Alex Pereira breaks down UFC 303 knockout; responds to Magomed Ankalaev, Jamahal Hill callouts [Video]

Alex Pereira and his team were rewarded for leaving no stone unturned when it came to their pre-fight planning.

A bit of last-second film study proved to play a major role in Pereira’s second successful defense of his UFC light heavyweight title, which headlined UFC 303 in Las Vegas on Saturday. Pereira met Jiri Prochazka in a rematch and once again finished the Czech warrior via strikes, this time catching him with a head kick that signaled the beginning of the end.

Pereira had already rocked Prochazka badly at the end of Round 1, then opened Round 2 with a high kick that he later explained was set up thanks to his coaches watching Prochazka’s warmup on Instagram earlier in the evening.

“Actually, I was in the locker room talking to Plinio, one of my coaches, and he showed me the video of Jiri warming up,” Pereira said at the evening’s post-fight press conference via a Portuguese translator. “I saw that …