A 13-fight card at UFC 303 in Las Vegas was headlined by a dominant title fight performance from Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Procházka. In the co-main event, Dan Ige stepped in on short notice, but Diego Lopes put the promotion on notice that he’s ready for the center stage. But what were the biggest moments from International Fight Week, and who were the biggest standouts on the card? Brett Okamoto, Andreas Hale and Jeff Wagenheim offer their final thoughts.
Wagenheim: It just keeps getting better for Alex Pereira. Merely agreeing to this title fight, taking it on just two weeks’ notice and while he was out of the country and far away from his training gym, was legendary enough. But his performance on Saturday elevated the UFC light heavyweight champion into the stratosphere.
Pereira’s head-kick knockout 13 seconds into Round 2 of the UFC 303 main event, after…
