Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-11-12, pretty good match: Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira gets three stars (UFC night’s performance – check out our ratings on The best MMA matches of 2022).
They faced each other in two kickboxing matches, in 2016 and 2017, and the winner was Brazilian. Pereira vs Adesanya is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 12, at Madison Square Garden, New York (USA), in the middleweight division of 5 rounds (185 lbs, 84 kg); it is the main event of Ufc 281 and it is valid for the title of UFC middleweight champion. Watch the video and Rate this fight!
Israel Adesanya record
Former kickboxer Glory and current Ufc Mw champion Israel Adesanya entered this bout with a professional mma record of 23-1-0 (Ko/tko win rate is 65% – he has never won by submission) and he ranks as No.1 middle class in the world.
He suffered his only loss when he moved up to the weight division, to the light weight division in 2021, facing Jan Blachowicz (Jan Blachowicz vs Israel Adesanya); after this match, he defeated Marvin Vettori (Israel Adesanya vs Marvin Vettori 2) Robert Whittaker (Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2) and Jared Cannonier (Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier).
Among the Adesanya’s best match we recommend User mma fight of the year 2019: Kelvin Gastelum vs Israel Adesanya.
Alex Pereira’s record
His opponent, former kickboxing champion Glory Mw and Light-Hw, Alex Pereira, has an official record of 6-1-0 (83% win rate ko/tko – he also never won by submission) and he joined as Number 7 in the middle weight class.
He suffered his only loss on his professional debut in 2015, against Quemuel Ottoni, after this match he won six by beating Andreas Michailidis, Bruno Silva (Alex Pereira vs Bruno Silva) and Sean Strickland in three (Sean Strickland vs Alex Pereira).
Battle card
Here’s the full UFC 281 fight card (we’ll update it after deliberation):
KEY CARD (directly on PPV)
Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira
Carla Esparza vs Weili Zhang
Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler
Frankie Edgar vs Chris Gutierrez
Dan Hooker vs Claudio Puelles
KEY CARDS (live on ESPNews / ESPN+)
Renato Moicano Carneiro vs Brad Riddell
Ryan Spann vs Dominick Reyes
Erin Blanchfield vs Molly McCann
Wellington Turman vs Andre Petroski
EARLY TRIAL (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Matt Frevola vs. Ottman Azaitar
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Silvana Gomez Juarez
Seung Woo Choi vs. Michael Trizano
Montel Jackson vs Julio Arce
Nicolae Negumereanu vs Carlos Ulberg
Countdown – Video Preview
Watch the official video of the full UFC 281 Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira countdown episode, a documentary to get a better look at the lives of both fighters and how they prepared for their fights.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all episodes of UFC 281 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post playlists with all videos or if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-battle press conference
Watch UFC 281’s pre-fight press conference for free, featuring Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya!
Consider
Watch the video of UFC 281: Adesanya vs Pereira weight and head-to-head from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full/Featured Match Video
Here we will post a collection of the best videos of the Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira match right after the match is over. If you watched the full battle, you can rate it at the end of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms like Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook etc and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official Highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won the match Adesanya vs Pereira?
Alex Pereira beat Israel Adesanya via TKO at 2:01, round 5.
Interview after the battle
Hear what the winner or two boxers have to say after their bout, here’s Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira’s post-UFC 281 octagon post-fight interview.
UFC 281 results
Here are the results of all the fights of UFC 281 Adesanya and Pereira.
MAIN CARD
Alex Pereira protested. Israel Adesanya via TKO r5
Zhang Weili objected. Carla Esparza via SUB r2
Dustin Poirier def. Michael Chandler via SUB r3
Chris Gutierrez def. Frankie Edgar via KO r1
Dan Hooker resisted. Claudio Puelles via TKO r2
PRINCIPAL CARD
Renato Moicano def. Brad Riddell via SUB r1
Ryan Spann resisted. Dominick Reyes via KO r1
Erin Blanchfield refused. Molly McCann via SUB r1
Andre Petroski def. Wellington Turman via UD
EARLY MAJOR CARD
Matt Frevola objected. Ottman Azaitar via KO r1
Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Silvana Gómez Juárez via UD
Michael Trizano objected. Choi Seung-woo via KO r1
Montel Jackson objected. Julio Arce via UD
Carlos Ulberg def. Nicolae Negumereanu via KO r1
Post-match press conference
Watch and listen to UFC 281’s official post-fight press conference video, led by main event Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
bonus
UFC 281 Night Fight: Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler
Performance of the night UFC 281: Alex Pereira, Zhang Weili
