It has been a brutal year for Nigeria in the Ultimate Fighting Championship with Kamaru Usman also losing his Welterweight title in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pereira had previously defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing before Saturday's win but a rematch is likely to be on cards. <\/p>\n","post_title":"UFC: Drake loses $2m in Adesanya's loss to Pereira","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-drake-loses-2m-in-adesanyas-loss-to-pereira","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8910","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8893,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content":"Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has lost his UFC middleweight belt after suffering a fifth-round technical knockout to Alex Pereira in Saturday's night UFC 281 event.\r\n\r\nThe rivalry between Pereira and Adesanya was ignited at the Madison Square Garden but it ended the same way as their previous two fights in kickboxing.\r\n\r\nPereira continued his dominance over the 'Last Stylebender' with strings of heavy punches in the fifth round that resulted in referee Marc Goddard coming into the ring to separate them for a technical knockout.\r\n\r\nAdesanya had a great start to the fight, with his attacking shots in the first three rounds and he was clearly frustrated by Goddard's decision to end the fight early with 2 minutes left in\u00a0round five.\r\n\r\nThe defeat ended the 33-year-old's dominance in the middleweight category and it was his second defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in his 25th duel.\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"UFC: Israel Adesanya dethroned by technical knockout in title defence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-israel-adesanya-dethroned-by-technical-knockout-in-title-defence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8893","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The result ended Adesanya\u2019s title reign and also snapped his 12-fight winning streak in the middleweight category of the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been a brutal year for Nigeria in the Ultimate Fighting Championship with Kamaru Usman also losing his Welterweight title in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pereira had previously defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing before Saturday's win but a rematch is likely to be on cards. <\/p>\n","post_title":"UFC: Drake loses $2m in Adesanya's loss to Pereira","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-drake-loses-2m-in-adesanyas-loss-to-pereira","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8910","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8893,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content":"Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has lost his UFC middleweight belt after suffering a fifth-round technical knockout to Alex Pereira in Saturday's night UFC 281 event.\r\n\r\nThe rivalry between Pereira and Adesanya was ignited at the Madison Square Garden but it ended the same way as their previous two fights in kickboxing.\r\n\r\nPereira continued his dominance over the 'Last Stylebender' with strings of heavy punches in the fifth round that resulted in referee Marc Goddard coming into the ring to separate them for a technical knockout.\r\n\r\nAdesanya had a great start to the fight, with his attacking shots in the first three rounds and he was clearly frustrated by Goddard's decision to end the fight early with 2 minutes left in\u00a0round five.\r\n\r\nThe defeat ended the 33-year-old's dominance in the middleweight category and it was his second defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in his 25th duel.\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"UFC: Israel Adesanya dethroned by technical knockout in title defence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-israel-adesanya-dethroned-by-technical-knockout-in-title-defence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8893","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n
A few hours before the fight in New York, Drake took to his Instagram story to share his bet slip and his stake for Adesanya\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result ended Adesanya\u2019s title reign and also snapped his 12-fight winning streak in the middleweight category of the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been a brutal year for Nigeria in the Ultimate Fighting Championship with Kamaru Usman also losing his Welterweight title in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pereira had previously defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing before Saturday's win but a rematch is likely to be on cards. <\/p>\n","post_title":"UFC: Drake loses $2m in Adesanya's loss to Pereira","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-drake-loses-2m-in-adesanyas-loss-to-pereira","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8910","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8893,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content":"Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has lost his UFC middleweight belt after suffering a fifth-round technical knockout to Alex Pereira in Saturday's night UFC 281 event.\r\n\r\nThe rivalry between Pereira and Adesanya was ignited at the Madison Square Garden but it ended the same way as their previous two fights in kickboxing.\r\n\r\nPereira continued his dominance over the 'Last Stylebender' with strings of heavy punches in the fifth round that resulted in referee Marc Goddard coming into the ring to separate them for a technical knockout.\r\n\r\nAdesanya had a great start to the fight, with his attacking shots in the first three rounds and he was clearly frustrated by Goddard's decision to end the fight early with 2 minutes left in\u00a0round five.\r\n\r\nThe defeat ended the 33-year-old's dominance in the middleweight category and it was his second defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in his 25th duel.\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"UFC: Israel Adesanya dethroned by technical knockout in title defence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-israel-adesanya-dethroned-by-technical-knockout-in-title-defence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8893","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n
However, things did not go as expected with Adesanya defeated by TKO in the fifth round by Pereira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few hours before the fight in New York, Drake took to his Instagram story to share his bet slip and his stake for Adesanya\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result ended Adesanya\u2019s title reign and also snapped his 12-fight winning streak in the middleweight category of the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been a brutal year for Nigeria in the Ultimate Fighting Championship with Kamaru Usman also losing his Welterweight title in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pereira had previously defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing before Saturday's win but a rematch is likely to be on cards. <\/p>\n","post_title":"UFC: Drake loses $2m in Adesanya's loss to Pereira","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-drake-loses-2m-in-adesanyas-loss-to-pereira","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8910","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8893,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content":"Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has lost his UFC middleweight belt after suffering a fifth-round technical knockout to Alex Pereira in Saturday's night UFC 281 event.