Israel Adesanya gets redemption fight against Alex Pereira for UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden
Israel Adesanya will get the possibility to precise revenge on long-time rival Alex Pereira with the duo booked to headline UFC 281 at Madison Sq. Backyard.
The struggle is scheduled for November 12 on the well-known New York venue with the middleweight title on the road.
Adesanya (23-1) and Pereira (6-1) have by no means fought an MMA bout beforehand however twice have squared off in kickboxing, with the Brazilian profitable each contests.
Pereira defeated Adesanya by choice in April 2016 earlier than knocking out the Nigerian-born New Zealander in March 2017.
Since then, Adesanya has developed into one in all MMA’s greatest fighters, whereas Pereira impressed at UFC 276 with a vicious knockout of Sean Strickland.
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Adesanya has defended the middleweight on 5 events, with the final coming throughout a unanimous choice win in opposition to Jared Cannonier at UFC 276.
Earlier this month, with a struggle between the 2 within the pipeline, Pereira spoke concerning the common trash discuss coming from Adesanya, together with one particular reference to the transfer Frozen.
“Generally I see [Adesanya] doing cartoon stuff that, to me, doesnāt make any sense, as a result of I donāt even know who Frozen is,” Pereira, who would not communicate English, stated to MMA Preventing.
“Iām not being smug, Iām not being ignorant ā I simply didnāt even know up till that time who Frozen was. If you happen toāre going to freeze me, I suppose itās associated to ice? I donāt know. I wasnāt getting it.
“First, I donāt communicate English. And even when I did, the look on my face could be the identical, as a result of he stated he would make [the Jared Cannonier] struggle look straightforward and he didnāt. Goes there and itās one thing else. I donāt [do that]. Individuals have already got expectations. I lay low, keep silent. āAlex, are you going to knock him out?ā āNo, I simply wanna do a very good struggle.ā I am going there and knock him out and folks be like, āRattling, superior.ā Individuals begin to see who Alex Pereira is.
“This Frozen stuff, Naruto, Dragon Ball Z ā to me, is unnecessary in any respect. Folks that perceive and imagine within the cartoon could be influenced, āOh, heās going to freeze him.ā Heāll freeze me just like the cartoon. Is he? However, how? I donāt know the way heās going to freeze me. Is he placing me within the fridge? Is that it? I donāt know the way this cartoon works.”