The flying knee was just the appetizer for the KO #UFCRochester pic.twitter.com/GVpoC9w4hf
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) May 18, 2019Michel Pereira sold himself as a human highlight reel in order to earn a coveted Ultimate Fighting Championship contract. He more than lived up to the hype in his debut with the Las Vegas-based promotion.
The Brazilian needed less than two minutes to dispatch British veteran Danny Roberts in their preliminary welterweight matchup at UFC Rochester on Saturday night. From the beginning, the Scorpion Fighting Systems product threatened his opponent with a plethora of flashy, high risk maneuvers that have become his calling card.