Pinas stuns Almeida with first-round KO

Damian Pinas stopped Cesar Almeida with a right hand at 4:44 of round 1 in the middleweight prelims at UFC 329 in Las Vegas. The result was reported on July 11, 2026, and it marked Almeida’s second straight defeat after a two-fight winning streak. The fight mattered because it reset Almeida’s momentum in the UFC middleweight division and closed the book on his latest run at UFC 329.