The fight was one-way traffic throughout for the champion, ultimately finding a rear-naked choke submission of Kara-France (25-12 MMA, 8-5 UFC) at 1:55 of Round 3. Pantoja wasted little time letting Kara-France know he was in for a hard fight.

Pantoja (30-5), the 35-year-old from Brazil, dominated Kai Kara-France on the ground before submitting him in Round 3 via rear-naked choke in the co-main event of a UFC 317 pay-per-view card from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Alexandre Pantoja extended his impressive reign over the flyweight division with a third-round submission win over Kai Kara-France to defend his belt at UFC 317.