Pereira successfully defends his UFC light heavyweight title in a spectacular finish at UFC 300. He knocked out Hill with a trademark left hook in the first round.
to retain the UFC light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 300 -- one of the biggest events in promotion history -- at T-Mobile Arena. The finish came at 3 minutes, 14 seconds of the first round after one of Pereira 's trademark left hooks.
The finish will be one that will live on highlight reels forever. Hill kicked Pereira low, prompting referee Herb Dean to step in and try to pause the fight. Pereira held up his right hand, stopping the official from intervening. Pereira then blasted Hill with the left hook and followed with violent punches on the ground.
"I was gauging the distance and timing," Pereira said through an interpreter."Everything went perfect." Hill relinquished the title last summer after rupturing his left Achilles tendon in a pickup basketball game. Pereira won the vacant belt by knocking out former champAfterward, Pereira said he wanted to get right back in the Octagon and fight at UFC 301 on May 4 in his native Brazil. Pereira said he would like to do so at heavyweight, which would be his third weight class in the UFC.Pereira was the quickest fighter to ever win two UFC titles in two different divisions .
"I don't let this belt go to my head," Pereira said."I have to go in here and win this belt every time to be champion."
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