Not only did Alex Pereira avenge two previous losses to Jason Wilnis at GLORY 65, the middleweight champ did so in vicious, highlight reel fashion.
The highly regarded kickboxers squared off in the main event of GLORY 65, which went down in Utrecht, Netherlands. As you can see by watching the clip below, Pereira quickly put Wilnis away with a booming, flying knee.
NUMBER 1 ON #SCTOP10, ALEX PEREIRA'S EPIC FLYING KNEE KO!! #GLORY65 (via @sportscenter) pic.twitter.com/y24QU9nndt
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) May 19, 2019
Pereira faced Wilnis before in 2012 and 2015, and lost the bouts via TKO and decision respectively.
Here are the complete results for GLORY 65.
Alex Pereira def. Jason Wilnis by knockout (flying knee), R1 1:31 – for world middleweight championship
Marat Grigorian def. Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong by unanimous decision, R3 (48-46, 49-45, 49-45, 49-45, 49-45) – for world lightweight championship
Donovan Wisse def. Yousri Belgaroui by unanimous decision (29-27×5)
Eyevan Danenberg def. Yassine Ahaggan by TKO (knee to the body). Round 1, 1:51
Tyjani Beztati def. Josh Jauncey by unanimous decision (29-28×5)
Cihad Kepenek def. Junior Tafa by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Thong Fairtex def. Bailey Sugden by split decision (30-27, 27-30, 28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Luke Whelan def. Itay Gershon by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Sofia Olofsson def. Christi Brereton by split decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Kevin van Heeckeren def. Matt Baker by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ammari Diedrick def. Dani Traoré by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jos van Belzen def. Percy de Maeyer by TKO (three knockdowns). Round 1, 2:08