{"id":190488,"date":"2025-10-04T23:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T23:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/190488\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T23:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T23:50:08","slug":"ufc-320-ankalaev-vs-pereira-2-live-results-and-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/190488\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 320: &#8216;Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2&#8217; Live Results and Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Octagon returns to T-Mobile Arena for tonight\u2019s UFC 320 event, a 14-bout fight card headlined by Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira 2.<\/p>\n<p>Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA) and Pereira (12-3 MMA) originally collided back in March of this year at UFC 313, where the 33-year-old Russian walked away with a unanimous decision victory to claim the promotion\u2019s light heavyweight world title.<\/p>\n<p>Magomed Ankalaev will enter tonight\u2019s rematch sporting a three-fight winning streak, as he had previously scored wins over Johnny Walker and Aleksandar Rakic before snatching the title away from \u2018Poatan\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Alex Pereira will be looking to return to the form which saw him reel off five-straight victories and three title defenses inside of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">promotion<\/a>\u2018s light heavyweight division. Prior to being outpointed by Ankalaev, \u2018Poatan\u2019 was coming off four stoppage wins in a row, which included victories over Khalil Rountree Jr, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/jamahal-hill\/jamahal-hill-responds-negatively-after-being-asked-about-previous-ufc-losses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamahal Hil<\/a>l and Jiri Prochazka (x2).<\/p>\n<p>UFC 320 is co-headlined by a men\u2019s bantamweight title fight featuring reigning champion Merab Dvalishvili taking on challenger Cory Sandhagen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-543549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Merab-Dvalishvili-Cory-Sandhagen.jpg\" alt=\"Merab Dvalishvili, Cory Sandhagen\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dvalishvili (20-4 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since scoring a submission win over former title holder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/sean-omalley\/sean-omalley-picks-ilia-topuria-over-jon-jones-gsp-ufc-goat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean O\u2019Malley<\/a> at June\u2019s UFC 316 event in New Jersey. That victory marked \u2018The Machine\u2019s\u2019 twelfth win in a row, a streak which now includes two successful defenses of his bantamweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cory Sandhagen (18-5 MMA) was last seen in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Octagon<\/a> this past May, where he scored a TKO victory over former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo. That win was preceded by a unanimous decision loss to Umar Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>Also featured on tonight\u2019s UFC 320 main card lineup is a highly anticipated light heavyweight contest featuring Khalil Rountree taking on Jiri Prochazka.<\/p>\n<p>Rountree (14-6 MMA) most recently competed at June\u2019s UFC on ABC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">event<\/a>, this where he earned a unanimous decision victory over former champ Jamahal Hill. That win was preceded by a loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 307.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jiri Prochazka (31-5-1 MMA) was last seen in action at January\u2019s UFC 311 event, where he scored a third-round TKO victory over former division champion Jamahal Hill (see that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/jiri-prochazka\/ufc-311-results-jiri-prochazka-stops-jamahal-hill-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). That win was preceded by a TKO loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 303 in June of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Get all of tonight\u2019s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):<\/p>\n<p>UFC 320 Main Card (10 pm EST on PPV)<\/p>\n<p>205 lbs.: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira <\/p>\n<p>135 lbs.: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen<\/p>\n<p>205 lbs.: Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.<\/p>\n<p>145 lbs.: Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal<\/p>\n<p>185 lbs.: Joe Pyfer vs. Abus Magomedov<\/p>\n<p>UFC 320 Televised Prelims (8 pm EST on ESPN+)<\/p>\n<p>185 lbs.: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Andre Muniz<\/p>\n<p>145 lbs.: Daniel Santos vs. JooSang Yoo <\/p>\n<p>185 lbs.: Ateba Gautier vs. Treston Vines<\/p>\n<p>135 lbs.: Patchy Mix vs. Jakub Wiklacz<\/p>\n<p>UFC 320 Early Prelims (6:30 pm EST on ESPN+)<\/p>\n<p>170 lbs.: Punahele Soriano vs. Nikolay Veretennikov<\/p>\n<p>135 lbs.: Macy Chiasson vs. Yana Santos<\/p>\n<p>135 lbs.: Farid Basharat vs. Chris Gutierrez \u2014 Basharat def. Gutierrez by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)<\/p>\n<p>170 lbs.: Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Austin Vanderford \u2014 Brahimaj def. Vanderford via submission (guillotine) at 2:24 of Round 2 <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DON&#8217;T EVER COUNT HIM OUT \ud83e\udee1<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/170Ramiz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@170Ramiz<\/a> earns the 2nd round submission! <\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC320?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#UFC320<\/a> LIVE NOW on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FXNetworks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FXNetworks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCFightPass?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UFCFightPass<\/a> &amp; the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ESPN<\/a> app ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RB5heB0J2l\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/RB5heB0J2l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1974606762914541580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>125 lbs.: Veronica Hardy vs. Brogan Walker \u2014 Hardy def. Walker by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)<\/p>\n<p>Who are you picking to win tonight\u2019s title fight rematch between Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira?<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Octagon returns to T-Mobile Arena for tonight\u2019s UFC 320 event, a 14-bout fight card headlined by Magomed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-190488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}