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...
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...
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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