In the main fight of UFC 287, scheduled in Miami on the night of Saturday to Sunday and broadcast on RMC Sport, Israel Adesanya inflicted a terrible knockout on Alex Pereira. To reclaim his UFC means title and get a resounding revenge.
This time, he gets his revenge. And it does not suffer from any dispute. After three losses, two in kickboxing, one in MMA, Israel Adesanya has finally swept away his worst nightmare, Alex Pereira. He extinguished the one who spent a long time wasting his life. The fight took place on the night of Saturday to Sunday at the end of UFC 287, on the Miami side, which also saw Gilbert Burns dominate (and probably retire) Jorge earlier in the evening. Masvidal.
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But the most anticipated poster was obviously this Pereira-Adesanya. A crazy story. The story of a legend who has become the target of his greatest enemy. Five months following giving up his middleweight title to the Brazilian at UFC 281, the naturalized Nigerian from New Zealand found “Poatan”, propelled champion, to reclaim his throne. We knew it, “The Last Stylebender” had the weapons to achieve its goal and chase away the ghosts of the past. And that’s what he proved in Florida.
“The hunter is now the hunted”
After balanced opening minutes, Adesanya (33) knocked out Alex Pereira (35) in the second round. A speedy victory. While he might give the impression of being in difficulty, glued to the cage, following a formidable sequence from Pereira, Adesanya immediately replied. With a devastating right. Then another in stride to win by KO and recover the title. “This is perhaps one of the greatest knockouts I have seen in my life,” even ignited the legendary commentator Joe Rogan.
This time, Adesanya was able to avoid the shot that might change everything, which had not been the case in New York, where a bad kick caused him to lose mobility and allowed Pereira to finish him once morest the cage . He also showed that the three defeats of the past were well behind him. So what next? This unique rivalry probably did not end in Miami … “You have to believe in me. Tonight is my story. The hunter is now the hunted”, hammered Adesanya, who will have made the show until bout by taking up Pereira’s legendary celebration, mimicking a bow with arrows. On target
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