Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira is going down tonight at UFC 281 ... and not a damn person knows who's going to win. But, there's one fighter who has ...
Tonight, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya is defending his UFC Middleweight Championship against title ...
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Adesanya looks to avenge his past two kickboxing defeats to Pereira tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York as the pair meet in the headlining act of ...
Kicking off the main card will be a ranked lightweight looking to prevent an unranked fighter from cracking the top-15. The UFC's #12 rated 155-pounder, Dan ...
The UFC’s #12 rated 155-pounder, Dan Hooker, will dance with a man known for his kneebars, Claudio Puelles. The UFC’s former lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar, will be competing in the final match of his legendary career against a streaking Chris Gutierrez. Kicking off the main card will be a ranked lightweight looking to prevent an unranked fighter from cracking the top-15.
Adesanya defends the middleweight belt in the main event, after Weili Zhang looks to regain strawweight gold and Dustin Poirier clashes with Michael Chandler.
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Adesanya defends his UFC middleweight title at Madison Square Garden tonight, but Paul will be unable to attend after being banned by the promotion.
Fighting on the undercard of Adesanya's last title bout, Periera earned a quick knockout against a highly ranked opponent and called for a shot at Adesanya ...
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Carla Esparza defends her strawweight title against former champion Weili Zhang in the UFC 281 co-main event.
Carla Esparza has really found her footing in the strawweight division following back-to-back losses in 2018. Those fights really represented a crossroads for ...
China's mixed martial arts (MMA) athlete Zhang Weili will challenge Carla Esparza of the U.S. for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Women's ...
The fight card is broken into two different parts and airs on two different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which ...
Frankie Edgar (24-10) is the best UFC fighter to ever come out of New Jersey. The former UFC lightweight champ from Toms River is calling it a career with one ...
For many years now, Isreal Adesanya has dominated the UFC Middleweight division with a total of five title defenses since he defeated Kelvin Gastelum back ...
The UFC heads to Madison Square Garden with a loaded card that features Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 281 for the middleweight.
UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou has been involved in a contractual row with the promotion and Adesanya was "shocked" to hear his fight purses.
Featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski is set to challenge for Islam Makhachev's lightweight title at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia.
The superfight is on. Recently crowned UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has been granted his request as the native of Dagestan will take on ...
In the main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against challenger Alex Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who ...
The pair came head to head after the Russian's stunning win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi.
NEW YORK -- Israel Adesanya will seek his sixth defense of the UFC's middleweight championship Saturday, when he meets familiar rival in Alex Pereira at UFC ...
Pereira has been fast-tracked to a middleweight title shot and will take on Adesanya at UFC 281 in New York after only seven MMA fights - and just three in the ...
UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski will go for rare dual-belt status against newly minted lightweight title-holder Islam Makhachev at UFC 284 in ...
Also on the prelims, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger, Dominick Reyes, will collide with the promotion's #12 ranked 205-pounder, Ryan Spann. The ...
In the main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against challenger Alex Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who ...
Pereira is a kickboxing star, which is something of an oxymoron in North America. The sport stands as a distant relative to MMA, and shares nowhere near the ...
Edgar is stepping into a lion’s den against red-hot Chris Gutiérrez, who sees this as a way to elevate his standing as a bantamweight. The winner of this three-round bout is in a great spot to be the next challenger after Islam Makhachev fights Volkanovski, though Beneil Dariush also belongs in that discussion. A two-time champ, Esparza is in search of her first successful title defense. The loser of this bout will fall back a step in an incredibly competitive division, one that is even further crowded with the impending arrival of reigning featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. The 281 co-main event is Carla Esparza making her first title defense of the strawweight belt against Weili Zhang. He is doing it in style, with the spotlight shining brightly, in the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden.
Aussie UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski will officially move up in weight to challenge lightweight champ Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC ...
Israel Adesanya defends his 185-pound crown against Alex Pereira. The the main event of the ESPN+ pay-per-view is likely to happen sometime after midnight.
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira headlines the pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC women's strawweight ...
Molly McCann](https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/ufc-281-results-highlights-erin-blanchfield-makes-quick-work-of-molly-mccann-with-first-round-submission/)via first-round submission (kimura) Dominick Reyes](https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/ufc-281-results-highlights-ryan-spann-smashes-dominick-reyes-for-quick-first-round-knockout/)via first-round knockout (punch) [Erin Blanchfield def. The main card begins at 10 p.m. Pereira is also the only person in combat sports to knock out Adesanya. UFC women's strawweight champion Carla Esparza vs. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya vs.
UFC 281 main card event between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira for the middleweight title at the Madison Sqaure Garden NY.
Puelles was not in the house, not even in the city. The champ looks ready for this fight to start. And that ends the round. She lands one to the face and takes Esparza to the ground and has her on a grapple. Hook to the face and bleeds Chandler who almost won it two second ago. That’s sometimes how legends have to go, with their boots on the mud and well put! Poirier now on the offense and can take this! And the former champ takes this one. The ex-champs still on the ground. Elbows by Esparza to the face as Zhang keeps her grappled. Nice hit by Zhang with the leg to the ribs of Esparza. The Chinese is the champ because she is too much.
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Only hours before Alex Pereira has the first UFC title shot of his career, he has already increased 25+ pounds in weight and proved it by posting a video.
American champion Esparza was booed in Madison Square Garden as she entered the cage against fan favourite Weili Zhang who hails from China.
Lightweight scrappers Poirier and Chandler dealt up the barn-burner fans were expecting at Madison Square Garden in a hard-hitting war of attrition at UFC ...
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- In an action-packed UFC 281 card, China's Zhang Weili returned to the top of the women's strawweight division, regaining her ...
Zhang Weili (C) of China reacts before the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (L) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (top) of China celebrates after winning the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. China's first UFC champion Zhang Weili reclaimed women's strawweight champion with a second-round submission on Carla Esparza at UFC 281 on Saturday night. Zhang Weili (C) of China celebrates after winning the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (top) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (R) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (bottom) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili of China celebrates after winning the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. However, the second ended with Pereira landing a big head kick and a takedown to secure the round. The first round saw Zhang dominate the stand-up against the wrestler Esparza. Struggling, Esparza made concerted efforts to bring the fight to the ground.
Alex Pereira proved he still has Israel Adesanya's number, rallying to stop him in the final round Saturday night to win the UFC middleweight title.
[Sean Strickland](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3093653/sean-strickland) in the first round at UFC 276 in July to earn the title shot. The Nigerian-born New Zealand resident had five successful middleweight title defenses following a win over [Robert Whittaker](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3009717/robert-whittaker) to earn the belt in October 2019. Adesanya was able to keep Pereira at bay in the third and fourth and even did some wrestling and grappling to win the third. In the fifth, Adesanya oddly stumbled and rolled backward after a leg kick exchange. Pereira came back strong in the second round with a pair of his signature left hooks. There were similar circumstances in their second kickboxing match, with Adesanya dominating the first two rounds before Pereira knocked him out in the third. "That's why my footwork was compromised," Adesanya said. Referee Marc Goddard stepped in to stop it after a flurry of left hooks and right hands, though Adesanya was never dropped. 1, and Pereira was ranked No. Pereira, the only man to ever knock out Adesanya, stopped him again via TKO at 2 minutes, 1 second of the fifth and final round Saturday night in the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden. "I said, 'Do I have to knock him out?'" Pereira said through an interpreter. And he has it in MMA too.
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