Alex Pereira defeated Israel Adesanya for the third time in their fighting careers to become the new UFC Middleweight champion. There is a time and a place for it.
Alex was the one who had Israel Adesanya's number. He has it as well.
In the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden, the only man to ever knock out Adesanya stopped him in the fifth and final round, thanks to a technical knockout. In his fourth UFC fight, he won the title. Since the beginning of the year, Adesanya was the champion.
Adesanya had been winning the fight until the final sequence, when Pereira unleashed a flurry of punches. The referee stopped it after a flurry of hooks.
Heading into the fifth round, Adesanya was up on all three scorecards.
The most recent knockout of Adesanya came in the most recent fight between the two.
Adesanya was ranked second on the pound for pound list. Adesanya was the top ranked at the middle weight.
In July, he knocked out Sean Strickland in the first round to win the title. In seven MMA victories, the Brazilian has sixKO/TKOs. The man is a former Glory Kickboxing champ.
Adesanya came into this fight with three straight wins and was perfect at his position. His only other loss before this was in a title fight. The Nigerian born New Zealand resident had five successful title defenses after defeating Robert Whittaker. Adesanya won a unanimous decision over Cannonier in July.
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