Alex Pereira will have to overcome underdog status at UFC 320 if he hopes to reclaim gold from Magomed Ankalaev.

One of the UFC’s fastest-rising knockout artists already has his next fight booked less than a week after scoring yet another first-round finish.

For the first time since late 2023, Pereira will enter the Octagon as a challenger at the pay-per-view in Las Vegas on October 4. ‘Poatan’ was returned to that status this past March, when Magomed Ankalaev beat Pereira at UFC 313 to end the Brazilian’s violent reign on the light heavyweight throne.