UFC 281 Results: Adesanya vs. Pereira

MMA Fighting has UFC 281 results for the Adesanya vs. Pereira event from Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, live blogs for the entire main card, and live UFC 281 Twitter updates.

In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will try to defend his title against rival Alex Pereira. Pereira has defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing, but this will be the first time they meet in mixed martial arts.

UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza will put her belt on the line against former UFC champion Zhang Weili in the co-main event.

Check out UFC 281 results below.

Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira

Carla Esparza vs. Zhang Weili

Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler

Frankie Edgar vs. Chris Gutierrez

Dan Hooker vs. Claudio Puelles

Prelims (ESPN+/ESPNN live now)

Brad Riddell vs. Renato Moicano

Ryan Spann def. Dominick Reyes via first-round KO (1:20)

Erin Blanchfield def. Molly McCann via sub (kimura) (R1, 3:37) | Watch finish

Andre Petroski def. Wellington Turman via UD (30-27 x2, 29-28)

Matt Frevola def. Ottman Azaitar via first-round KO (2:30) | Watch finish

Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Silvana Gomez Juarez via UD (29-28 x3)

Michael Trizano def. Seung Woo Choi via first-round KO (4:51) | Watch finish

Montel Jackson def. Julio Arce via unanimous decision (30-27 x2 29-28)

Carlos Ulberg def. Nicolae Negumereanu via first-round KO (3:44) | Watch finish