Former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira has confirmed his switch to the light heavyweight divison after he lost his title to Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya last Saturday. Pereira was knocked out by Adesanya in the UFC 287 main event in Miami over the weekend, which ended his over four-month stay as the division's champion. The former kickboxing star, on Thursday, disclosed that he is moving on for...
Multiple award-winning Canadian music star Aubrey ‘Drake’ Graham revealed he won $2.7 million after he bet on Nigerian MMA fighter Israel Adesanya to defeat Alex Pereira in the UFC 287 event on Saturday. Adesanya reclaimed his middleweight title with a second-round knockout in front of a packed crowd at the FTX Arena in Miami. Drake, who lost a whopping $1.6 million back in November 2022 after...
Nigerian mixed martial artist Israel Adesanya regained his UFC middleweight title by knocking out Brazilian archrival Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 at the FTX Arena in Miami on Saturday. Although it was just their second bout in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the pair had faced each other on two other occasions during their kickboxing careers (2016 and 2017), with Pereira emerging victorious...
Nigeria's Israel Adesanya and his archrival Alex Pereira will rekindle their rivalry in a rematch of the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title bout set for April 8. On Friday, UFC president Dana White announced that the two fighters will headline the UFC 281 card, as Pereira will look to defend his title and put an end to the rivalry with Adesanya once and for all. White...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Alex Pereira has hit out at his closest rival Israel Adesanya following the aftermath of their fight in November. The Brazilian fighter encouraged Adesanya to give up trying to fight him, pointing out the disparity in fighting styles as a major factor and adding that Adesanya's style simply does not match up well with his. After defeating the Nigeria-born...
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