KO in the pair’s grudge fight atop the monumental event.

Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion, and the current undisputed light heavyweight champion, earned his second crown under the promotion’s banner back in November at UFC 295, stopping fellow card feature, Jiri Prochazka in the pair’s vacant title affair.

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And welcoming the above-mentioned Illinois native, Hill back to the Octagon for the first time since his January vacant title win over Pereira’s training partner and close friend, Glover Teixeira last year, Alex Pereira made incredibly short work of his challenger tonight.