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If you are a fan of flyweight mixed martial arts, UFC 317 was definitely the event for you.

Men’s flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja earned his eighth consecutive win since 2020 and his fourth straight title defence by submitting Kai Kara-France in the co-main event Saturday in Las Vegas.

Pantoja got off to a quick start by dominating the opening round, wrapping up Kara-France and controlling the action on the ground for nearly the entire five minutes and coming close to an arm-triangle choke at one point.

The defending champ also had success striking when on his feet but relied on his superior ground game and top-tier jiu-jitsu to keep the action where he wanted it.

Pantoja took Kara-France’s back in the third round and locked in a rear-naked choke that ended the fight.

Saturday’s co-main event was a rematch of a 2016 exhibition bout when the two were competitors on The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions. Pantoja won a two-round unanimous decision over Kara-France in their meeting 8.5 years ago, but the judges were not needed in the sequel.

Pantoja hadn’t fought since a title defence in December over Kai Asakura at UFC 310. The 35-year-old from Brazil has also earned title defences over Brandon Royval and Steve Erceg since beating Brandon Moreno in July 2023 to earn the gold belt initially.

Kara-France was returning from a 14-month layoff and was coming off a first-round technical knockout win over Erceg, who had a narrow decision loss to Pantoja at UFC 301 and had never previously been finished. The 32-year-old from New Zealand also held a notable past win over Askar Askarov, who was the most recent person to defeat Pantoja.

Pantoja is one of the UFC’s most dominant champions with wins over six of the top nine current flyweight contenders, including