5:52 PM ET 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 281 inside Madison Square Garden. Adesanya (23-1) has won more than three times as many MMA contests as Pereira (6-1) has even competed in, but the
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“I didn’t know he was cageside until after the fight,” Adesanya said when asked about his decision to take aim at the Brazilian challenger. “I decided to call out Alex because he’s that guy that people think can beat me, because he has already has, in another code, in kickboxing, in the past — way
UFC 281 produced one of the craziest moments in promotion history when Michael Trizano faced Choi Seung-Woo. Featherweight prospect Trizano made it no secret ahead of UFC 281, that he was looking to make a massive statement, having gone 3-3 in the promotion and being on the last fight of his contract. Choi found himself
UFC middleweight champion Isreal Adesanya wants to pump the breaks a little bit on the Bo Nickal hype train. ‘The Last Stylebender’ is set to return to action this Saturday against Alex Pereira. The pair will headline UFC 281 on pay-per-view, in a trilogy of sorts. The Brazilian previously faced Adesanya in kickboxing, defeating him
The latest Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pay-per-view (PPV) offering hits the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., TONIGHT (Sat., Nov. 12, 2022), bringing two championship clashes to “The Big Apple.” In UFC 281’s PPV main event, Middleweight roost-ruler, Israel Adesanya, will look to school former kickboxing rival — and No. 5-seeded contender —
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira Cold Open Video Ron Perlman narrates the UFC 281: Adesanya vs Pereira cold open, featuring back-to-back title fights at the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. Headlining the main card, is a middleweight showdown years in the making between current champion Israel Adesanya and familiar foe Alex Pereira for
Welcome back to Capper’s Delight. We’re coming off a losing week for the last fight card. Our bets went 0-2 for a total loss of 2 units. Year to date our bets are down 26.6 units. All bets are 3rd party tracked at Betmma.tips under the handicapper profile name MMAinformed.com. UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs
The UFC 281 start time and TV schedule for the Adesanya vs. Pereira fight card at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi is below. 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 times. The event
10:24 AM ET NEW YORK — A superfight between two UFC champions is “close,” according to Alexander Volkanovski. The featherweight champion told ESPN that a bout against lightweight champion Islam Makhachev is nearing completion for UFC 284 on Feb. 12 in Perth, Australia. Volkanovski, who hails from Australia, was called into the Octagon after Makhachev
Michael Chandler When you say the name Frankie Edgar, I just think legend. You got to go back to those Frankie and Gray Maynard fights when Frankie and Gray fought for the title. The determination that Frankie showed when he was hurt so badly; the equilibrium was off and that happens in fights. You might
Dominick Reyes is eager to get back into the light heavyweight title picture, but he also claims there’s one fighter in the weight class that he has no intention of fighting. UFC fans last saw “The Devastator” when he was knocked out by current light heavyweight champion Jiří Procházka in 2021. That was Reyes’ second
Johnny Munoz Jr. knew he had to beat Liudvik Sholinian at UFC Vegas 64 to keep his job. Munoz Jr. was fighting out his contract and was 1-2 in the UFC so he knew he had to beat the Ukrainian fighter. He ultimately did just that as he scored a dominant decision win, which he’s
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and power-punching Brazilian bruiser Alex Pereira will collide atop the UFC 281 pay-per-view (PPV) event on ESPN+ TONIGHT (Sat., Nov. 12, 2022) from Madison Square Garden in New York City, a five-round championship clash of styles that will continue (and possibly conclude) their rivalry from the kickboxing circuit. Pereira is
UFC 281 Live Results: Adesanya vs. Pereira UFC 281 results begin at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT on Saturday November 12, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Click on the fight below in the UFC 281 results section for live stats or jump down to the
Former heavyweight champion Brandon Vera will re-enter the ONE Championship cage on Dec. 3 for his first fight in over a year, facing Amir Aliakbari in the main card portion of ONE 164 in Manila, Philippines, the company announced. ONE 164 will be headlined by champion Joshua Pacio putting his strawweight title on the line
7:59 AM ET ISRAEL ADESANYA SAT DOWN for an interview with Sporting News Australia two years ago, ahead of his UFC middleweight title defense against Yoel Romero at UFC 248. In that video, published March 3, 2020, Adesanya, wearing a red windbreaker with the collar up and sporting a mid-high-fade haircut, was asked about his
“I’m very excited for the launch of Power Slap,” said Dana White. “I’ve been working on this since 2017. I saw some footage of slap fighting on social media and I was instantly hooked. From the first day I saw it, I felt like this could be big. I knew what needed to be done
UFC champion Carla Esparza thinks she knows why the strawweight division is so stacked. UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza is getting ready to defend her title at the upcoming UFC 281 event. She will be taking on former champion Zhang Weili in the co-main event of the massive card. Esparza is no stranger to being