Alex Pereira waves off referee before immediately knocking out Jamahal Hill for low blow at UFC 300
Alex Pereira stopped Jamahal Hill in the opening stanza, moments after taking a low blow.
The Brazilian MMA star retained his light-heavyweight title in the UFC 300 main event on Sunday night by stopping Hill with a vicious left hook.
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A matter of seconds before landing the finishing blow, Pereira absorbed a kick flush to the groin.
As he did, referee Herb Dean tried to step in and give Pereira time to recover but 'Poatana', not one to ever kick up a fuss, waved off Dean and went straight after the challenger.
The first shot he landed, a perfectly timed lead hook, dropped Hill as Pereira closed the show with some brutal ground and pound.
In the immediate aftermath, the champion called for a fight at heavyweight on the Rio card next month.
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"I want to keep defending this belt but I spoke a lot about fighting in Brazil if I won this fight.
"I won this fight, I'm not hurt, nothing happened. I know there needs to be a lot of promotion behind a fight but I want to fight at heavyweight."
Pereira is already a two-weight world champion having previously held the middleweight title as well.
A world title at heavyweight would put him in a league of his own as the only UFC fighter to ever win world titles in three different weight classes.
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But Pereira refuses to get carried away with his achievements.
The 205lb king humbly admitted: "To be honest, when I step into the Octagon I don't see myself as a champion.
"I do the same thing in my personal life. I don't let this belt get to my head.
"I have to come in here and I have to win this belt every time to be the champion.
"I don't let it get to my head ever."