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UFC: Pereira switches weight division after defeat to Adesanya

UFC: Pereira switches weight division after defeat to Adesanya

by Taiye Taiwo
13 April 2023
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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...

‘I love my people but the government is corrupt’ – Adesanya on possibility of UFC fight in Nigeria

‘I love my people but the government is corrupt’ – Adesanya on possibility of UFC fight in Nigeria

by Ibikunle Salako
28 November 2022
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Nigeria-born UFC fighter Israel Adesanya is still eager for the UFC Africa event despite losing his UFC middleweight belt in November. The 33-year-old lost his middleweight belt to Brazilian Alex Pereira following a fifth-round knockout in their fight at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. The defeat was his first at the middleweight level and just the second of his inspiring MMA career so...

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