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Alex Pereira earns belt back via knockout to cap violent UFC 320

Alex Pereira has never put together a combination quite like this.

The Brazilian superstar landed a flurry of punches to knock out Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 320 and then topped it off by blowing him a series of kisses moments after the referee stopped the fight.

The pair of light heavyweights had developed a heated rivalry over the last seven months, after Ankalaev dethroned Pereira at UFC 313, and the latter may have ended it Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Pereira won his championship belt back in just 80 seconds, dropping Ankalaev with an overhand right and then following it with ground-and-pound.