Alex Pereira has recaptured the UFC light-heavyweight title in dominant fashion, stopping Magomed Ankalaev inside 90 seconds on Sunday afternoon (AEDT).

The former two-division champion lost the gold earlier this year against Ankalaev but wasted little time erasing that and proving once again why he is an all-time great.

Pereira shot out of the gates and piled on the pressure from the opening ball and never looked back in front of a raucous crowd in Las Vegas. Advertisement

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Less than a minute into the fight, Pereira launched a hellacious right hand that stunned Ankalaev and from there, it was only a matter of time.

"He hurt him bad," Daniel Cormier said on commentary.

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The champion shot for a takedown but Pereira ove

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