Israel Adesanya has regained the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title from Alex Pereira, his long-term rival.
He knocked out Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 at the FTX Arena in Maimi, Florida on Sunday morning.
The ‘Last Stylebender’ produced a remarkable second-round knockout to seal a victory over the Brazilian fighter and take back the title that he lost in November last year.
It was the fourth time that the two middleweights had met, they were second inside the octagon, and it was the first occasion in which Adesanya has come out on top.
In his fourth encounter with Alex Pereira, he finally gets the win that he so thoroughly deserved. He has come so close to achieving it in their previous meeting but lacked that cutting edge that he displayed in this recent fight.