\r\n\r\nThe rivalry between Pereira and Adesanya was ignited at the Madison Square Garden but it ended the same way as their previous two fights in kickboxing.\r\n\r\nPereira continued his dominance over the 'Last Stylebender' with strings of heavy punches in the fifth round that resulted in referee Marc Goddard coming into the ring to separate them for a technical knockout.\r\n\r\nAdesanya had a great start to the fight, with his attacking shots in the first three rounds and he was clearly frustrated by Goddard's decision to end the fight early with 2 minutes left in\u00a0round five.\r\n\r\nThe defeat ended the 33-year-old's dominance in the middleweight category and it was his second defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in his 25th duel.\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"UFC: Israel Adesanya dethroned by technical knockout in title defence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-israel-adesanya-dethroned-by-technical-knockout-in-title-defence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8893","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n
Drake backed the 'Last Stylebender' to retain his middleweight belt at the Madison Square Garden with a potential winning of $2.9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, things did not go as expected with Adesanya defeated by TKO in the fifth round by Pereira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few hours before the fight in New York, Drake took to his Instagram story to share his bet slip and his stake for Adesanya\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result ended Adesanya\u2019s title reign and also snapped his 12-fight winning streak in the middleweight category of the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been a brutal year for Nigeria in the Ultimate Fighting Championship with Kamaru Usman also losing his Welterweight title in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pereira had previously defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing before Saturday's win but a rematch is likely to be on cards. <\/p>\n","post_title":"UFC: Drake loses $2m in Adesanya's loss to Pereira","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-drake-loses-2m-in-adesanyas-loss-to-pereira","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8910","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8893,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content":"Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has lost his UFC middleweight belt after suffering a fifth-round technical knockout to Alex Pereira in Saturday's night UFC 281 event.\r\n\r\nThe rivalry between Pereira and Adesanya was ignited at the Madison Square Garden but it ended the same way as their previous two fights in kickboxing.\r\n\r\nPereira continued his dominance over the 'Last Stylebender' with strings of heavy punches in the fifth round that resulted in referee Marc Goddard coming into the ring to separate them for a technical knockout.\r\n\r\nAdesanya had a great start to the fight, with his attacking shots in the first three rounds and he was clearly frustrated by Goddard's decision to end the fight early with 2 minutes left in\u00a0round five.\r\n\r\nThe defeat ended the 33-year-old's dominance in the middleweight category and it was his second defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in his 25th duel.\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"UFC: Israel Adesanya dethroned by technical knockout in title defence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-israel-adesanya-dethroned-by-technical-knockout-in-title-defence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8893","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n
Music superstar Drake lost his bet of $2 million in the fight between Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira in the UFC 281 main event on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drake backed the 'Last Stylebender' to retain his middleweight belt at the Madison Square Garden with a potential winning of $2.9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, things did not go as expected with Adesanya defeated by TKO in the fifth round by Pereira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few hours before the fight in New York, Drake took to his Instagram story to share his bet slip and his stake for Adesanya\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result ended Adesanya\u2019s title reign and also snapped his 12-fight winning streak in the middleweight category of the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been a brutal year for Nigeria in the Ultimate Fighting Championship with Kamaru Usman also losing his Welterweight title in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pereira had previously defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing before Saturday's win but a rematch is likely to be on cards. <\/p>\n","post_title":"UFC: Drake loses $2m in Adesanya's loss to Pereira","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-drake-loses-2m-in-adesanyas-loss-to-pereira","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 13:53:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8910","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8893,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content":"Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has lost his UFC middleweight belt after suffering a fifth-round technical knockout to Alex Pereira in Saturday's night UFC 281 event.\r\n\r\nThe rivalry between Pereira and Adesanya was ignited at the Madison Square Garden but it ended the same way as their previous two fights in kickboxing.\r\n\r\nPereira continued his dominance over the 'Last Stylebender' with strings of heavy punches in the fifth round that resulted in referee Marc Goddard coming into the ring to separate them for a technical knockout.\r\n\r\nAdesanya had a great start to the fight, with his attacking shots in the first three rounds and he was clearly frustrated by Goddard's decision to end the fight early with 2 minutes left in\u00a0round five.\r\n\r\nThe defeat ended the 33-year-old's dominance in the middleweight category and it was his second defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in his 25th duel.\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"UFC: Israel Adesanya dethroned by technical knockout in title defence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ufc-israel-adesanya-dethroned-by-technical-knockout-in-title-defence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-13 09:33:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/afrosportnow.com\/?p=8893","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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Music superstar Drake lost his bet of $2 million in the fight between Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira in the UFC 281 main event on Sunday morning. Drake backed the 'Last Stylebender' to retain his middleweight belt at the Madison Square Garden with a potential winning of $2.9 million. However, things did not go as expected with Adesanya defeated by TKO in the fifth round...
Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has lost his UFC middleweight belt after suffering a fifth-round technical knockout to Alex Pereira in Saturday's night UFC 281 event. The rivalry between Pereira and Adesanya was ignited at the Madison Square Garden but it ended the same way as their previous two fights in kickboxing. Pereira continued his dominance over the 'Last Stylebender' with strings of heavy punches in the fifth...
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