ALEX PEREIRA vs THOMAS POWELL | FULL FIGHT | LFA MMA

UFC champion Alex Pereira fights Thomas "The Diamond" Powell in his final fight before taking the UFC by storm. Former two-division GLORY kickboxing champ Pereira went on to knock out Israel Adesanya for the UFC middleweight title - but first he had to get by his final test before getting to the UFC.

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[eatutea]

Probably the craziest example of Pereiras dynamite Left Hook. Incredible speed and power.

[jorgesantiago]

Sean Strickland talked about how painful it was to take a shot from him. Insane power.

[chrispraz]

Powell said he has nothing to lose. Except consciousness.

[rudraramcharan]

One of the cleanest knockouts I've ever seen.

[Onlybadtakes]

Even when Pereira leaves the cage, Powell still on the floor...wow that was scary

[Elgallo]

Very rare to see a knockout like that with a single hook. Alex has scary power he’s really a freak of nature

[StillLivesWithMa]

One of the most beautiful KO’s on Alex’s career. Literal poetry in motion.

[elcid]

Bro I felt bad for Powell this whole fight. That man didn’t deserve that. Hope they paid him well.

[tartuffethespry]

It blows my mind how Alex can throw head kicks without moving the rest of his body.

[duConstantino]

Alex was stalking the poor guy like Jason Voorhees.

[select]

His power is crazy. It doesn't even look like a hard swing but then it hits like a truck.

[_wavy_]

celebrated, watched replay, waited for official decision, left the octagon, and bro was still sleep😂😂😂😂😂

[AthelstansSuccessor]

Having a physique isnt going to save you against Pereira 😂

[mg_phopla]

Perreira is the scariest fighter i've ever seen!
Powell was frozen for minutes. Hope he's fine

[darwinsanchez]

I see Pereira recreating the same exact sequence against hill next saturday. Hill loves to drop that gaurd

[yonokolol]

Not really saying Alex looks bad here or anything, but you can really tell just how much Alex has improved in MMA from here to now, despite this not being THAT long ago.

[mizxer]

Sometimes I think of being a mma fighter then I see this and change my mind

[averagejoefishing]

This was a murder. Talk about a mismatch my goodness

[Luizsouthamerica]

Alex Pereira was a rubber worker in São Paulo, he had to repair heavy truck tires with a sledgehammer, he had to generate a lot of force in a small space and I'm sure that contributed a lot to his punching power.

[zasterheffor]

The replay at 5:42 illustrates the feint perfectly; Powell reacts and Pereira's left hook follows. The power of feinting, and establishing patterns in an opponent's behavior.